Blu-Ray Support

[candela]

This method does not work at all currently. Currently running Windows 10 Pro and VLC 2.2.5 x64. I went I downloaded the most recent libaccs.dll and KEYDB.cfg as of 5/20/17 and vlc still cannot play a Blu-Ray disc. Still get the error, "This Blu-ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it."

libaccss.dll was placed in "C:/Program Files/VideoLAN/VLC" and KEYDB.cfg was placed in "C:/ProgramData/aacs/"(the hidden folder) and for measure made another folder called "Program Data" and it still doesn't read. I've also gone ahead and turned of disk menus. I will try with VLC 3.0 later but I doubt it will still work.

VLC 2.2.4 is unfortunately the last version that works with the compiled DLLs that are floating around

[newone88]

Hi,
I finally able to play ripped BD to my HD using VLC. The only issue is that the menu itself is not showing. The BD plays fine and I see the splash screen just as I see it on a regular Blue Ray player. I wonder if there is a step or a setting that I missed. Again, everything works fine except the menu text is not displayed.
I'm using windows 8.1 and VLC 32 bit player.
Any hints or advice is much appreciated.
Cheers

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Did you activate the menu options?

[newone88]

I'm not in front of my computer now but I recall making some changes in the preferences section
something like input / codecs --> bluray --> checked a box for bluray menus

Anything else I should do to enable the menus?

Thanks

[klr1811]

I tried following the instructions at http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/ using vlc 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 using both 32bit and 64 bit versions unsuccessfully and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong so firstly I'd like to say thank you to candela for putting me out of my misery and letting me know that 2.2.4 is the latest supported version.

Installed 32bit version of vlc 2.2.4 on windows 10 pro 64 bit and after following the instructions got the first blu ray (**SPAM ALERT** Royal) to work without any problems. However next disc I tried (Quantum of Solace) is giving me a new error message:

Blu-ray error:
This Blu-ray Disc needs a library for BD+ decoding, and your system does not have it.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///I:/'. Check the log for details.

Tried another disc (Australia) and received the same error. All the discs I've tried are a few years old so I assumed they'd play, but I don't have many dics handy to try out. Are there any other files I need to download and add to get the discs to play?
Also is there a list somewhere of all the blu rays which are able to be played?

Any help is much appreciated

Kris

[candela]

I tried following the instructions at http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/ using vlc 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 using both 32bit and 64 bit versions unsuccessfully and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong so firstly I'd like to say thank you to candela for putting me out of my misery and letting me know that 2.2.4 is the latest supported version.

Installed 32bit version of vlc 2.2.4 on windows 10 pro 64 bit and after following the instructions got the first blu ray (**SPAM ALERT** Royal) to work without any problems. However next disc I tried (Quantum of Solace) is giving me a new error message:

Blu-ray error:
This Blu-ray Disc needs a library for BD+ decoding, and your system does not have it.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///I:/'. Check the log for details.

Tried another disc (Australia) and received the same error. All the discs I've tried are a few years old so I assumed they'd play, but I don't have many dics handy to try out. Are there any other files I need to download and add to get the discs to play?
Also is there a list somewhere of all the blu rays which are able to be played?

Any help is much appreciated

Kris

BD+ is another protection on Bluray used mainly by 20th Century Fox. Both Quantom Of Solace and Australia use this protection. You get that error because you don't have libbdplus installed (you need another DLL and a bunch of other files). However, since libbdplus only supports the first 2 or 3 generations of BD+ protection (some very old titles) it's not even worth trying

In my opinion, the only hope to ever get playback of BD+ titles in VLC directly from disc is if someone implements support to load cached BD+ patches in libbdplus. These patches can be ripped from a few other players (so it's possible to create a database of them, like the keydb.cfg for AACS keys). Generating these patches on the other hand (like libdplus currently tries to do) is very complicated and would require a team effort of some very skilled hackers/programmers. On Doom9 forum you can read how the original libbdplus library for VLC was created. Implementing support for cached BD+ tables is fairly simple. I already requested this in the past https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=137025 but there has been no response so far.

In the meantime you can use BlurayTestAndDecrypt to rip BD+ titles to your harddisk and then play it with VLC

[rousu]

Windows 7: Two 64 bit computers, different results on the two.

