2 Best ways to Play DVD on Laptop

 Q: "Is there any solution to play my DVD movies on HP laptop running Windows 10 OS? I have tried several ways but fail to open the DVD disc. Need your help!"

Part I. Play DVD on Laptop  with VLC Player

VLC Media Player is a free DVD player software with a lot of features and options. Playing DVDs with VLC is a great option for users who are trying to find a free method to play DVD on laptop and in search of the various ways to watch a DVD on Windows 10. See next for some of its most popular features: 

Features of VLC Media Player:

○  Convert media files from one format to another.

○  Set streaming video as desktop background.

○  Capture screenshots from streaming videos.

○  Support media controls to enhance video watching experience.

○  Play any types of CDs, DVDs, online Videos, local videos, etc. effortlessly.

Detailed guide on how to play dvd on laptop

1. Install VLC player

Download VLC Media Player from its official website.

2. Insert DVD

Insert DVD to laptop built-in disc drive, the laptop may have a combined DVD/CD reader/writer on the side of the keyboard. If you have an external disc drive, insert the USB plug into one of the ports on your laptop. Open the disc tray and insert the DVD. Close the tray.

3. Play the movie

After choosing a media player, the movie should start playing.

Part II. Digitize DVD for Playing on A Laptop without DVD player

Leawo DVD Ripper is recommended to rip and convert any (protected) DVD to laptop-compatible video formats without losing quality. Besides, it can also convert DVD to all other regular video formats like DivX AVI, XviD AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG-2, H.265 MP4, etc. and extract audio files from DVD. Moreover, video editing functions like clip, rotate, add watermarks, adjust video effects, etc. are provided. If you're using a Mac, turn to Leawo DVD Ripper for Mac.

Step 1. Load DVD Movies

Install and run the best DVD ripper, and click the "Load disc" button to load the DVD movies to the program. T

Step 2. Choose output format

Click the drop-down box (named “MP4 Video” by default) right before the big green “Convert” button on the sub-menu bar, and choose “Change” to choose output format. Choose output format from the “Format > Common Video” group or “Format > Device” group according to your needs.

Step 3. Start Ripping DVD

After all the settings, click the Convert button to start converting the DVD disc to digital MP4 files for watching on your laptop computer. When the conversion is over, click "open" to locate converted DVD movies.

Then, you can play the converted DVD movies on your laptop or transfer them to any portable media players and devices as you like.

How to convert AVCHD to DVD on Mac?

"Hello, I recorded some videos with my Canon C100 camcorder, they are about our family party and I want to burn them to DVD so as to save forever. How can I do that?”

For better playing and sharing Panasonic SD600 video recordings, people prefer to burn Panasonic HDC-SD600 AVCHD video files onto DVD with iDVD. But when you transfer its MTS video files to iMac or Macbook, you will notice that the 1080/60p MTS footages are not compatible with some software, like iMovie, FCP and iDVD.


To convert AVCHD video on a Mac, you should know what’s AVCHD first. AVCHD is a popular file format used by most cameras, such as Panasonic, Canon, Sony, etc. You may have recorded some AVCHD video recordings and want to burn them to DVD. AVCHD video files are saved with .mts or .m2ts file extension.


To convert AVCHD videos on a Mac, you need a professional Mac Burning Software like Leawo DVD Creator. Which can easily burn the AVCHD MTS/M2TS videos to DVD with excellent video quality and super fast converting speed. Besides, as a professional DVD Maker, it provides various styles of templates for your choice, and you can customize the background music, images, set button style, etc . yourself.


Now I will show you how to convert Panasonic SD600 AVCHD files to DVD in the easiest and quickest way.


Step 1. Add AVCHD videos

Download and install this DVD Maker to your computer. And then run it. Click "Add Video", or you can simply drag the AVCHD video to the program directly.

Step 2. Customize DVD

Set disc menu templates. You can choose from the templates library in the right-hand column or you can DIY your own disc menu.

Step 3. Convert AVCHD to DVD

At the last step, click the Burn button to start to convert AVCHD to DVD. 

How to Convert M4V to DVD on Mac and Windows

“ How to Convert iTunes m4v video to DVD I have purchased several movies from iTunes. Since most of the time these movies are played on my Apple TV. But the problem is that I cannot find a proper app that can burn M4V to DVD. SO, Does anyone have any suggestions? Your suggestion will be appreciated a lot."


In order to convert M4V to DVD quickly and successfully, you can try this DVD Maker. It is a professional program that can help you convert the M4V files to DVD without any problem.


Leawo Video to DVD Converter is an all-in-one DVD authoring and DVD burning software tool that could help you convert and burn videos to blank DVD disc without quality loss. It could burn videos in WMV, MP4, MKV, MOV, VOB, AVI, FLV, etc. to DVD disc, folder, or ISO files.

It provides fast converting speed and excellent output quality. In addition, you can edit your DVD movies with this software: you can customize DVD template, buttons, menu title, frame and so on. Now the guide below will show you how to convert M4V to DVD. Follow it.


Step 1. Add M4V videos


After you download and install this DVD Converter, run it. Click the File button or the plus icon to load M4V videos to the Converter. You can also simply drag and drop media files to the panel.





Step 2. Customize DVD(Optional)

You can choose the DVD templates, select one from them. Also you can edit your video.




Step 3. Convert M4V to DVD

After you finish all settings, click the Burn button to start converting M4V videos to DVD. When the conversion is finished, you can get out the DVD and play it on your DVD Play freely. 

How to Convert WMV to DVD on Mac

"I download some WMV movies and want to burn them to DVD, but I cannot directly burn the WMV files with iDVD on my Mac, so, can anyone suggest some software that can help me convert WMV to DVD on Mac? Thanks. "


WMV has been such a popular video format and perhaps you have lots of homemade or downloaded video files in WMV format. Many HD and Full HD videos downloaded from the internet are stored in WMV format. Sometimes people Want to burn them to DVD so that you can watch them on your TV or home DVD player? Can DVD players play WMV files?


If you want to convert WMV movies to DVD on Mac, you need a professional DVD converter. Leawo DVD Creator can preserve the quality of the original video while burning the video to DVD and ensures that the DVD playback would look just as good as the original video. Also, you can edit the video to make it your own style, such as trim, crop, add watermark to the video and so on. Aside from adding a menu to the disc, you can also change the disc menu templates and the items on the disc menu so as to obtain a customized DVD disc. Here, Leawo DVD Creator for Mac can be your best choice. This tool can help you burn WMV videos to DVD with ease. The video quality and the converting speed will never let you down. Just give it a try.


The guide below will focus on converting WMV videos to DVD on Mac, if you want to convert WMV files to DVD on Windows, you can use the Windows WMV to DVD Converter.


Step 1. Add WMV files to the converter

Download Leawo DVD Creator, open it, Click the "Add video" button or drag your video file into the frame in the center.




Step 2. Choose a DVD template and edit the DVD movie



Step 3. Convert WMV to DVD

At last, after you finish all settings, click the Burn button to start converting WMV videos to DVD.