Windows 10: Trouble playing old DvD mini discs on laptop

I am trying to play mini DVD RW discs using my Lenovo Ideapad s540 laptop using a portable USD disc drive but I get an error to say Windows 10 cannot read the disc. The USB drive is a Rioddas CD/DVD external player, according to its properties it is 2006

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Playing a DVD

Just bought a windows 10 laptop and discovered I can't play movie DVD's on it. Tried VLC and Aimersoft players but these don't play DVDs either, though no problem with CDs. I get prompted to insert a disc whenever I press play but there's alreasy disc
in, and when i re-insert the same message reappears. Wish I'd kept my old laptop now just to play DVD's on.

 

Windows DVD Player installed in Windows 10 but not recognizing DVD to play

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

The DVD Player app only supports the following:

a. DVDs from a file backup is not supported, the app currently only plays DVD movies on optical discs.

b. The App will only play DVD's not Blu-ray discs.

If you satisfy both the categories, I would suggest you follow the steps below and see if it helps:

Update DVD/CD-ROM drives from Device Manager.

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  Press Windows key + R key. Type "devmgmt.msc" and click Enter.
  
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  Expand the DVD/CD-ROM drives.
  
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  Double-click on the DVD/CD-ROM drive.
  
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  In Properties, go to Drivers Tab and click on Update.
  

If this does not work you might have to Uninstall and then reinstall your drivers in compatibility mode.

Follow the steps to uninstall and reinstall the driver.

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  Press Windows key + R key. Type "devmgmt.msc" and click Enter.
  
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  Expand the DVD/CD-ROM drives.
  
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  Double-click on the DVD/CD-ROM drive.
  
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  In Properties, go to Drivers Tab and click on Uninstall.
  
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  Reinstall your audio driver from Manufacturer's Website in Compatibility mode.
  
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  Restart your system
  

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have further related queries.

Regards,

 

disc drive markings indicating ability to write to mini-DVDs?

I recently decided to follow the best practice of storing backups at a different site (a safety deposit box). I only backup up my personal data, and the zip files are in the order of 100MB. Multiple backups can fit on a DVD.

Normal DVDs are too big for my safety deposit box, so I'm considering mini-DVDs. I have a 2011 era laptop, and I know that it *reads* mini-DVDs -- some products I've purchased provide documentation on mini-DVDs, which I was able to read. However, I'm not
sure if the drive can write on mini-DVDs (it writes fine on normal DVDs).

It use to be that disc drives had markings on their faces to show what kinds of discs they are compatible with.

1. Are there any markings to indicate to ability to write to mini-DVDs?

2. Alternatively, since my laptop writes to normal DVDs, can I assume that it writes to mini-DVDs?

3. Mini-DVDs are typically described as for camcorders. Can they be used for computer data?

4. No stores in my city carry mini-DVDs, and because I've run into counterfeit goods in online purchases, I'm trying to find a means to acquire mini-DVDs directly from the manufacturer (who typically aren't sellers online). These are commodity items which
don't seem to show up in a search of the manufacturer site. What are some approaches to obtaining mini-DVDs directly from manufactures?