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I got VLC player version 1.0.5 for windows. I unfortunately have to manually play DVDs by going into VLC then Media>Open Disc. I got 2 questions:

1) How can I get VLC to play DVDs without doing so manually? It'd be nice to play DVDs by right clicking on the DVD icon in windows explorer. How can I do this?

2) Can I assign a shortcut in windows to get VLC to play DVDs?

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1. Use newer VLC version. VLC 1.1.2 should have that fixed.
2. Yes you can. Just add dvd://X: (where X is drive letter of your DVD drive) to shortcut.

1. Use newer VLC version. VLC 1.1.2 should have that fixed.
2. Yes you can. Just add dvd://X: (where X is drive letter of your DVD drive) to shortcut.

Hi, i downloaded the latest version of VLC. I got 2 questions based on your answer:

1) now, how do i get VLC to play DVDs automatically?

2) where do i add 'dvd://X' to get VLC to play DVDs?

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1. When you insert DVD, Windows should provide dialog that asks what you want to do. Just select play with VLC and tick the always use this/automatic option.
2. Either create new shortcut for VLC and edit its properties or create .bat file.

1. When you insert DVD, Windows should provide dialog that asks what you want to do. Just select play with VLC and tick the always use this/automatic option.
2. Either create new shortcut for VLC and edit its properties or create .bat file.

How do I create a new shortcut for VLC to play DVDs? And, how do I create a .bat file for that also?

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For shortcut, Go to VLC install directory, right click vlc.exe and select Create shortcut. Then drag&drop the shortcut where you want it to be.

For .bat file, paste something like to new text file and then rename it something.bat

For shortcut, Go to VLC install directory, right click vlc.exe and select Create shortcut. Then drag&drop the shortcut where you want it to be.

For .bat file, paste something like

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"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" dvd://D:

to new text file and then rename it something.bat

I'm a bit lost here. How will the .bat file allow me to play DVDs automatically? What would be the steps necessary to get VLC to play DVDs?

Also, I typed in: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" dvd://D: into properties>shortcut in the target field of the VLC shortcut I made to the desktop. And I get en error stating that the target is not valid. What do I do now?

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.bat or shortcut cannot start playback automatically. The parameters in target should work
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.bat or shortcut cannot start playback automatically. The parameters in target should work
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thank you... the shortcut did the trick.. thanks!!

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