So, I've sorted out some proven ways to fix VLC DVD playback failure. VideoLAN, a project and a non-profit organisation. This fact is, the reasons for VLC not playing DVD are varied, like region code limitation, copyright protection or an outdated VLC version, etc. There are also different opinions on the official VLC forum that do not give a clear solution either, which is really a frustrating thing. Go back to the main interface of VLC, select a video to play to check if the VLC crashing issue is resolved. Despite the fact VLC is powerful enough to play most multimedia files, I bet most of you guys have ever run into an awkward issue that VLC won't play DVD but have no idea how to solve it. Click on Tools > Preferences > Input/Codecs, you should see Hardware-accelerated decoding, click the drop-down icon, select Disable to disable hardware-accelerated decoding. I don't receive any error messages either so it is really bugging me."Ī: As a free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player, VLC is supposed to be a must-have on your computer. VLC supports 360 video and 3D audio, up to Ambisonics 3rd order. VLC 3.0 activates hardware decoding by default, to get 4K and 8K playback It supports 10bits and HDR. The DVD drive seems to speed up and the player shows the total time of the disc momentarily after which nothing happens (the time for the disc turns to -:-). VLC 3.0 'Vetinari' is a new major update of VLC. If its movie, the menus arent that important. 5KPlayer, the best free 4K UHD DVD media player, could be the best replacement when VLC is not working to help play any MKV MP4 4K/H.265 DVD etc on Windows 10 and Mac without hassle. Open VLC, Click 'Open Medium', instead of choosing the mounted ISOs drive or the DVD drive as root, choose the VIDEOTS folder within as playback drive.
I have tried autoplay and also the Media -> Open Disc. The easiest and most time-saving way to solve VLC media player crashing is to use the VLC alternative, of course. Follow these steps to uninstall and reinstall VLC on Windows: Press Windows + X keys and select Apps and Features. That will just replace the universal VLC default icon with a different one, excepting for the taskbar and system tray icon, which will stay the same. If your VLC player is crashing or stuttering even after trying all the solutions listed above, maybe the problem lies in the application itself.
Q: "I've installed VLC for playing commercial DVDs on Windows 10/11 (recently upgraded). To change the all-around vlc icon (except for taskbar and system tray, see below): Use Resource Hacker and change icons in 'C:Program FilesVideoLANVLCvlc.exe'. Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///D:\'.
Q: " Why won't VLC play my DVDs? Every time I try to play, it says: Playback failure: DVDRead could not open the disc "D:".