Manish
Iam actually new to the world of Blu ray and am downloading a Blu ray movie rit now(46 GB on whole) i was wondering if i could play Blu ray movies(movie files on my hard disk) on my VLC Player(2.0.5 da recent updated player).. i play DVD UltraHD(18 GB single movie) movies on VLC(well, thats somethin stupid to be stated, ikr).....
but to ask plane,
CAN I PLAY A BLU RAY MOVIE FILE ON MY HARD DISK in VLC PLAYER on MY DESKTOP PC?
Answer
Short answer:
= Yes vlc player should be capable of playing a blu-ray file or blu-ray disk (if the optical drive reads blu-rays).
Long answer below:
First you need a optical disk drive that can read blu-rays disks.
- The optical disk drive may be able to read dvd's and cd's as well.
Second you will need a media player that can play blu-ray and dvd and cd discs/files.
- http://www.filehippo.com/
- The best free three media players that I recommend are,
- I recommend you download k-lite codec pack for media player classic (also k-lite codec pack can be used for windows media player). (64 bit for k-lite can be found here: http://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm ).
- or download km player (don't download all that extra korean crap).
- or download vlc player.
One of the best paid media players that's very popular and good that I hear is power dvd from cyberlink.
This was one of the only system requirements I can find for being capable of playing blu-ray's, dvd's, cd's.
(These system requirements may be different depending on what media player your using).
- DVD: http://www.cyberlink.com/support/product-faq-content.do?id=8089&prodId=1&prodVerId=720
- Blu-ray: http://www.cyberlink.com/stat/bd-support/enu/system-requirement.jsp
Short answer:
= Yes vlc player should be capable of playing a blu-ray file or blu-ray disk (if the optical drive reads blu-rays).
Long answer below:
First you need a optical disk drive that can read blu-rays disks.
- The optical disk drive may be able to read dvd's and cd's as well.
Second you will need a media player that can play blu-ray and dvd and cd discs/files.
- http://www.filehippo.com/
- The best free three media players that I recommend are,
- I recommend you download k-lite codec pack for media player classic (also k-lite codec pack can be used for windows media player). (64 bit for k-lite can be found here: http://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm ).
- or download km player (don't download all that extra korean crap).
- or download vlc player.
One of the best paid media players that's very popular and good that I hear is power dvd from cyberlink.
This was one of the only system requirements I can find for being capable of playing blu-ray's, dvd's, cd's.
(These system requirements may be different depending on what media player your using).
- DVD: http://www.cyberlink.com/support/product-faq-content.do?id=8089&prodId=1&prodVerId=720
- Blu-ray: http://www.cyberlink.com/stat/bd-support/enu/system-requirement.jsp
How to play Blu-ray discs use Windows Blu-ray Player?
Megan
How can I play Blu-ray discs in Windows OS? Note that this is a matter of choosing a good brand for Windows Blu-ray Player.
Answer
Playing Blu-ray Discs (BDs) on a computer is a challenge. You must have 2 things - the hardware part and the software part. The hardware part is that you have to have a BD-ROM or burner that is HDCP compliant. In fact, the entire machine (drive, video card and display) must be HDCP compliant. High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection is an anti-copying scheme encoded in much digital content (DVDs, BDs, often in content delivered by satellite or cable) that if it encounters any non-HDCP gear in the signal path shuts the signal down (often with a message like This Content Is Not Playable or Forbidden or something).
Once you have the hardware figured out (and a laptop with a BD player is most likely already good to go - desktops, with the ability to add drives like BD burners, etc are where the problems often lie) you also need software to play a BD - Windows Media Player and even open-source programs like VLC (which plays almost all formats known to man) don't do BD.
EDIT: This site says VLC will play BD with the correct codec or codecs and the latest AACS library installed... check your level of tech ability with this! See here:
http://windows7themes.net/playing-blu-ray-on-windows-7-or-8-yes-vlc-can-play-bds.html
What I've used for years is PowerDVD - it works, most of the time. I say "most" because one thing about BDs is they change the copy protection on some discs so you must download/install an update for a particular disc to play. There are other BD software players out there, but here's the latest PowerDVD version:
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_US.html?&r=1
There are other, possibly less expensive packages with fewer "bells/whistles". Here's one review of the "Top 7" (this rates PDVD as #1):
http://blu-ray-player-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
Search [bd player software] to find many alternatives. Hope this helped - Good luck!
Playing Blu-ray Discs (BDs) on a computer is a challenge. You must have 2 things - the hardware part and the software part. The hardware part is that you have to have a BD-ROM or burner that is HDCP compliant. In fact, the entire machine (drive, video card and display) must be HDCP compliant. High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection is an anti-copying scheme encoded in much digital content (DVDs, BDs, often in content delivered by satellite or cable) that if it encounters any non-HDCP gear in the signal path shuts the signal down (often with a message like This Content Is Not Playable or Forbidden or something).
Once you have the hardware figured out (and a laptop with a BD player is most likely already good to go - desktops, with the ability to add drives like BD burners, etc are where the problems often lie) you also need software to play a BD - Windows Media Player and even open-source programs like VLC (which plays almost all formats known to man) don't do BD.
EDIT: This site says VLC will play BD with the correct codec or codecs and the latest AACS library installed... check your level of tech ability with this! See here:
http://windows7themes.net/playing-blu-ray-on-windows-7-or-8-yes-vlc-can-play-bds.html
What I've used for years is PowerDVD - it works, most of the time. I say "most" because one thing about BDs is they change the copy protection on some discs so you must download/install an update for a particular disc to play. There are other BD software players out there, but here's the latest PowerDVD version:
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_US.html?&r=1
There are other, possibly less expensive packages with fewer "bells/whistles". Here's one review of the "Top 7" (this rates PDVD as #1):
http://blu-ray-player-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
Search [bd player software] to find many alternatives. Hope this helped - Good luck!
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