Freeware BluRay player software on the web-why do they not play bluray movies?

AnthonyUK

I am trying to install freeware BluRay player software on a friends' acer aspire bluray capable laptop, but many of the freeware BluRay software players on the internet goof out and refuse to play commercially available BluRay movie and tv programme discs with a few clicks and whirrs then either an error message OR they just stop after a few seconds OR the disc WILL play BUT there is NO pic or sound displayed from the disc.

Leawoplayer will do BluRays but will NOT play them without an internet connection present which IS absolutely annoying!!!!!!

Reading up further on this, I have found out that the secure encryption applied to the BluRay discs by the programme makers and top movie studios and tv programme backcatalogue companies stops many freeware BluRay software players from the internet playing them or showing pix and sound from them due to movie and tv rights protection demanded by the movie companies, tv production studios and tv programme backcatalogue companies.

Is there anyway of overcoming this like a hack or a software crack or anything such as a freeware plug in for any of the freeware BluRay software players to enable them to play BluRay discs unrestricted?

arrallas

Have you tried VLC player from videolan.org ?
You may need to add a plug-in for encrypted blu-rays (all of them?), but a bit of googling for "vlc bluray plugin" will get you the files and instructions.

AmberBeda

I saw a gadget working with VLC to decode Blu-ray on Windows on some forum, but I'm sorry. I can't remember that name for now but I will make up later I it comes into my mind. I never know if this works for I haven't tried. It's totally free.

Another method is to install a shareware Macgo Windows Blu-ray Player which can play Blu-ray directly. I just know because I'm a user, too.

Strider590

This is why people download pirated movies.

In a pathetic attempt to stop piracy, they put DRM on their products, which completely screws over their legitimate customers, whilst posing no hindrance AT ALL to the actual people who make illegal copies.

So basically, you buy a disc, you endure DRM, which has been known to do things like breaking your CD/DVD/Bluray drive, reducing your admin privileges on your own machine and detecting various programs/tools and deleting them from your system.
You then have to find a player that works and then sit through 45mins of adverts and piracy warnings. Back in the late 90's, Sony music had one which would lock your CD drive shut if you put it into a PC.

But if someone downloads an illegal copy, there's no DRM, it'll work on most media players, no adverts, no nonsense, just start it up and watch the film.

When will they (and the video game publishers) finally get the idea that screwing over your legitimate customers only serves to increase the piracy problem????

It's not about money, it's about paying for a deliberately broken product.

grumpycrab

AnthonyUK wrote: »

Leawoplayer will do BluRays but will NOT play them without an internet connection

Isn't getting an internet connection an option?

AmberBeda wrote: »

I saw a gadget working with VLC to decode Blu-ray on Windows on some forum,

This possibly (doesn't work with recent disks)
http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/

Cycrow

Strider590 wrote: »

This is why people download pirated movies.

In a pathetic attempt to stop piracy, they put DRM on their products, which completely screws over their legitimate customers, whilst posing no hindrance AT ALL to the actual people who make illegal copies.

yeah some DRM's are pretty bad, there are some blu-rays i simply cant watch because the DRM is blocking it from working on any of my players, the only way for me to watch it would be to pirate it, which seems backwards

InsideInsurance

Cycrow wrote: »

yeah some DRM's are pretty bad, there are some blu-rays i simply cant watch because the DRM is blocking it from working on any of my players, the only way for me to watch it would be to pirate it, which seems backwards

Name names?

Have had a couple of bluray players and none have had issue playing the relevant regions discs.


My understanding, which could be wrong, was that bluray was still heavily licensed tech so 3rd parties software developers either have to pay up licensing fees which will generally mean they wont be giving the software away for free afterwards or they have to try and hack/ reverse engineer them which inevitably will result in imperfect results.

Cycrow

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Name names?

Have had a couple of bluray players and none have had issue playing the relevant regions discs.


My understanding, which could be wrong, was that bluray was still heavily licensed tech so 3rd parties software developers either have to pay up licensing fees which will generally mean they wont be giving the software away for free afterwards or they have to try and hack/ reverse engineer them which inevitably will result in imperfect results.

I had The Wolverine on blu-ray, and it wasn't recognised in my Denon blu-ray player, or any of my pc blu-ray drives.

I got several replacements but none of them worked. I even tried renting it several times from LoveFilm, but none of those discs worked either. I tried 5 different discs in total, all had the same problem.

The Denon player was fully updated, but didn't recognise it as a valid disc.

The pc drives couldn't even detect a disc was in the drive, let alone read what was on it.

looking online, i wasn't the only one who couldn't play them