Toshiba older laptop that had Corel blu-ray on it plays fine with the latest VLC

Newer desktop with latest VLC plays the blu-ray rotated clockwise 90 degrees, with the intended width displayed full screen vertical, and the intended height about a quarter of the screen width. If I go to the advanced VLC controls, I can rotate the video 270 degrees, and it is right side up; however the image is shrunken now in both directions so both height and width are shrunken to a square about the size of the before-rotation shrunken height.

I have no clue if this is a VLC problem, or a software problem, or a hardware-software "feature" with the monitor.

Thought I would report it anyway in case it is VLC.

[neetyVG]

Has anyone gotten Windows 10 Pro and VLC 2.2.6 to successfully play Blu-ray discs? I have followed the instructions at http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/ using vlc 2.2.6 using both 32bit and 64 bit versions. Not sure if there is a way to check I have the latest versions of the key database and AACS dynamic library.
libaccss.dll was placed in "C:/Program Files (86)/VideoLAN/VLC" and KEYDB.cfg was placed in "C:/ProgramData/aacs

Still get following Blu-ray error:
This Blu-ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///D:/'. Check the log for details.

Just wondering if anyone has got VLC to work with the dll files on 2.2.6?

If it helps, not that I can make sense of it, this the log file;
qt4 debug: Saving the simple preferences
core debug: adding item `(null)' ( bluray:///D:/ )
core debug: processing request item: (null), node: Playlist, skip: 0
core debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
core debug: rebuild done - 3 items, index 2
core debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
core debug: resyncing on (null)
core debug: (null) is at 2
core debug: creating new input thread
core debug: Creating an input for '(null)'
core debug: Creating an input for '(null)'
core debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
core debug: requesting art for (null)
core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
core debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp'
core debug: `bluray:///D:/' gives access `bluray' demux `' path `/D:/'
core debug: specified demux `any'
core debug: creating demux: access='bluray' demux='any' location='/D:/' file='D:\'
core debug: looking for access_demux module matching "bluray": 12 candidates
core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
core debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
libbluray info: First play: 0, Top menu: 0 HDMV Titles: 0, BD-J Titles: 3, Other: 3
libbluray debug: Disc is using AACS
core debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
core debug: no access_demux modules matched
core debug: creating access 'bluray' location='/D:/', path='D:\'
core debug: looking for access module matching "bluray": 21 candidates
core debug: no access modules matched
core error: open of `bluray:///D:/' failed
core debug: finished input
core debug: dead input
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
core debug: changing item without a request (current 2/3)
core debug: nothing to play
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
core debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
core debug: removing module "lua"
core debug: art not found for (null)
core debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
core debug: removing module "lua"
core debug: art not found for (null)
core debug: processing request item: (null), node: Playlist, skip: 0
core debug: resyncing on (null)
core debug: (null) is at 2
core debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
core debug: resyncing on (null)
core debug: (null) is at 2
core debug: creating new input thread
core debug: Creating an input for '(null)'
core debug: requesting art for (null)
core debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp'
core debug: `bluray:///D:/' gives access `bluray' demux `' path `/D:/'
core debug: specified demux `any'
core debug: creating demux: access='bluray' demux='any' location='/D:/' file='D:\'
core debug: looking for access_demux module matching "bluray": 12 candidates
core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
core debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
libbluray info: First play: 0, Top menu: 0 HDMV Titles: 0, BD-J Titles: 3, Other: 3
libbluray debug: Disc is using AACS
core debug: no access_demux modules matched
core debug: creating access 'bluray' location='/D:/', path='D:\'
core debug: looking for access module matching "bluray": 21 candidates
core debug: no access modules matched
core error: open of `bluray:///D:/' failed
core debug: finished input
core debug: dead input
core debug: changing item without a request (current 2/3)
core debug: nothing to play
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
core debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
core debug: removing module "lua"
core debug: art not found for (null)
directsound debug: found 2 devices

[DJX]

Changes to the way VLC loads DLLs have rendered this impossible. These changes were in response to the CIA vault leaks.

[MelCooley]

SOLVED (for me, anyway). Reporting my experience with this problem: I did all the steps, added the KEYDB.cfg and libaacs.dll files, uninstalled VLC, re-installed VLC...everything. Nothing solved the problem until I installed AnyDVD and made sure it was running when accessing Blu-Ray discs with VLC. As Borat would say, "Great success!" I had to pay for AnyDVD, but it was worth it. All good!

