Microsoft's web page says: "The Windows DVD Player app is available free for a limited time for people running Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 with ...

Windows 10 excludes a few key features, including support for playing DVDs. Microsoft has now released an app to handle the task, though it doesn't play Blu-ray discs.

Read: Where is Windows Media Player in Windows 11? Once the Windows Media Player is open, click on the Burn tab placed at the top right corner.; Do not forget to insert a black CD into your DVD ...

The new app dubbed as Windows DVD Player for Windows 11/10 allows anyone to watch their favorite DVDs easily. The app allows users to watch both commercial and homemade discs in the DVD-Video format.

While earlier versions of Windows included a free, built-in DVD player, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 have no such functionality. It can still read data DVDs, ...

Get a DVD or Blu-ray Player . The first thing you need to do if you want to play back DVDs or Blu-rays is get a disk drive, since they're not included with most PCs anymore.

Windows DVD Player does not detect that a disk was inserted. This can be fixed by closing Windows DVD Player, inserting the DVD into your DVD drive, and then re-opening the Windows DVD Player app.

A Windows Central post Wednesday morning was almost chipper when it announced the cost of Microsoft's DVD Player app. The company wrote, "Any Windows 10 owner can now get Microsoft's official DVD ...

If DVD Player doesn't appear in the list, select "Open Other Application." Choose DVD player from the applications list and click the "Choose" button in the lower right corner.

Microsoft's decision to remove support for playing DVD movies in Windows 8 has caused some confusion. If the VLC media player can provide DVD support for free, why can't Microsoft? For starters ...

The open-source alternative. If that seems like too steep a price to keep your DVD collection alive and spinning, here's the good news: You can watch DVDs on your Windows 10 PC for free.