woundingchaney
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I have recently purchased a BD drive for my pc, the drive itself did not come with any software. I need to know a good and affordable software solution for BD playback.
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Total Media Theater was better than either powerdvd or windvd in the past. I cannot be sure now though as I haven't looked into it for awhile. I was trying to wait till they got a new version out (as the new version of PDVD copied many of the good stuff from TMT and I thus hoped TMT would again innovate).
MPC Home Cinema might be able to do it.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Media-Player-Classic-Home-Cinema_program_37052.html
http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/media-player-features.html
Some Russians have been doing heaps of updates to an ongoing, perpetual, beta version.
http://www.xvidvideo.ru/media-player-classic-home-cinema-x86-x64/
Here's a guide, it's a little on the old side as the latest betas have new features.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/accelerate-x264-1080p-movies-over-the-gpu-guide/4
Anyway, MPC HC should have everything it needs within its own libraries. No need to download and register other codecs.
The VLC Player has recently gotten a lot better. It too might play Blu ray and it too has all its own libraries.
http://www.videolan.org/
You need a decent CPU with The VLC Player as it won't use hardware acceleration, afaik.
Not all people run the same OS, so bundling software people might not be able to use will lose you sales.I would not have accepted the drive without a player software.
and didn't think they must be referring to disks that were decrypted.MPC will play almost any format from MP3´s to Blu-Ray DVD´s.
Not all people run the same OS, so bundling software people might not be able to use will lose you sales.
Also, some people might already have their own software, making any bundled software redundant and rising prices needlessly - again costing sales.
Third, not all people might enjoy the bundled software. It might be an old, obsolete version by the time you buy the drive, yet you have to pay for it regardless, raising cost, and possibly leading to lost sales once more...
:smacks head:
You're right, I'd forgotten about the encryption process. I just saw
and didn't think they must be referring to disks that were decrypted.
Apologies to the OP if I wasted any of their time.
Now that I think about it I remember some customers at Newegg were complaining that their OEM Blu ray burners/players were coming without any software.
Apparently it was hit or miss with some people getting some software.
Hmmm, here we go.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136181
Huh, seems the complaints are valid. I went to LG's site and they won't recognize that OEM model as supported.
If this is the drive in question, my sympathies at not getting any software!
Then you should look at just trying to acquire the BR codec for windows media player if that is possible. I've seen DVD codec/decrypt key for sale in the past, it stands to reason - or so I assume anyway - that the same is possible for BR as well. Then again maybe it's not that simple, since BR contains full Java support and shit... Maybe you need a full dedicated player for it to work.I will most likely only use the drive for BD playback very rarely, but at the same time I would still like the option.
Then you should look at just trying to acquire the BR codec for windows media player if that is possible. I've seen DVD codec/decrypt key for sale in the past, it stands to reason - or so I assume anyway - that the same is possible for BR as well. Then again maybe it's not that simple, since BR contains full Java support and shit... Maybe you need a full dedicated player for it to work.
Also the OP didn't mention whether the drive was an OEM version or not. OEM drives very rarely come with any software.
Perhaps I wasnt clear, but my concern wasnt that the player didnt come with software rather that I need affordable software for BD playback. Sorry if this wasnt clear.
My primarily complaint isnt the lack of software, but that much of the software available actually costs more than the drive itself.
Kurl said:@ OP: That is an outrage, I would not have accepted the drive without a player software.