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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-06-16T08:17:13+00:00

    Here's what I did. I downloaded and installed shark codec pac, and I was able to play the blu-ray files (.m2ts in the stream folder) in media player. Not a fix but a workaround that seems to work. http://www.majorgeeks.com/Win7codecs_d5959.htmlis the link and I have not had any problems so far. Once you have loaded the file you can then use your media center remote to pause stop and play in Windows Media Player. I am surprised the techie didn't tell you this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-06-08T17:17:38+00:00

    I expect them to improve their system from that money for future technologies such as Blu-Ray

    for 11 years old technologies such as Blu-Ray

    Fixed that for you. ^-^

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-06-08T13:57:00+00:00

    Yes, I expect Microsoft to do everything for me. Why? Because I pay for it, regardless of how much. I believe they call that consumer rights (in both official and non-official ways).

    You say Windows media player is not a part of the operating system, and it's a free media player. You are wrong: Media player is delivered and integrated with the initial installation of Windows (and it can't be uninstalled), hence it's a part of the OS. Secondly, I paid for the OS wich Media Player is a part of, hence it's absolutely not free. They charge me for using their system, I expect them to improve their system from that money for future technologies such as Blu-Ray. Wich at this point has not happened in the almost three years that this issue was raised

    I'm sure they spend my money on important security updates and related, but I demand that they use that money as well to keep improving their OS as I said above.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-05-29T16:18:22+00:00

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