However, I don't believe that was how Region Coding started out, at least with the DVD format.

Regarding the Movie companies just 'Going through the motions' this very well may be the case, at present. While I've been informed that VLC won't play these correctly most of the time, I found that with THE WIZARD OF OZ Special Features (Disc 2 of the 4 Disc 70th Anniversary, and Disc 3 of the 5 Disc 75th Anniversary Editions!) Blu-ray, opting for Menu Playback was the ONLY way to access anything, apart from THE DREAMER OF OZ and a TV advert! Suffice it to say that, in some cases, a bit of creative (But in my brief experience, doable!) navigation will be in order! On that end, I've found MPC-HC to be somewhat less user friendly than VLC.Īnother important tip is, when using VLC Player, do NOT try to open the Blu-ray Disc directly via the BD Drive, as listed on the Windows PC Devices and drives otherwise the dreaded Error Message will pop up in the center of the VLC Player Screen! That said, if this does occur, simply access one of the Play Disc options within the VLC Player to initiate Blu-ray Playback!Īs an added bonus, direct Blu-ray Screen Captures are also doable with both VLC and MPC-HC Players!Ī big thank you to Brian Kidd for the Free DVDFab Passkey Lite tip! It sure beats having to pay to use AnyDVD HD, in my opinion, anyway! Please note that Blu-ray Menu Playback is hit and miss. For those who want to play Blu-ray Discs on their PC, via VLC and/or Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC), which for those who have attempted this upon achieving Blu-ray capability know all too well is far from automatic, there is a relatively easy, free solution.

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