Windows 10 has no DVD playback function, Microsoft releases a paid DVD playback application "Windows DVD Player"

Until now, when playing a DVD on a Windows terminal, if you use "Windows Media Center" preinstalled, you could enjoy DVDs for free, but the newly appearing "Windows 10"This application has been deleted, and it became clear that there is no DVD playback environment by standard. "Windows Media Center" is forcibly deleted when upgrading to Windows 10, but Microsoft can purchase at 1500 yen instead of "Windows DVD Player"On the Windows Store.

Microsoft wants you to pay $ 15 for DVD playback in Windows 10 | Ars Technica
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Microsoft officialWindows 10 specificationIn the "Deleted function" item in the page, "Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8 Pro with Media Center, Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center" is installed If you install Windows 10, Windows Media Center will be deleted. "

Windows 10 specifications and system requirements - Microsoft


However, according to the same page, when upgrading from the old version Windows to Windows 10 in the "limited time period", the DVD playback application "Windows DVD player" is installed free of charge Thing. However, it seems that "Windows DVD Player" may not be installed immediately after upgrading to Windows 10, and in that case it seems to be installed after the first Windows Update was executed successfully. In addition, when upgrading to Windows 10, a warning that "Windows Media Center will be deleted" will appear firmly.

Ars Technica, an overseas news media reporting that "Windows Media Center" will be deleted, said, "Although many users upgraded from Windows 7 will be able to obtain" Windows DVD Player "application for free," Windows For Windows 8 with many users who do not have Media Center installed, "Most of the upgraded users will most likely not get free," he said. Also, when purchasing a new Windows 10-based machine, I also pointed out that because there is no DVD playing environment on Windows 10, it is necessary to purchase a paid "Windows DVD Player".

In addition, "Users expect Windows Windows DVD players to be" a functionally superior alternative to Windows Media Center, "but sadly not at all," said Ars Technica. Actually, the screenshot of the Windows DVD player published on the Windows Store is the following image, its function is simple as it can be understood at a glance. Specifically, the Windows DVD player has no Blu - ray playback function as you can see from its name, there is no image management and backup function of DVD media which was possible with Windows Media Center etc.


Microsoft officialFAQAccording to Windows 10, if you install Windows 10 on a PC with a clean installation instead of upgrading from Windows 7 or 8, the Windows DVD player will not be available for free. Also, I participate in "Windows 10 Insider Preview" and even if I upgrade from Windows 10 preview version to Windows 10, it seems impossible to obtain Windows DVD player free of charge. Therefore, if the user who used the preview version is supposed to be qualified "Windows DVD player can not obtain it for free", you need to reinstall Windows 7/8 qualified as "Windows DVD Player Free Acquisition" Well, that's why.

Why "Windows DVD Player" is expensive so far is to pay the huge licensing fee for DVD playback codec MPEG-2. That is, Microsoft removed the DVD playback function from the standard function of Windows 10, realizing a significant cost cut of the OS. Also, for reasons why the function of "Windows DVD Player" is very simple, "Microsoft knows that most users download and use VLC and other open source free apps," said Ars Technica I interpret it.

In addition, when the Windows DVD player is provided for free "when the limited period" ends when you write the articleTBDis.