While I prefer the familiarity of VLC, I think GOM Player would be my second choice should VLC and I fall out at any time. It also works on Windows, Android, macOS and iOS too. If VLC doesn’t play the DVD automatically, navigate to it, right click the VOB folder and select Open with… This should play the movie complete with audio and subtitles.Īs an extra bonus, GOM Player works with VR and 360 video, which is something these other media players do not as yet. Install VLC and set it as the default media player.The download is small, installation takes only seconds and it works on just about every operating system out there, including Windows, MacOS and Linux. It uses the MPEG-2 codec to play VOB files and has this included in the package. VLC is my go-to media player because it is light, powerful and includes most popular codecs by default.
Use VLC to play VOB files on Windows and Mac Instead, we will use a different media player to play the disc. Copying the DVD, even if you own a legit copy, is illegal in some countries so we won’t go there. You can encode the file into MP4 which will play on anything or you can use a different media player to play the DVD. If you want to play a DVD on your computer, you have a couple of options.