How to Play DVD in Windows Media Player

Summary: This article aims to teach you convert DVD to Windows Media Player WMV, so that you can freely play DVD movies in WIndows Media Player.

Sometimes maybe you encounter some occasions that when you trying to use Windows Media Player to play a DVD, but suddenly an error message pops out showing Windows DVD Player won't play this DVD directly, right? If so, just follow me and i will teke you through this issue.

After searching relevant imformation in Google, i come to realize that the basic reason why Windows Media Player failing to play DVD is that there are copy protection mechanisms present on most commercial DVDs. So is there an easy way to import DVD files to Windows Media Player? Absolutely yes! Just rip the disc and then convert the DVD video to the more manageable format (i.e. wmv) that Windows Media Player will read. On the otger hand, there are various DVD encryptions, can your DVD to WMV ripping tool possibly handle all of them? I know they are just a part of your concerns. But in a word, you are searching for a safe, clean, powerful yet reliable DVD to WMV ripper. Upon testing, Brorsoft DVD Ripper is the right one, fulfilling your demands.

Running it, you can effortlessly strip any commercial DVDs of their CSS encryption, and convert the movie files of DVD to whatever format you need sunch as WMV, AVI, VOB, FLV, MTS, XAVC, MOV, MP4, etc. And the software lets you tweak just about everything after you've got the movie from disc. Plus, it also provides pre-configurated profiles for those who intend to watch the movie on a handheld gadget including iPad, iPod, iPhone, Xbox, Galaxy Tab and more. don't hesitate to download it and read on the following step-by-step tutorials to finfish your task.

Steps to convert DVD to Windows Media Player

Step 1. Import PALY DVD

Install and run the DVD ripper. Insert the DVD disc into your computer drive and then load DVD files that you want to convert to the program.



Step 2. Select output format

Now, from the Format menu, select Windows Media Player friendly format as your output video format. There, you can take WMV as your output video format. If you prefer high definition videos, move your mouse pointer to "HD Video" and then choose HD WMV.



Step 3: Convert DVD to Windows Media Player file

Now, simply hit the "Convert" button at the lower right of the window and you're good to go. Depending on the speed of your machine and the length of your DVD movie, the full DVD to WMP video conversion will take anywhere from minutes to a couple of hours to do the rip.

Step 4: Put the ripped DVD movie onto Windows Media Player
Once you have converted your DVD to WMV format, Windows Media Player will be able to play the WMV.

Keep in mind, if you rip the DVD to another common format and playback it on WMP, you may hear audio but no video picture displayed, which means the video codec isn't installed. You need to install extrac codec pack to solve the issue. That's why we prefer to choose WMV, a format developed by Microsoft.