# Win 10 Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957 "2015-09-20T16:00:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/1 "2015-09-20T16:00:35Z")

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Is there a decent DVD player program that works with Win 10? The one they furnish is crap. I’ve downloaded 4 or 5 “Free” players and none of them worked.  
Using a Dell desktop with 4 gig of RAM.  
Anyone?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/2 "2015-09-20T16:04:53Z")

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[VLC](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html) is most people’s go-to player.

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**Author:** ![Graymalkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@Graymalkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graymalkin)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/3 "2015-09-21T01:32:56Z")

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Yes, VCL worked for me, although it took a little time to figure out just how to get it going.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/4 "2015-09-21T02:47:30Z")

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Agreed - VLC

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/5 "2015-09-21T03:52:00Z")

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> [@zoid](#):
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> Agreed - VLC

There’s also mplayer, but VLC is better as it has a fullscreen button.

Though you may also want to see if you qualify for Microsoft’s free DVD player, if you haven’t already.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/6 "2015-09-21T04:52:37Z")

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VLC is so ugly. I use Daum PotPlayer.

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**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/7 "2015-09-21T04:57:49Z")

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There’s a prettier and touch-friendly version of VLC in the Windows Store.

(But IMO the old one Just Works, and when I’m watching something I won’t care how pretty the interface is anyhow…)

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/8 "2015-09-23T12:49:33Z")

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Thanks, everyone! VLC works just fine, no problems! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/9 "2015-09-23T13:37:04Z")

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I’ve tried VLC, but I prefer GOM Player. QQ Player isn’t bad either.

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**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-10-question/731957/10 "2015-09-23T15:16:13Z")

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The build in MediaPlayer plays back DVDs after you install the [K-lite Codec](http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm)