Windows 10: adding a dvd player to my desktop

How does one install a external dvd player to my computer? My dvd player stopped working. Would adding this bypass the defective one?

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Burned DVD's Work in SOME players

In that case, it is possible the problem is with the blu ray player not supporting DVD+R disks.

Suggest you check to make sure: it's possible you can overcome this problem by simply burning DVD-R instead of DVD+R. Check your blu ray compatibility list first.

 

DVD player

Hi Richard,

Thank you for using Windows 10.

Your title suggests issue with DVD Player and body of the message you've mentioned about Media Player. I would require more information to assist you better:

• What is the exact issue are you facing?
• Are you facing issue with Media Player or DVD Player?

I would like to inform you that Media player is in-built and it should present in Windows 10. If you're facing issue with DVD Player, I would suggest you to go through the following link and see if that helps:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/dvd-playback-help

Hope it helps. Let us know if you need more information and we'll be glad to assist you.

 

DVD doesn’t play in Windows DVD Player

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Ideally, the Windows DVD Player will play movies that are on optical discs. However, we will need the details requested below:

• Could you please provide more clarity on “will not play my DVD home movies”?
  
• What is the complete error message you receive?
  

We would suggest you to refer the troubleshooting steps mentioned in the article

Fix problems with apps from Microsoft Store and see if that helps.



You may want to refer the
Windows DVD player FAQ.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator