[SOLVED] How to watch a DVD thru Win 10 laptop onto Roku TV

[Badger51]

I can play a DVD using VLC on my WIndows 10 laptop. However, I can't see the display on my ROKU TV, either with a HDMI connection to the laptop or streaming via Chromecast.

Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[punkncat]

Aside from the DVD aspect. Can you plug the HDMI cable in and duplicate the desktop screen to the TV? Can you see the desktop if you cast?

I have an Insignia brand Roku TV that was notorious for acting strangely with a computer hooked to it's HDMI inputs. About 50% of the time I had to go unplug and remove the input, then plug it back in. Sometimes I would also have to restart the computer and do the process again. In spite of that part I never really had issue casting to it.