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‎04-19-2018 12:31 PM

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How do I play a movie DVD on the USB External DVDRW Drive Model gp70N on my (new) laptop?  After the device is registered it asks for actions to take and just leads me to the app store, but I don't know what (if any) app to get.  I have Windows 10 Pro, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQCPU @ 2.6GHz.  I looked at another message board that recommended putting VLC on, which I did, but it tells me that it doesn't see anything.  I am not a computer-saavy person, so...

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‎04-19-2018 12:50 PM

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Insert movie DVD

Open VLC player

Open the Media menu

Select Open Disc menu item

In the Open Disc dialog box, select the type of media (here: DVD)

You can browse and select the external DVD drive letter, if it is not already selected

Click Play.

Follow this:
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Open_Media/

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