spincart USB 3.0 & Type C External Optical Drive for Laptop, CD/DVD ROM +/-RW CD Burner External DVD Writer  (Black)

Once you plug this external dvd player for laptop into your computer, it will bring up your downloaded Media Player, select it, and from that point forward whatever disc you put in will automatically open through it. You download a Media Player program onto your computer if don't already have one before you hook it up. 2. Please directly connect it to the USB port of the computer. Connection through a USB hub or USB extension cord may affect the device’s functioning. For desktops, please connect it to the back USB port of the motherboard because of potential power issue. 3. Mac OS computers do not display the device icon before placing a disc into disc tray & drive reads successfully the disc. For Mac OS, use the mac command to eject disc. If eject button/computer command not working, stick emergency hole to force eject a disc. 4. Just because you have a series of video files doesn’t mean they are compatible with DVDs. In fact, most computer and phone video formats are not compatible. So you need a third-party software to convert your file format to one that can be shown on discs. It won't work even you burn your file onto discs without converting format. Playing and burning software Computers does not natively support read or play the disc, so a third-party application, such as VLC, must be downloaded and installed in order to watch DVDs using this cd/dvd player. You could download any one of a plethora of burning software utilities available on the Internet. Or try the following: No fee playing software: Any Media Player, Any DVD No fee burning software for Windows OS: InfraRecorder, Ones, Express Disc Burner No fee burning software for mac OS: Burn for mac No fee burning software for Linux OS/Unix OS: K3b (KDE Burn Baby Burn)