
Step 3: Click Disc on the top of the Open Media window. Choose Convert/Save to get a new popping-up window. Step 2: Unfold the Media list on the top left corner of VLC. This can be a good way to add a dark theme or modern appearance to the player. Insert a DVD disc into the DVD drive on your computer. Fortunately you can customize the appearance of your VLC media player by installing skins. Then use the free VideoLan VLC Media player to play the DVD from the thumb drive.įind the VLC Media Player at www.videolan. The default appearance of VLC is fairly bland. VLC is also a free and open source product. Just copy the contents of the DVD to a thumbdrive. The VLC has no sound problem may be caused by an outdated VLC version, which you can fix it by upgrading to the latest VLC version to get the latest program enhancement that lacks on your previous version.

#How to copy dvd to computer using vlc player how to#
Since others are probably interested in knowing how to do this, I created the short video below.Īs shown in the above video, the process is pretty easy. She could even press the 'snapshot' button on the player to save an image from the DVD. To solve the problem, I showed her how to copy the DVD to a USB thumb drive, and then plug that into the USB port on her netbook computer to watch the video.ĭoing it the way I showed her, not only could she watch the DVD, she could see and use all the navigation menus in the DVD, and even speed up or slow down the playback. She had a netbook computer with no DVD drive, so she wasn't able to review her lessons or watch the class DVDs except when at home - and this put her at a real disadvantage. If you have a netbook or tablet computer without a DVD drive, you're out of luck - and that's the problem my friend had. This makes it easy to view video lessons and review intricate medically procedures while on the go - but only if you have a DVD drive in your computer. In this short video I show you the easy way to copy a DVD to a USB Memory stick / thumbdrive and play it in your netbook or tablet with all the features of the DVD including all the menusĪ friend of mine is taking a nursing class, and most of the homework is provided on DVDs.
