You may need to provide the model of your internal and external DVD drives.
I’m still using W7 at home and using VLC as the primary playback.
Look at DVD ripping software. It can copy the DVD to your hard drive
And remove any region limits. If you need the drive space you can burn the ripped video back to DVD. This process also eliminates the stupid menu when you want to play the movie. Also, if you want to play your library on tv and portable devices you could look into PLEX.