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
    2012-08-03T14:49:18+00:00

    ?

    Windows Media player supports mp3 and can rip the music to the mp3 format!

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-08-03T14:48:18+00:00

    To play blu-ray, just like DVD, is not free and that is HARDLY the fault of Microsoft. Horse, get off, high.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-07-15T05:02:33+00:00

    You are extremely ignorant. Bluray is a technology that Microsoft does not own; Sony does. Every single blu-ray play on the market that's not made by Sony pays sony for the technology. DVDs are usable on Windows 7 because Microsft chose to pay the company that owns DVD technology the compatibility to use it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-07-05T15:10:24+00:00

    Operating Systems use HUNDREDS (thousands?) of patented and copyright protected components.

    What you are suggesting is that to keep costs low, Microsoft has CHOSEN not to license bluray, in favor of leaving their customers to fend for themselves.

    Why is it then acceptable to microsoft to license ALL THOSE OTHER products to include in the OS?

    YOUR ANSWER MAKES ZERO SENSE. NONE.

    You CAN"T justify excluding bluray while including the other software.

    WAKE THE F*CK UP Microsoft.

    Pay the damned license and include it in the price.

    The same goes for MP3.  Just pay the damned license already, it's essential to the OS.

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