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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-02-07T12:42:04+00:00

    No, it can't be true. I'm disregarding this information.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-01-28T11:19:35+00:00

    Great Answer Patrick it makes sense for Microsoft to protect itself and offer customers a solution to this issue. Was just going to spend a lot of money to get a bd drive installed on my laptop and upgrade the memory but I'm cool with the dvd player and the 4gb of ram (own over 80 dvd's) Thanks for your help! Danny

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-01-17T03:32:36+00:00

    true mine is not about "blueray". still haven;t fixed my "codecs" issue though. my brand new computer can;t see the video either so something is wrong since only 2 months old. trying another media player download thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-01-17T03:03:11+00:00

    Wrong thread (this is about Blu-ray,) someone already answered you here.

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