Top 5 Best Free DVD Player Software for Windows

In our modern and fast-paced world, everybody wants to have entertainment on their fingertips. Hence, watching videos and listening to music online have become so widely popular that the web is now bombarded with video players that offer a wide array of features and services, from one-click video downloading to social network sharing. With so many free and paid video playback services out there, we came up with the FREE Top 5 DVD player software for Windows that you will find very efficient and useful.

1. BS DVD Player

With BS DVD player has now returned with a free version, a new interface and great features such as being able to watch Youtube videos, capture frames and even generate thumbnails from certain sequences. It also now has Jukebox functionalities for video and audio. It also allows for a wide array of options for Video, DVD, Audio, Radio and TV playback, as well as plays all types of media files.

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Pros: caters to all video formats including youtube video files; easy to use interface; lightweight and fast; simple and yet it has all the necessary features for watching HD movies
Cons: needs to install codec; offers to install its toolbar into your web browser
OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/Server 2008, Windows 7 including 32-bit and 64-bit

2. VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player is one of the world’s favorite open-source video playbacks. VLC has a lot of great features like granular speed controls, frame-by-frame advancement, live recording of streaming videos among other things. It also has customizable toolbars. It also supports a wide range of audio and video formats.

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Pros: great keyboard controls; great video and audio performance; can capture video on webcam;
Cons: default interface is not cool and savvy; skin options need improvement
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7

3. Real Player

RealPlayer has been residing in the World Wide Web since 1995 and has now evolved into a full-featured and user friendly video and audio player today. This amazing program also has a video-trimming tool that will give you flexibility in video options, as well as allows for sharing with social media sites like facebook and Youtube.

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Pros: a great and functional media player; competitive and user-friendly interface; can use in smart phones;
Cons: tendency to hang and slow to load video; lack of video options
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

4. UMPlayer

UMPlayer has a lot of competitive and promising features. For a free multimedia player, it has a lot of advanced options and yet it is so easy to operate and use. It can also play any media format for both video and audio files. It also has unique features such as subtitles search, ability to play and record You Tube, skinable interface, customizable hotkeys and a lot more.

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Pros: easy to use and has a lot of great features like shoutcast and youtube integration; customizable options for file playback; plays all formats;
Cons: minimal support and documentation
OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/NT

5. GOM Media Player

GOM Media Player supports various media formats and has impressive and customizable settings on the control panel. It is also equipped with screen-capture functionality that will allow for zooming, panning, customizable themes, hot keys, among other things.

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Pros: a lot of neat features such as fastforward and fastreverse; very versatile and supports a lot of media formats; good quality and nice volume control
Cons: minimal documentation and help support; may require additional codecs
OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

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{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }

nadeem February 27, 2012 at 8:43 pm: i like your efforts very much.thank u.

Dave Zine June 12, 2012 at 6:20 am: Your number one choice ‘BS DVD Player’ will not play DVD’s unless you buy the pro version, so not the best one really.
I found the UM Player the most useful by far.

Amin June 15, 2012 at 6:44 am: km player is not listed ..which is best of all these

martin June 24, 2012 at 12:52 pm: Thank you for your efforts, I’ve found what I was looking for

Jamison August 1, 2012 at 9:43 am: RealPlayer now needs you to purchase something to play DVD’s… Not really helpful to those without money… And, weirdly, NOT FREE….

Anonymous September 5, 2012 at 2:11 am: What about power dvd, windvd

Carlos November 28, 2012 at 10:04 am: I love Gom Player, but it doesn’t supports DVDs

Matt uk January 26, 2013 at 3:08 am: I use GOM player or Final Media player

Gaz April 17, 2013 at 7:38 am: UM Player is shocking

Null Void April 21, 2013 at 1:34 pm: Bad news:BS Video player dosen’t play DVDs for free.Says so in the FAQ,and there’s no “Play DVD” button.
The DVD control buttons are there,but that’s to remind you to pay-they don’t really do anything,as you can never start playing a dvd in the first place.

Phil Reed May 15, 2013 at 5:53 am: I just downloaded and installed the BS Player. It does indeed playback DVDs for FREE. You just have to click on the open file button and find the correct video file on the disc to start playback. Unfortunately, it will not allow you to navigate the DVD menu without buying the pro version but you can still play the DVD.