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
    2010-08-28T22:45:45+00:00

    Go use something else then JackWadd.  If they don't wanna do blu ray then go be a mac queen.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-09-12T06:53:06+00:00

    Well VLC and Linux don't play blu-ray either, so it's not a question of cost, more like a bad business decision.

    Wrong, VLC absolutely does play Blu-ray.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-09-12T07:13:59+00:00

    VLC and WMP can play the m2ts files, but that's not what I call playing Blu-ray: VLC cannot play a Blu-ray disc, nor a ripped BD.

    By playing, I mean reading the BD menu and everything, not just opening the biggest .m2ts file hoping it's the movie and not an extra.

    Open Disc has only 3 options: DVD, Audio CD and SVCD/VCD. Or am I missing something?

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-09-12T18:33:00+00:00

    Running Windows 7, 64-bit, and bought a Samsung internal BD-ROM drive (SH-B083) for my desktop for ~$120 at Frys.  That drive included the Cyber Link BD Suite that has sufficed all of my BD needs.  It would be nice to have a codec for WMP or Media Center to integrate with other features, but to watch movies in full 1080p, my current drive works fine.  Hope that helps those of you who still haven't purchased a BD-ROM drive.  If you already have one, the manufacturer of your BD-rom drive might have a solution for you.  Highly recommend users to upgrade to W7, or at least Vista (I used to be a Vista hater myself, but came to peace with it after SP1).  

    i have the exact  same issue win 7 64 bit  have updated firmware on all devices same setup and hardware config will not play blueray

    Power DVD 10 mark 2 says unsupported format

     looked for k lite  64 bit codecs installed them dont know correct settings ?

    still no playback samsung BD Drive 01  firmware update,

     vid card update current nvidia drivers 64 bit

    win dvd 10 mark 2 update build 1830

    truely dissapointed

    what will make it work ?

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