Solved External Dvd player for connection to pc


Fourthcar

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I would like to know whether various suitable Usb Video Capture Cards that i saw on good old Amazon would be ok to connect my small external dvd player to my Dell Inspiron desktop pc via HDMI port so i watch movie Dvd's on my pc.
Just curious whether this set up will work.

Thank you
 
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You just need a usb dvd drive, you dont need a video capture device. Hdmi on a laptop is only video out not video in.

Something like this:


Then you can use software like vlc media player to play it.
 

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The External USB CD/DVD drives I have work just as if they are internal, plug in, put in a disc and go.
 

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Thank you for replies,

I have bought new external usb cd/dvd drive from a local Pc repair shop and connected to pc via usb and put a James Bond Dr.No Dvd in external drive then went into file explorer and looked for VOB / TS file and i use Pot Player as my default media player and opened the relevant
VOB / TS file and the Dr No Dvd starting playing.
I have in the past had tv's with built in dvd player but quality of playback is not that good.

Anyway, Dvd's are playing.

Have a night chaps.
 

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Time for lunch here.
 

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    Win11 Pro RTM
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 3400
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 11th Gen. 2.40GHz
    Memory
    12GB
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD NVMe M.2
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro RTM x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 5890
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 10th Gen. 2.90GHz
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Onboard, no VGA, using a DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" Dell
    Hard Drives
    512GB SSD NVMe, 4TB Seagate HDD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender/Microsoft Security

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