The Best Way to Solve Windows Media Player Not Playing DVD Problem

Why is My DVD Not Playing on Windows Media Player?

How to Get Windows Media Player to Play DVD

Q: What do I need to do to watch a DVD in Windows 10? It didn’t let Windows Media Player play DVD for windows 10 when I upgraded from Windows 7.

Q: I keep getting the error message "Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer" when playing my DVD. Can anyone tell me the way of playing DVD in Windows Media Player?

Q: Tried to continue watching a purchased DVD on Windows media player 12 and got this message. "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card." Anyone else come across this problem?

Why does my DVD not play on Windows Media Player? Generally speaking, the Windows Media Player not playing DVD error can be caused by the following factors.

1. The DVD itself is damaged or protected by region code;
2. Your PC lacks the necessary DVD codec for playing on Windows Media Player;
3. You are using Windows 8/8.1/10/11 that does not have a native support for DVD playback any longer.

If you have checked that your DVD is alright, you can try changing DVD region code or installing the required DVD codec to fix the Windows Media Player not playing DVD error. However, please note that Windows 8/8.1/10/11 don’t support external DVD codecs anymore and the codec installing approach hence may not work. That said, you can switch to a new DVD video player or pay for the official Windows DVD Player to continue watching DVD on Windows. But here, we have better solution – convert DVDs to digital formats for playback on any players and devices easily. It can solve the region code and codec problem at the same time. Read on to learn more about this solution.

The Best Method to Fix Windows Media Player not Playing DVD

To watch DVD movies on Windows Media Player without annoying problem, you can try this way - ripping DVD to Windows Media player supported video formats to be free from DVD codec limit, region restriction and even save more space for movie collection.

For this task, you’ll need a professional DVD ripper like WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro to assist you. It can help solve solve Windows Media Player not playing DVD issue and rip copy-righted DVD like CSS, unlock region code, Multi-angle, RCE, Disney X-Project DRM, etc. Beyond that, you’re able to play DVD on other devices with this handy software as it allows you to copy DVD to phone, rip DVD to tablet and even convert DVD to TV and game Console. You can also play DVD directly with its built-in DVD player.

Now free download WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro and see how to convert DVD to be compatible with Windows Media Player below.

Three Steps to Play DVD on Windows Media Player

Before start, please free download the DVD ripper and install it on your PC.

Step 1. Load DVD Source

Insert DVD disc into computer DVD-ROM drive. Then open this program. There are three ways for you to add files, DVD Disc, ISO Image and DVD Folder. In the ordinary way we choose DVD DISC to add the targeted file. After analyzing DVD for seconds, it will detect and select the main title for you automatically.

Add the DVD File

Step 2. Choose Output Format

Click “Output Format” on the right side of interface and choose Video – WMV.

Note: WMV is supported by Windows Media Player natively, so it’s a good choice to convert DVD to WMV. But you can also convert DVD to other common videos formats that are supported by Windows Media Player, such as DVD to MP4, DVD to AVI and more.

Select “WMV”

Step 3. Start Process

With simple click of “Run”, this ripping process will start and be finished soon. Now you can watch the DVD movie on your Windows Media Player.

Click “Run” to Start the Conversion

Other Methods to Get Windows Media Player to Play a DVD

How to Play DVD with Windows Media Player

Can Windows Media Player play DVDs? Why Windows Media Player won’t play DVD in Windows 10? As mentioned above, Windows 10 won't play DVD because the necessary DVD codec is not installed on Windows. Installing codec pack to make Windows Media Player play DVDs is a way to fix this problem. Useful codec pack like K-Lite Codec Pack is available, but many people are cautious about using external plug-ins. Some malware may be embedded during the installation, which even causes problems on the system with conflicts.

If you’re a DVD die-hard fan, but don’t want to install the complex codec pack or purchase Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 media player for DVD, the third-party DVD player like VLC Media Player，MPC-HC (Media Player Classic) should be on your list.

They can play DVD without the requirement of codec packs and other extra things, yet it only allows you to play movies on PC. For free playback during trip, business and other cases, obviously, ripping DVD with WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is the best way for you.

Now, please download the DVD Ripper Pro to complete your jobs.

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