BluerRay Playback in Media Center

Xephion · 06-26-2008

Is there anyway to get a blue ray movie to play in WMC? I have Power dvd ultra 7.3 HD suite installed and updated but it still doesnt let me play it in WMC. How can I fix this?

**rive0108** · 06-26-2008

No, Blu-ray will not play back in MCE.
MCE and Media Player lack the necessary codecs and AACS/BD+ decryption Keys that are required for Blu-ray playback.

Xephion · 06-27-2008

so theres nothing that can be installed to allow blue rays to play in WMC?

**johngalt** · 06-27-2008

This might be of interest to you: Blu-ray, HD DVD, and Vista | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com

**johngalt** · 06-27-2008

Here is another one: Windows Media Center Sandbox - HD DVD and Blu-ray application extensibility in Windows Media Center

**rive0108** · 06-27-2008

Johngalt-

the HD DVD and Blu-ray extentions for MCE are dated 2006, This was before studios started using AACS/BD+ copy protection(Sony, Disney, Fox). The Blu-ray movies now check for legitimate/revoked player keys before allowing playback. Even licensed players (Cyberlink, WinDVD) are having dificulty with new releases. Since MCE doesnt have Blu-ray keys required for playback, I doubt the extentions will work without using a AACS/BD+ encryption stipping program(Slysoft AnyDVD HD).

**rive0108** · 06-27-2008

	Quote:	Xephion
	so theres nothing that can be installed to allow blue rays to play in WMC?

Powerdvd Ultra
Slysoft AnyDVD HD

http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvdhd.html
MCE extenders
Windows Media Center Sandbox - HD DVD and Blu-ray application extensibility in Windows Media Center

AnyDVD HD
Removes encryption (AACS) from Blu-ray Discs.
Removes BD+ copy protection from Blu-ray Discs.
Removes region codes from Blu-ray Discs.

**johngalt** · 06-27-2008

Hmm - but the Ed Bott post was from less than a year ago....

**rive0108** · 06-28-2008

	Quote:	johngalt
	Hmm - but the Ed Bott post was from less than a year ago....

Apparently he didnt play a HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc in Media Center, but used a DVI-HDMI cable to directly connect his computer to big screen tv using powerdvd ultra as the playback decoder software.-

"Inexplicably, you can’t play an HD disc in Media Center. With a registry hack, you can add a menu option that allows you to start an external player from the Media Center interface, but that is, to put it charitably, a kludge. This is a feature that needs to be added to Media Center sooner rather than later. "
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=294

06-26-2008	#1 (permalink)
Xephion Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 20 posts Rep Power: 4	BluerRay Playback in Media Center Is there anyway to get a blue ray movie to play in WMC? I have Power dvd ultra 7.3 HD suite installed and updated but it still doesnt let me play it in WMC. How can I fix this?
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06-26-2008	#2 (permalink)
rive0108 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Vista Ultimate X64 SP1 219 posts Virginia, USA Rep Power: 18	Re: BluerRay Playback in Media Center No, Blu-ray will not play back in MCE. MCE and Media Player lack the necessary codecs and AACS/BD+ decryption Keys that are required for Blu-ray playback. Last edited by rive0108; 06-26-2008 at 05:41 PM.
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06-27-2008	#3 (permalink)
Xephion Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 20 posts Rep Power: 4	Re: BluerRay Playback in Media Center so theres nothing that can be installed to allow blue rays to play in WMC?
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06-27-2008	#4 (permalink)
johngalt Antidisestablishmentarian Join Date: May 2008 e x86 MAK, XVista Ultimate x64 MAK, Vista UltimatP x64, XP x86, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,300 posts 3rd Rock Rep Power: 107	Re: BluerRay Playback in Media Center This might be of interest to you: Blu-ray, HD DVD, and Vista \| Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report \| ZDNet.com
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06-27-2008	#5 (permalink)
johngalt Antidisestablishmentarian Join Date: May 2008 e x86 MAK, XVista Ultimate x64 MAK, Vista UltimatP x64, XP x86, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,300 posts 3rd Rock Rep Power: 107	Re: BluerRay Playback in Media Center Here is another one: Windows Media Center Sandbox - HD DVD and Blu-ray application extensibility in Windows Media Center
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06-27-2008	#6 (permalink)
rive0108 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Vista Ultimate X64 SP1 219 posts Virginia, USA Rep Power: 18	Re: BluerRay Playback in Media Center Johngalt- the HD DVD and Blu-ray extentions for MCE are dated 2006, This was before studios started using AACS/BD+ copy protection(Sony, Disney, Fox). The Blu-ray movies now check for legitimate/revoked player keys before allowing playback. Even licensed players (Cyberlink, WinDVD) are having dificulty with new releases. Since MCE doesnt have Blu-ray keys required for playback, I doubt the extentions will work without using a AACS/BD+ encryption stipping program(Slysoft AnyDVD HD). Last edited by rive0108; 06-28-2008 at 06:25 AM.
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06-27-2008	#8 (permalink)
johngalt Antidisestablishmentarian Join Date: May 2008 e x86 MAK, XVista Ultimate x64 MAK, Vista UltimatP x64, XP x86, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,300 posts 3rd Rock Rep Power: 107	Re: BluerRay Playback in Media Center Hmm - but the Ed Bott post was from less than a year ago....
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