Top 5 Free DVD Player Apps in Windows 8 and Windows 10

Windows Media Center is a free native solution for DVD playback in Windows XP, Vista, and 7, but it is turned into a paid add-on ($9.99) in Windows 8 and replaced with Windows DVD Player ($15) in Windows 10. If your computer runs on a clean Widows 8 or Windows 10 without a preloaded commercial DVD playback solution, here are 5 good, free third-party DVD player applications letting you play DVD’s in Window 8 and Windows 10. 

For convenient playback and management, you can consider ripping your DVD collection to MP4 or MKV video files with a DVD Ripping Software.

VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player is an excellent open-source player application and capable of playing pretty-much any type of local & streaming multimedia files as well as DVD’s, Music CD’s, and VCD’s. To play a DVD in VLC, simply go to the Media menu and then click the Open Disc option. VLC offers a number of options letting you change your way of viewing and playing DVD’s, such as automatically opening DVD with VLC whenever you insert a DVD, full-screen DVD playback, switching different audio tracks and subtitles, etc.

Free download VLC here or go to its official site.

KMPlayer

KMPlayer is an open-source media player which has a gorgeous looking UI design and intuitive Control Box. This player constantly adds new Codecs to itself in order to successfully decode (play) all types of media files, and it is no problem to play DVD’s in KMPlayer. The adoption of DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration) and advanced video/audio processing technology guarantees the good quality of video pictures and sound.

 

 

Free download KMPlayer here or go to its official site

GOM Media Player

GOM Media Player is a popular free desktop program that you can use for DVD playback on Windows 8 & 10. This player has many merits such as having over 50 built-in multimedia codecs, automatically starting the Find Codec feature for unusual multimedia types, good picture quality and sound during video playback, less resource requirement, and more.

 

Go to its official site 

Kodi (formerly XBMC)

Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player application, and supports almost all popular video and audio formats, various streaming media protocols, and live TV watching & recording. Kodi enables your Windows 8 or 10 system to play DVD’s on the optical drive, and here is the process: Insert your DVD -> Open Kodi and click Videos -> Select the DVD drive -> Select Video_TS option -> Select the .VOB file to start playing.

 

Free download Kodi here or go to its official site

MPC-HC

MPC-HC, short for Media Player Classic Home Cinema, is an extremely lightweight open-source media player and supports playback of virtually all types of multimedia. MPC-HC is totally free with no ads or back-doors for hackers. To play DVD in MPC-HC, simply go to File menu and select Open Disc option.

 

Free download MPC-HC here or go to its official site

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