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I can't play Blu-ray discs | ||||
| rafoolik posted 2009 Aug 11 01:22 | ||||
| i have just added a blu-ray drive to my pc and for some reason i cant play bd discs. i tried downloading all sort of codecs like haali media splitter, matroska splitters, coravc, and k light pack and k light mega pack. no luck. i also tried by downloading vlc player. what am i doing wrong. is it a setting or what? | ||||
| Ai Haibara posted 2009 Aug 11 01:45 | ||||
| Are you attempting to play commercial BDs? Did your drive come with any sort of player software?
Yes, the codec packs were most likely a Bad Idea. :) I'm not sure VLC has support for Blu-Ray at this time. Or Windows Media Player, for that matter. Other freeware players are even less likely. I'm blanking on the two main commercial software players for Blu-Ray, at the moment, so someone else will probably mention them, soon. :oops: Is your monitor connected via HDMI? It may well need to be... | ||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Aug 11 06:40 | ||||
| Commercial Blu-ray discs are highly copy protected and require certified player software like PowerDVD or WinDVD. None of the free players will play BD discs. | ||||
| rafoolik posted 2009 Aug 11 15:34 | ||||
| i read some of your genius comments: yes i am using an hdmi, and yes my drive came with POWERDVD. i installed it and it works, the only fault is that my gui goes to windows basic skin because its not compatible. so i guess it works. but heres another question, when i copy the avchd files to my hdd, it cant be played by either wmp, powerdvd, or vlc. why? | ||||
| minidv2dvd posted 2009 Aug 11 15:43 | ||||
it's not allowed. playing bluray off the hard drive with powerdvd stopped with powerdvd v7.3 wmp and vlc don't play blu-ray at all. | ||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Aug 11 16:38 | ||||
This happens when a program uses the old video overlay renderer in Windows Vista. That output driver is not compatible with the Aero interface. PowerDVD may have the ability to use a different output driver. If so, try using VMR9.
Because the BD+ or AACS copy protection has been removed. Or the sources had no copy protection to begin with (camcorders, etc). | ||||
| redwudz posted 2009 Aug 11 19:09 | ||||
rafoolik, in the future please use a more descriptive subject title in your posts to allow others to search for similar topics. I will change yours this time. Frorafoolikm our rules:
Thanks, Moderator redwudz |
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