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
    2010-12-28T19:17:05+00:00

    i'm trying to watch the digital copy of my blueray and cannot

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-12-28T22:20:28+00:00

    Rocky, is it on a DVD or did you have to download and unlock it?

    What is the file extension of the movie (".avi"?), can you watch other movies with this extension?

    You need to detail exactly all the steps and information if you want help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-12-29T14:16:27+00:00

    ... The costs for these license is recovered by the company when they sell you the player/software. Microsoft could, of course, also by the rights to include native BluRay movie support, but they would then have to pass on the cost to you. In your case, this would probably be fine, but think about all the people that don't watch BluRay movies on their PCs... 

    Then why can't Microsoft offer an addon for a small amount of money? 3rd party? :

    • You buy the OS (God forbid it's 64 bit too - x64 is just soooo new!)
    • You get home and see it doesn't do what you want... (whether Bluray/Mpeg-2/x264/ and/or various container formats)
    • Using logic (ha), MS should offer an 'addon' to OS so as not to pass cost to ppl who would never use it (if this is a worry to them). They never have done this-nor ever done this in the past - (AFAIK they never did this with regular DVDs/MPEG2, either.) So I agree with you, and voted you up.But MS has no excuse for pushing you to 3rd party apps. NONE. Not anymore... if they ever did.

    Even though they choose to back HD-DVD, enough time has passed. There is *absolutely* no reason they cannot *offer* the licensing codec(s) required to play protected BluRays for a nominal fee. They just do not want to be bothered supporting any problems it creates. Cost/Benefit analysis and all that - I'm sure. They create enough problems for themselves by virtue of their new Operating Systems.

    Again - no excuse MS. Get it together. Audio/Video/Media is everything nowadays - haven't you heard?

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-12-29T14:42:45+00:00

    ... no OS available which provides native integrated Blu-Ray movie playback, including Windows, Apple's Snow Leopard, orUbuntu.

    It's entirely possible that in the future Windows and other OS's will add support for it in future releases, I imagine a lot depends on how popular Blu-Ray becomes during the Windows 8 product planning and development cycle. I couldn't comment either way.

    Granted they supported SD-DVD, finally, I hope you're right... but if you don't know why comment?

    Anyway, "Ubuntu"? you can just use the word "Linux" as this link/procedure can be applied to most distros. Ubuntu is just one distribution of Linux. Last I checked Ubuntu and/or LINUX was free. MS Windows / Mac isn't.

    And times are changing. (I know your post is dated). Some quick google examples:

    Linux only(?): http://lxbdplayer.sourceforge.net/english.html (haven't used-only non-prot disks?)

    Windows/Mac/Linux: MakeMKV. (Works well for me to stream stuff to my HTPC)

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