Windows 7 Media player will not play back BluRay disc's

Anonymous
2009-10-25T16:16:04+00:00

I just installed Windows 7 premium home,full retail 64 bit version. I was surprised to find media player does not support BluRay playback. I read the previous post in this forum and see, as far back as May, that Microsoft was aware of the codec issues with BluRay playback on Win. 7

What is Microsoft doing to solve this glaring issue. BluRay has been around for a long time and I'm sure thousands of Windows 7 customers are going to be in the same boat as me. There are NO codec available through a Google search ( 64 bit) and I would be very reluctant to use one off the internet anyway (Virus issues)

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Anonymous
2009-10-28T13:18:41+00:00

Hi Patrick,

As we know that Blu-Ray is a patented technology so it requires appropriate codecs to be purchased and hence we cannot include it in our Operating System.

To play a Blu-ray Disc, you need to use a non-Microsoft program that supports Blu-ray playback and a device capable of reading Blu-ray Discs.

Check the below link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/MPEG-and-DVD-video-frequently-asked-questions

Hope this information is useful.

Amrita M

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-09-30T04:56:20+00:00

    Microsoft was competing against Sony trying to push HD DVD against Sony Blu-ray as the new dominant format for digital media. Sony packaged blu-ray on the PS3 while Microsoft forced the consumer to buy a separate peripheral if they wanted to watch an HD DVD.Ultimately, blu-ray one and HD DVD was discontinued.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-09-27T01:50:12+00:00

    patrick has summed up your short coming.  mircosoft is real flaky...buy an mac!

    I think your reply just summed-up the general intelligence level of most Mac users.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-09-26T20:53:05+00:00

    patrick has summed up your short coming.  mircosoft is real flaky...buy an mac!

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-09-25T21:37:11+00:00

    Hi Patrick, As we know that Blu-Ray is a patented technology so it requires appropriate codecs to be purchased and hence we cannot include it in our Operating System. To play a Blu-ray Disc, you need to use a non-Microsoft program that supports Blu-ray playback and a device capable of reading Blu-ray Discs. Check the below link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/MPEG-and-DVD-video-frequently-asked-questions Hope this information is useful. Amrita M Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think. Ok. So we go out and pay another greedy person 500$ for his codec, then install said codec. AFTER the codec is installed, support should be automatic. It's bad enough you charge people twice to 500 times the price of the computer, for BASIC OS. and dont really offer BASIC(no extras, such as Media Player or Media Center) OS, you can't support INSTALLED codecs too?

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