How Can VLC Play DVDs?

[taurusx5]

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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[VLC_help]

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.

[taurusx5]

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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[VLC_help]

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.

[taurusx5]

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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[VLC_help]

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

[taurusx5]

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

Code: Select all

"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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[VLC_help]

.bat or shortcut cannot start playback automatically. The parameters in target should work
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[taurusx5]

.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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