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I also had trouble with bluray menus, but managed to found compatible vlc and java versions. I wrote mini guide on how to troubleshoot java and libbluray: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=160477 It shows how to get logs from libbluray, and how to interpret them. Give it a go, mayb...

Part 4. This message concludes this mini guide, thank you for your time. I hope you find it helpful for solving your problems with bluray menu playback. Please comment here if you solved other type of issues which can be found out by loking at libbluray logs. (or just post link to threads where you ...

Part 3.3.1 dll's to compare to Part 4 EXT-MS-WIN-KERNEL32-PACKAGE-L1-1-0.DLL EXT-MS-WIN-KERNEL32-PACKAGE-L1-1-2.DLL EXT-MS-WIN-KERNEL32-QUIRKS-L1-1-0.DLL EXT-MS-WIN-KERNEL32-QUIRKS-L1-1-1.DLL EXT-MS-WIN-KERNEL32-REGISTRY-L1-1-0.DLL EXT-MS-WIN-KERNEL32-SIDEBYSIDE-L1-1-0.DLL EXT-MS-WIN-KERNELBASE-PROC...

Part 3.3.1 dll's to compare to Part 3 API-MS-WIN-SHCORE-THREAD-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-SHCORE-UNICODEANSI-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-SHELL-ASSOCIATIONS-L1-1-1.DLL API-MS-WIN-SHELL-CHANGENOTIFY-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-SHELL-NAMESPACE-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-SHELL-SHDIRECTORY-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-SHELL-SHELLCOM...

Part 3.3.1 dll's to compare to Part 2 API-MS-WIN-CORE-COM-MIDLPROXYSTUB-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-COM-PRIVATE-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-COM-PRIVATE-L1-1-1.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-COM-PRIVATE-L1-2-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-COM-PRIVATE-L1-3-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-DEBUG-MINIDUMP-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-FEA...

Part 3.3.1 dll's to compare to Part 1 API-MS-WIN-CORE-APIQUERY-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-APIQUERY-L1-1-1.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-APIQUERY-L2-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-APPCOMPAT-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-APPCOMPAT-L1-1-1.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-APPINIT-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-CORE-ATOMS-L1-1-0.DLL API-MS-WIN-C...

Part 3.3 Fixing missing dependencies. I was a bit dumbfounded when i faced issue regarding absence of system dll's, but luckily i've got another machine with the same vlc\jre versions where everything worked. So here is how i've got around it. There is a tool called dependency walker https://www.dep...

Part 3.2 log part 2 src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:1001: Created Java VM 0000001595fff780 (env 000001efeba14a00) src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:1059: Java version: 1.8 src/libbluray/bdj/native/register_native.c:41: Failed to locate class java/awt/BDFontMetrics <unknown.java>:java.io.PrintStream.println:-1: java.l...

Part 3.2 3. Is there some missing dependencies Sometimes vlc can load bluray with menu, but get stuck right after start of playback, but before showing the menu. I've got that case when i was using vlc 3.0.16 and jre-8u321-win64. I've got 2 machines with same vlc\jre versions, and on one everithing ...

Part 3.1 What to look for in the log: 1. Paths First of all look for JAVA_HOME (JavaHome) paths. There you will see if vlc is loking for java in the expected directories. 2. Is java succesfully loaded Here is log when i try to load uncompatible jre version with vlc 3.0.17 src/libbluray/bluray.c:1464...

Part 2.4 log finished src/libbluray/bdj/native/org_videolan_Libbluray.c:357: readRegN(PSR_1) -> 255 src/libbluray/bluray.c:736: Reading unit at 6144... src/libbluray/bdj/native/org_videolan_Libbluray.c:357: readRegN(PSR_2) -> 268374015 src/libbluray/bluray.c:765: Read unit OK! src/libbluray/bluray.c...

Part 2.3 log continues 2 org.videolan.VFSCache:0: INFO: cached BDMV\JAR\00000.jar org.videolan.VFSCache:0: INFO: using cached C:\Users\Marina\AppData\Local\Temp\libbluray-bdj-cache\1db5b1386d24c\VFSCache\BDMV\JAR\00000.jar org.videolan.VFSCache:0: INFO: using cached C:\Users\Marina\AppData\Local\Tem...

Part 2.2 log continues src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:662: LIBBLURAY_PERSISTENT_ROOT not set, using C:\Users\Marina\AppData\Roaming\bluray\dvb.persistent.root\ src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:693: LIBBLURAY_CACHE_ROOT not set, using C:\Users\Marina\AppData\Roaming\bluray\bluray.bindingunit.root\ java.awt.BDFontMet...

Part 2.1 Here is an example of libbluray log when everything is working as expected (i mean no issues, menues works) i open bluray disk with menus, let it play till it gets to menu and stop playback by pressing square in the menu: src/libbluray/bluray.c:1464: libbluray version 1.3.0 src/libbluray/bl...

Disclaimer. English is not my native language, so pardon me for possible grammatic mistakes Part 1. I got stuck with being unable to use bluray menus in vlc on fresh windows 10. Here i will describe steps i took to debug and fix libbluray and java compatibility issues. By reading this thread you wi...