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)

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video

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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
    2013-02-01T20:15:32+00:00

    did sony not start and own Blu-ray if so you can see were this leads good for sony

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-28T16:43:54+00:00

    Here we go. If the answer given to us true, than we need to start using another operating system in order to get the executive of Microsoft out of their comforted behind.  The idea that in order to prove to the competition that Microsoft is a larger than life therefore there is no need to provide useful product, need to stop. We are the customer, therefore our need to be place in the front of the market and not in the back of it. Here we had a "tech or engineer" telling us that in order for us to be able to satisfied our need, we need to go out into the third party market and purchase a third party equipment is garbage. If I had a company and one of the employee were to give such an answer to one of the customer, that employee will be terminated right away. Is Microsoft getting that low? I guess the answer is yes.

    Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-27T20:13:39+00:00

    I just want to bump this thread and mention in January 2013, with windows 8, and now a stand alone pay seperate Media Center, there is no reason Microsoft still has not included bluray movie playback functionality. I am sure that the majority of people who are purchasing Media Center are using it as a HTPC setup where native DVD and Bluray playback would be welcome. With that said, Microsoft has already used the excuse not everone will use bluray movie playback and it does not make sense to add it since it will cost the consumer more. If it costs the consumer more at this point so be it. It's not like it's going to affect the cost of the average Windows 8 user that doesn't want to pay extra for Media Center.  And please spare me the "you can download powerdvd, etc...". I have it, not as good as native.

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