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- Part 1: What you can and can\u2019t do with a Chromebook DVD drive<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Part 2: How to hook up a DVD drive to a Chromebook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Part 3: How to play music and movies from DVD on Chromebook with Leawo DVD Ripper<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Part 4: 3 Best Chromebook DVD players<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Part 1: What you can and can\u2019t do with a Chromebook DVD drive<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Firstly, let\u2019s answer this question directly: Can Chromebook play DVD video? The answer is No. You can't play CD or DVD videos with Chromebook directly. The Chrome OS doesn't support with DVD codecs. Chrome OS system has many limitations. Only a few video or audio formats are accepted by Chromebook for playback. It supports video formats like MP4, MOV, AVI, 3PG, WEBM, OGV, etc. and audio formats like MP3, AAC, AMR-NB, etc. Therefore, if you want to play back DVD disc on Chromebook, you need to convert DVD to video files in the format mentioned above.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n\nWhy do we hook up a DVD drive for Chromebook even when Chromebook can\u2019t directly play back DVD discs? Chromebooks can read these disk types: CD, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-RW, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray RW. Any of these discs written in data and media format could be read by Chrome OS. You could directly copy files from these optical discs to your drive on Chromebook as long as they are actual media files. You can also directly play media files from a disc as long as the media file is saved in the formats mentioned above.
\nWhat can\u2019t you do with a Chromebook even you have hooked up a DVD drive for it? Chromebook can\u2019t read CD music and DVD videos for playback. That means you can\u2019t directly play back DVD discs with Chromebook. Meanwhile, there are other things you can\u2019t do: write files, play CD and DVD, run programs, rip movies and music, etc.<\/p>\nPart 2: How to hook up a DVD drive to a Chromebook<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n Chrome OS doesn\u2019t work with external disc drives. You can try plugging in your USB-powered CD or DVD drive to your Chromebook, and absolutely nothing will happen. Chrome OS doesn\u2019t read or write to external players because it doesn\u2019t have the proper codecs and drivers to recognize them.<\/p>\n
Actually, we won\u2019t be able to connect DVD drive to Chrome OS. But we can install Linux on Chromebook and then connect external USB-powered DVD drive to a Chromebook. The below steps would show you how to install Linux on Chromebook for hooking up external DVD drive:<\/p>\n
1.\tMake a backup of all your important data. Make sure you backup your files in the \u201cDownloads\u201d folder.
\n 2.\tPress \u201cESC + Refresh + Power Button\u201d in order and hold it until you get a scary-looking warning screen.
\n 3.\tFollow the on-screen prompts until your Chromebook reboots and you\u2019ll be in Developer Mode.
\n 4.\tLog in with your credentials and launch the Chrome Web Browser.
\n 5.\tGo to the GitHub page and download the newest Crouton version.
\n 6.\tPress \u201cALT + CTRL+ T\u201d to open the command prompt.
\n 7.\tType (without the quotes): \u201cshell\u201d and press Enter.
\n 8.\tInstall Linux via Crouton
\n After installing, you could now connect your USB-powered DVD drive to Chromebook. Now, you have successfully hooked up a DVD drive to a Chromebook.\n<\/p>\nPart 4: How to play music and movies from DVD on Chromebook with Leawo DVD Ripper<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nAs mentioned above, Chromebook doesn\u2019t recognize DVD discs and it can\u2019t play back DVD content directly. To play DVD discs on Chromebook, you need to convert DVD movies to videos supported by Chromebook (in formats like MP4, MOV, AVI, 3PG, WEBM, OGV, etc.). Therefore, your only problem now for playing DVD disc on Chromebook is to find out a proper DVD to Chromebook converter tool that could help you convert DVD to videos accepted by Chromebook.<\/p>\n
Leawo DVD Ripper<\/a><\/strong> is the best DVD to Chromebook converter you could find in the market. As a professional DVD ripping and converting software program, Leawo DVD Ripper enables you to decrypt, rip and convert DVD to video in 180+ file formats, including DVD to MP4<\/a>, DVD to MOV, DVD to AVI<\/a>, etc. You could even edit your DVD movies with the internal editor, apply 3D movie effects, etc.<\/p>\n
Download and install Leawo DVD Ripper on your computer and then follow the below steps to learn how to rip and convert DVD movies to Chromebook videos in detail.<\/p>\n
<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\nStep 1: Add source DVD movies<\/strong>
\n Launch Leawo DVD Ripper (it\u2019s a module of Leawo Prof. Media) and then click the \u201cConvert\u201d menu. Then, click the \u201cAdd Blu-ray\/DVD\u201d button to choose to add DVD disc, folder or ISO image file.\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nThere are 3 different content loading modes: Full Movie, Main Movie and Custom Mode. Full Movie means to load entire source DVD file, while Main Movie means to load the main movie (the longest title by default), but allows you to adjust title. Custom Mode allows you to freely choose which title(s) to load for converting.<\/p>\n
Step 2: Choose output format<\/strong>
\n After loading source DVD movies, click the drop-down button right before the green \u201cConvert\u201d button. Then, on the drop-down panel, choose \u201cChange\u201d option to enter the Profile panel to select output format. Since Chromebook supports videos in MP4, MOV, AVI, 3PG, WEBM, OGV, etc., you could choose MP4 Video from \u201cFormat > Common Video\u201d tab as output format.\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nIf you need, you could click the \u201cEdit\u201d button on the drop-down panel to adjust video codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, audio codec, etc.<\/p>\n
Step 3: Set output directory<\/strong>
\n After setting output format, return to the main interface and then click the green \u201cConvert\u201d button. On the popup sidebar, set output directory in the \u201cSave to\u201d box.\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nStep 4: Convert DVD to Chromebook video<\/strong>
\nFinally, click the bottom \u201cConvert\u201d button to start to convert DVD movies to Chromebook videos.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nAfter converting, you could then freely import the converted DVD movies (now in Chromebook compatible video formats) to Chromebook for unlimited playback as you usually do.<\/p>\n
Part 4: 3 Best Chromebook DVD players<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nFirstly, we would like to introduce you 4 best Chromebook DVD players that could help you play back DVD content on Chromebook. But keep in mind, these Chrome DVD players couldn\u2019t directly play back DVD discs with Chromebook. Check these 4 best Chromebook DVD players below.<\/p>\n
VLC Media Player<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n\nAs one of the most popular free and open source media player tools, VLC Media Player supports various systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Android, iOS, and Chrome OS. VLC media player for Chrome OS is a free multimedia player that can play most audio, video files and DVD ISOs. It is suitable for all kinds of users with no ads and no in-app-purchases. VLC Media player for Chrome OS can play most local video and audio files, iSO. It supports MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv and AAC.<\/p>\n
- Part 2: How to hook up a DVD drive to a Chromebook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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