In this case, you will probably need to convert your DVD to videos using your favorite DVD ripper so that it can play smoothly in VLC. For instance, you burned your DVD at 8X and your computer is capable of handling 4X Media. The most common problems behind VLC not playing DVDs is usually based on the difference between the burning speed of the disc and the speed in which your computer can play some media. Thereafter, you will get some error messages from the wxWidgets message window if exist any which will tell you the problem. In order to understand the reasons behind your DVD not playing you will have to go to the message window and restart your stream. This option can be helpful if only the file you are playing is not supported by the codec’s available in your VLC player. On the other hand, your player must be lacking all the needed codecs therefore, you will need to download the combined community codec pack so that it can play your DVD with a lot of ease. These reasons vary, one reason behind it is that your VLC media player is not associated with. There could be a number of reasons when it comes to these problems.
However, lacking the knowledge when it comes to using VLC for this specific purpose, many people encounter problems while playing their DVD video with VLC. As the most popular as well as powerful free and open source tool in the market, VLC is capable of playing virtually every file format that you can think of, both in Mac and window based computer including DVD of course.