2 Methods to Solve DVD Playback issue on Xbox Console

You can watch the newest blockbuster on Xbox console with DVD disks. According to the official announcement, Xbox One generates a DVD drive and claims to be able to play DVD, but for DVD collectors, there might be a bad news for DVDs are subject to scratch and more of a worse to damage due to in and out the DVD drive time and time again. Worse still, some DVDs cannot be directly played on Xbox because usually, many big movie companies like Fox, Paramount and Warner have embedded their own region code into DVDs to protect them from being played anywhere. So tons of people are looking for methods to play DVD movies instead of games not only on Xbox One, but also on Xbox One S and Xbox 360. Here introduces 2 easy methodes below.

Method 1. Play DVD on Xbox without Changing Original Format

Maybe you fail to play the DVD disc because there is no DVD players in your Xbox One. You can conduct the measures listed as below to install a DVD Player on your Xbox.

Boot your Xbox One and insert a DVD disc into hard drive. After you inserted the disc, the system will prompt you to install a DVD player. Click OK and select one. Select “Install” on the DVD player page and you can wait until your Xbox One finish the automatic installation. Once the installation is over, the disc will start automatically.

Note: Sometimes you insert a DVD disc and the system just fail to respond somehow, then you should search and install on your own. Go to Store and click the search bar. Input “DVD Player” and choose one from the result. Click into the DVD Player page and click “Install”. You can insert the disc again after the installation is completed, then the disc should be playing automatically.

Method 2. Rip DVD to Xbox recognized video formats for playback

Actually, this task can be accomplished as long as you have right DVD to Xbox converter software. But one thing here I have to mention commercial DVDs are generally encrypted either by CSS or Disney Copy Protection, making DVD ripping nowadays constitutes something of a bother. But if you happen to read this article, you’re a lucky dog for in this article I will recommend a powerful program – Dimo Video Converter Ultimate to remove region lock from commercial and rip DVD to Xbox One S/Xbox One/Xbox 360 with a wink.

It is noted for its fast conversion speed and high compression ratio. A 10G DVD movie can be converted to MP4, AVI or devices within tens of seconds and be compressed into less than 5G – more than 50% smaller size. This progream offers specified video formats for box One S/Xbox One/Xbox 360, PS4 Pro, PS4, PS3, PSP and many other game hardware like PS Vita, Wii and more. Furthermore, it offers 1:1 DVD backup solution, which help you back up any commercial DVD movies without any quality loss. You can effortlessly keep your DVD discs from scratched, damaged, or manage your DVD movies in more convenient way!

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Steps to convert DVD to Xbox (One S, One, 360)

Step 1. Import your DVD movies

Insert the DVD disc into your Windows’s DVD-ROM and then load the DVD movies to the program by clicking “Add DVD” icon. DVD ISO image files and VIDEO_TS folder are also supported.

Step 2 Select the output format

Click on the dropdown menu of “Select Format” and then move your pointer to “Games”. From the sub-list, the “Xbox One S”, “Xbox 360”, “Xbox One” are all the friendly formats for Xbox consoles.

Tip: If the default video/parameters can’t meet your needs, just click Settings icon to adjust the video codec, bitrate, frame rate, audio sample rate, etc to get a decent video as you want. In principle, the larger input values, the better output quality, but the corresponding larger file size.

Step 3. Start converting your movies to Xbox

When all settings are done, simply click the “Start” button to begin the conversion from DVD to Xbox One S/One/360. You will get the files converted ready in a few minutes. When the DVD to Xbox MP4 conversion finished, you can freely transfer movie to Xbox and watch movie on Xbox anytime and anywhere you like.

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