How to Play DVDs in Windows 10

[Ian]

Ian submitted a new article:

How to Play DVDs in Windows 10 - Free DVD player software for Windows 10

Windows 10 no long comes with an out-of-the-box DVD player - if you wish to buy the official Windows DVD player then you'll need to pay a moderate sum on the app store. However, there is no need to pay when so many free alternatives exist.

The most popular free DVD player is VLC Media Player - it's an open source media player that has been available for many years. It's great at playing almost any file format that you can throw at it, without...

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[Tim Locke]

I could not persuade VLC to play Blu-Ray discs. It tried, showed the title but could not find/access the required keys.
I ended up with Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra 15 which works for Blu-Ray but is not free.