Windows 10 will detect the drive then reinstall it. Exit Device Manager then restart your computer. Expand DVD/CD-ROM drives, right-click the optical drive listed, then click Uninstall. How do I get Windows 10 to recognize my DVD drive?īoot to the Windows 10 desktop, then launch Device Manager by pressing Windows key + X and clicking Device Manager. Alternately, you can right-click the Start button to bring up the hidden quick access menu and choose Run or use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key+R. To find WMP, click Start and type: media player and select it from the results at the top. When the following notification message is seen in the lower right corner of the display, the OpenCloner Decode Widget has been called correctly. Select the CD-ROM where Blu-ray disks are located, then click ‘play’.
How to play Blu-ray or 4K UHD disc? Start VLC and select “open disc …” (ctrl+D) from the Media menu. Select Save and try your Blu-ray disc again.
Click on Blu-ray and in the drop-down next to Region code change the region to match your disc (generally Region A). At the bottom select All from Show settings. How do I enable Blu-ray on Windows VLC?įrom the VLC menu, choose Tools -> Preferences.
You’ll find a full range of buttons to control playback. If not, click Media > Open Disc > DVD, then click the play button. Launch VLC Media Player, insert a DVD, and it should rev up automatically. How do I play a DVD on Windows Media Player Windows 10? If you want it on, select the default action for each type of media and device listed below it. Check (or uncheck) the the “Use AutoPlay for all media and devices” box to turn AutoPlay on or off. Open the Control Panel, and from the “icons view”, click the “AutoPlay” icon. How do I get Windows 10 to automatically play DVDs? For more info, see Windows DVD Player Q&A. The Windows DVD Player enables Windows 10 PCs with an optical disc drive to play DVD movies (but not Blu-ray discs). Why won’t VLC play my Blu-ray?įrom the VLC menu, choose Tools -> Preferences. Open VLC media player, click Media and select Open Disc. … So we recommend you to use VLC player, a free third party player with DVD support integrated. Microsoft has removed the built-in support for video DVD playing in Windows 10. Since most computers don’t even have Blu-ray players, Microsoft doesn’t offer the feature. That option would drive up the cost of every single copy of Windows 10. Windows 10 doesn’t include the built-in ability to play Blu-ray discs because Microsoft would have to pay a licensing fee to include that functionality.
You can create playlists, turn on subtitles, and even change the color of the app. It is a free app that will play both DVDs and Blu-rays.
How do I play a Blu-ray disc on my computer?Ī straightforward and easy way to play Blu-ray discs on your PC is to download Blu-Ray Pro from the Microsoft store. To play a Blu-ray Disc, you need to use a non-Microsoft program that supports Blu-ray playback and a device capable of reading Blu-ray Discs. Show these Closed Captions the same way Media Player on my PC does.The Blu-ray Disc format is not supported in Windows Media Player. There are quite a few old-school DVDs out there that have Closed Captions, but not Subtitles. *will* allow me to turn-on subtitles (on a disc that has subtitles) but this disc only has Closed Captions and not subtitles. It appears that the BluRay Player App is ignoring the XBox One's Closed-Captioning settings. Yet they won't display in the Blu-Ray Player app. On the XBox One I have gone into Settings and then Closed Captions and I turned on Closed Captions. So I know that the Closed Captions are definitely on When I insert the DVD into my PC, playing it using Media Player, I can right-click on the screen and select "Turn On Closed Captions (If Available)" then the Closed Captions display like they should. I have a DVD that has Closed Captions on it, BUT NOT SUBTITLES, and I cannot get those Closed Captions to display on my XBox One. To be clear - Closed Captions ARE NOT SUBTITLES! Ok - I'm trying to get Closed Captions to display.