Watching DVD on windows 7 using VLC media player

[gracy]

I am trying to watch a dvd using VLC media player. I selected option " open disc" and then clicked on play but it gives the following message

"VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///D:/'. Check the log for details."

Please tell me what to do. I searched on google and got few results

http://www.sevenforums.com/music-pictures-video/315818-vlc-doesnt-play-dvds-now.htmlBut could not understand anything.

 

[WIN]

i think one of the following suggestion in the forum should work fine.. which is to open the dvd folder first then use VLC to play the video in that folder

 

[jtbell]

Check the log for details

What did the log say?

 

[gracy]

Check the log for details

I don't know how to check the log.

 

[gracy]

i think one of the following suggestion in the forum should work fine.. which is to open the dvd folder first then use VLC to play the video in that folder

I clicked on computer. Then selected DVD RW Drive (D:)OFD DVD5 . Then it showed "Files currently on the Disc" (7) I clicked on one of those. Then it showed Files currently on the Disc" (4) I selected one of those as soon as I clicked on one of those 4 files I was directed to VLC media player .It looked like as follows

http://postimg.org/image/c7qbuje5r/

Then I clicked on "Media" after clicking on "Media" It showed many options "Open File " ,Open multiple files", "Open Folder", "Open disc" . I don't know which one to select .

 

[StevieTNZ]

I don't know how to check the log.

I think perhaps maybe ask on the VLC forums, http://forum.videolan.org

 

[Silicon Waffle]

You can follow this tutorial to play your DVD with VLC player.
Your most recently played items information and settings of your player are stored in files in "%appdata%/vlc" .
By default, there is no log file for you to check, but you can create an instance of your vlc player and log its activities at run-time.

 

[Psinter]

Is this not solved yet? Just uninstall it and install it again. Or get another player.

Otherwise you need to check whether it is really a DVD what you are trying to open. If it is a Blu-ray disc, those things are encrypted. You will need something like this: http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/

But that is very old, I don't know if it will work for you.