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laptop windows10 won't play dvd's

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Hi guys looking for some help please. Downloaded windows10 and now my laptop won't play dvd's. Any ideas as microsoft want me to pay £11 for its dvd player thingee.
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  • grumpycrab
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  • as said above VLC
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  • AndyPix
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    +1 for VLC , It has played everything i have ever thrown at it !!
  • S0litaire
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    edited 22 February 2017 at 11:02AM
    Technically you need to buy a license to play "DVD/Blu-Ray" content from "MPEG-LA".

    That's usually covered in the price you pay for a stand alone DVD.Blu-Ray player.

    But with PC's the license is usually in the cost of the software player.

    Software like VLC get around this fee by using Open Source DVD/Blu-Ray decryption software instead of the officially licensed versions.

    so stick with VLC and you won't go wrong... ;)
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  • wongataa
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    Instead of VLC you could try MPC-HC. It is also free.
  • surfsister
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    thanks all!! my laptop always played dvd's fine until I downloaded windows 10 big mistake!! ha!! how could I find the MPC link?? but will probably go for the vlc as it has a link for me!! Really appreciated.
  • wongataa
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    surfsister wrote: »
    thanks all!! my laptop always played dvd's fine until I downloaded windows 10 big mistake!! ha!! how could I find the MPC link?? but will probably go for the vlc as it has a link for me!! Really appreciated.

    HPC-MC link: https://mpc-hc.org/
    First result in Google when searching for MPC-HC. It really wasn't difficult to find the link.
  • GunJack
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    yup, between vlc and MPC I don't think there's anything I've not been able to play..

    hint: if using MPC, the full codec pack is useful to have
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    surfsister wrote: »
    thanks all!! my laptop always played dvd's fine until I downloaded windows 10 big mistake!! ha!! how could I find the MPC link?? but will probably go for the vlc as it has a link for me!! Really appreciated.
    Why was it a 'big' mistake? You just need to download a media player and you are good to go.....
    VLC Good choice...
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  • Hi

    for what it's worth, I use GOM Player for my laptop, but use VLC on my tablet.

    HTH

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