If you are one of the Windows 10 users, I have good news for you, because you can now play DVDs on your computers, even with the Windows 10.
Usually, Microsoft has avoided providing software to play DVDs, because it has to pay a licensing fee to include it in the operating system. PC manufacturers normally add it to the PCs that ship with a DVD or Blu-ray drive, often including Cyberlink, Roxio or similar third-party software.
Microsoft included a codec (video decoding software) to play DVDs in Vista Home Premium and Windows 7, but dropped it when increasing numbers of Windows laptops (not to mention tablets) shipped without DVD drives.
It would have been silly to make everyone pay for it when fewer and fewer people needed it.
Another reason for not including the software may be the fact that Microsoft has recognised that there was even less point in paying for a DVD player when users either had one already (eg. Cyberlink) or could easily download a free one.
A Point of confusion
What appears so confusing is that many versions of the Windows have two separate video utilities: Windows Media Player and Windows Media Centre, utilities most users find difficult to distinguish. For this reason, when Microsoft announced that it was dropping Windows Media Centre from Windows 10, there was mass outrage from people who thought it was dropping Windows Media Player.
Microsoft has filled the DVD hole in Windows 10 with the Windows DVD Player app, which you can download from the Windows Store. I don’t recommend this because it’s not particularly good, it only plays optical discs, and it costs £11.59 or $14.99. However, Microsoft made the app available free to people who had had Windows Media Centre uninstalled by Windows 10.
So, if you had a copy of Windows 7 (except the Home Basic and Starter versions) or Windows 8/8.1 Pro with Media Centre, then Windows 10 should have installed the DVD Player app automatically. However, if you did a clean installation of Windows 10, instead of the in-place upgrade, then you most have lost out, because your copy of Windows Media Centre was not detected and replaced. See the FAQ for more details on that.
You don’t mention how you did your upgrade, but check Windows 10 to see if you have the Windows DVD Player app installed. If not, go to the Windows Store and see if you are offered a free download.
Source: The Guardian
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