Playing a DVD or VCD Movie

If you have a DVD drive and decoder hardware or software on your computer, you can play DVD movies with Windows Media Player. If you don’t have a decoder, you can purchase one from a third party manufacturer. If you only have a CD player, you can play VCD movies. A VCD is similar to a DVD, yet the video quality is not as high. When you play a DVD or VCD movie, a list of titles appear with a section of content from the movie. You can use the titles to browse through the contents of the DVD or VCD.

Play a DVD or VCD Movie

Insert a DVD into your DVD drive or a VCD into your CD drive.

If the Audio dialog box appears, click the option to play the DVD or VCD, and then click OK.

The Windows Media Player window appears, and the DVD or VCD starts to play.

To expand the contents list of the DVD or VCD click the plus sign (+).

To pause the movie, click the Pause button.

To stop the movie, click the Stop button.

To play a specific title, double-click it in the list.

To play the previous or next section of the movie, click the Previous or Next button.

Click the Close button to exit.

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