How to Fix VLC Won't Play DVD Problems on Windows 10/Mac?

What to Do When VLC Not Playing DVD Windows 10/Mac Occurs?

Here are the top 3 solutions which will help you solve VLC won't play DVD problems once and for all.

☆ Solution 1: Reset VLC preferences accordingly
☆ Solution 2: Resort to VLC alternative media player
☆ Solution 3: Rip DVD to VLC compatible formats

★ Solution 1. Reset VLC Preferences Accordingly

Practice has proved that a majority of VLC fails to play DVD problems can be fixed by resetting preferences. In case you do not know much information about your DVD, for example whether it is encrypted, DRM protected, or which protection tech and region code it uses, we compile the tried-and-true tutorials which are commonly used to troubleshoot VLC won't run DVD on Windows 10/Mac. Just try the steps below.
Note: The first thing you should do is to check for update if your VLC is not playing DVD.

Steps:
Launch VLC > Tap "Help" in the menu bar > select "Check for Updates" to install the latest version of VLC.

If you are using the latest version of VLC and still can't play DVD with it, do as follows:

Step 1. Download the new libdvdread/libdvdnav/libdvdcss;
Step 2. Install the downloaded files (here we take libdvdcsss for Windows as an example):
* Open the libdvdcsss-y.y.y.tar.gz (y.y.y is version number )
* Find & enter the subdirectory libdvdcss-y.y.y
* Execute the command:
./configure
make
make install
Step 3. Repeat above steps to get libdvdread and libdvdnav installed.

>>See how to install libdvdcss for Ubuntu (Linux)
>>See how to install libdvdcss for Mac OS X

Note: After installing, VLC will automatically use them when playing DVDs.

For Windows users:
Step 1. Download the keydb.cfg and libaacs;
Step 2. Navigate to "C:Users/your username/AppData" > Create a folder named aacs in "AppData" directory > Place the keydb.cfg file in aacs directly;
Step 3. Go to "C: Program Files" > Open "VLC" directory > Drag the downloaded libaacs.dll file to it.

★ Solution 2: Resort to VLC Alternative Media Player

VLC is far from the only media player you can use to play DVDs on Windows 10 and Mac, and there are numerous free standalone DVD player software with integrated support for DVDs, for example 5KPlayer.

As the best VLC alternative, 5KPlayer excels VLC at playing all sorts of DVDs (VOB/VIDEO_TS/ISO) regardless of Disney DRM, CSS, Sony ARccOS, RCE, region codes and even the latest DVD encryption technologies, keeping you from all annoying troubles of VLC not playing DVD on Windows 10/Mac. More amazingly, this powerful DVD player also supports damaged or scratched DVDs without chock. Just give it a try.

★ Solution 3: Rip DVD to VLC Compatible Formats

If you have no fancy for VLC media player alternatives and stick to VLC, you can try DVD rippers to rip DVD to VLC compatible formats. Here I sincerely recommend the popular WinX DVD Ripper - a fastest free DVD ripper for Windows (10) to rip DVD to MP4, AVI, FLV, MOV, WMV, etc. and convert DVD to iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Android with customized profiles. To rip DVD to VLC compatible formats, do as follows: