Modernistic PCs running Windows 8 aren't just for work, they likewise provide a number of excellent entertainment options. Just one case: you can watch a DVD moving-picture show on your laptop, if you've installed the VLC media player.

Take a await at how you can use VLC media histrion to play your favorite DVDs:

  1. At the Windows 8 outset screen, type VLC.

    When you begin typing the name of an app that you want to open up, Windows 8 displays the apps that are installed on your PC that match the characters y'all type. When y'all see the app that you desire, click on it to open up the app.

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  2. Choose the view option.

    Afterward the VLC media histrion is open up, click the View menu to display the list of viewing options for the thespian. For watching DVDs, you'll probably want to choose the Fullscreen Interface pick, which y'all can also select past pressing F11.

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  3. Insert your DVD into your DVD bulldoze on your PC.

    If this is the showtime time you've played a DVD on your Windows 8 PC, a prompt will appear in the upper right corner of your screen instructing you to tap on the prompt box to choose what happens when a DVD is inserted.

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  4. Choose your DVD playback choice.

    To automatically play DVDs using VLC media player whenever a DVD is inserted, cull the Play DVD movie VideoLAN VLC media player option. If you lot'd rather choose which action to take each time, choose the Take no action selection.

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  5. Open up the DVD from within VLC media role player.

    If you lot inserted the DVD before VLC media player was running or if yous selected the Take no action selection, select the Media, Open Disc option from the VLC media actor menu.

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  6. Click the Play Button.

    The Open Media dialog box enables you to select various playback options, such as choosing an alternate audio or subtitle track earlier you brainstorm playing the DVD.

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  7. Use the playback controls near the bottom of the screen to control the DVD.

    Y'all can use the controls to break the playback, to aggrandize the picture show screen to fullscreen, and to suit the volume equally you lookout your DVD.

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About This Article

About the volume author:

Marking L. Chambers has been a technical writer, computer consultant, Bulletin board system sysop, developer, and hardware technician for more than 30 years. An unabashed Mac enthusiast, he has written more than thirty computer books, about virtually the Mac. They include MacBook All-in-One For Dummies, 2d Edition, and Macs For Seniors For Dummies, 3rd Edition.

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