[alatari]

This method does not work at all currently. Currently running Windows 10 Pro and VLC 2.2.5 x64. I went I downloaded the most recent libaccs.dll and KEYDB.cfg as of 5/20/17 and vlc still cannot play a Blu-Ray disc. Still get the error, "This Blu-ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it."

libaccss.dll was placed in "C:/Program Files/VideoLAN/VLC" and KEYDB.cfg was placed in "C:/ProgramData/aacs/"(the hidden folder) and for measure made another folder called "Program Data" and it still doesn't read. I've also gone ahead and turned of disk menus. I will try with VLC 3.0 later but I doubt it will still work.

VLC 2.2.4 is unfortunately the last version that works with the compiled DLLs that are floating around

I actually had x86 2.2.6 VLC playing Bluray The Lorax on my ex's Windows 7 laptop.
She wanted to watch her new unrated Fifty Shades of Gray Bluray and it was getting the no key error instead of the no aacs error, which I didn't understand att to mean that the key was just not submitted yet (it'll be my first Passkey/FindVUK attempt), SOoooo, I watched the video on YouTube linked above and he was all about making sure we use x64 code and I removed the working x86 2.2.6 VLC with Revo Uninstaller and went to x64 2.2.6 and never again did it work on her laptop even after going back to x86 and carefully following all the steps.

The first attempt that worked was using my old instincts of making sure the libaacs.dll was dropped into the \windows\system32 folder.
I think the trick was allowing it to rely on the system32 version and leaving the vlc folder version out. If that works for someone else, let me know. I'm done trying to figure 2.2.6 out since I wasted 12 hours on it.
Should have left the install alone since it was working and went on to research how to get the key.

At home, on my Win 8.1 laptop, I was unable to recreate the steps that I used to get 2.2.6 working (Yes, I am positive that x86 2.2.6 was working on her machine. There were no old versions in her download folder and I checked the ABOUT link and saw Umbrella). Even checking the properties of the dll and unblocking it in security wasn't enough.
After hours of troubleshooting I finally came to the conclusion that there was a change in version 2.2.6 that prevented http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/ from working and I'm very sorry to have missed your post candel since it would have saved a lot of grief.
The properly built 2.2.4 version on Starbuck's page (labdv.com/aacs) works and my copy is dragged into the PortableApps vlc folder.
(Which won't update anymore since PortableApps is still on x86 versioning).

As a test, I d/led the nightly x64 3.0 version zipped package from today and dropped it on the Starbuck's 2.2.4 vlc configuration, allowing it to overwrite older files only, and it works up to the point of needing the Fifty Shades VUK. Never bought a Bluray, (watch everything online) and forgot to bring The Lorax with me from her house, so can't test further.

tl;dr
Simplest steps to getting this to work and in default folder locations (as of September 2017):
- d/l the x64 installer from VideoLAN (be sure to choose the down arrow on the link and select the x64 installer or you end up with the x86 version)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html and install it (to make sure the default file structure is created and menu startup links)
- d/l Starbuck's 2.2.4 x64 zip version with all needed libraries from here: http://www.labdv.com/aacs/
-- also d/l the aacs updater while there.
- use 7zip (or other product) and extract the files into a temp folder then copy all those file into the C:\windows\program files\Videolan\vlc folder and choose to overwrite the file conflicts. (I like TeraCopy for this better than Windows default copy).
- install aacs updater and wait the 5+ minutes it takes to install and update the VUK's in the KEYDB.cfg database file.
- profit!

- if you get the dreaded "No valid processing key found in AACS config file", even after aacs updater did it's job, then you have the opportunity to support this project by finding the VUK yourself and updating it to the community through aacs Updater
The steps for finding a Bluray disc's VUK are found in this forum post covering FindVUK http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=172472
- since you are entering the realm of custom coding remember to check all downloads with https://www.virustotal.com/ for malware. A single hit with +30 community upvotes is probably a false positive and safe.

Alternate solutions are:
-use a Bluray burner software to convert your Bluray to a file format playable by whatever media player you love.
-use the streaming options that the industry want us to move to

[packzap]

Yes! Had to revert back from VLC version 2.2.6 to 2.2.4 to get BluRay's to play.

And to get rid of stuttering, on my implementation, go to Tools, Preferences, Input/Codecs, and be sure "hardware-accelerated decoding" is set to "automatic".

Thanks for heads up!

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I've been going insane trying to figure out how to download the stupid KEYDB.cfg key file. Every time I click on it to download it, all I get is an insane amount of text on the screen and no downloaded file. How the big, fat, hairy, heck do I get this file?

[Lotesdelere]

Looks like http://www.labdv.com/aacs/ is down, but you can grab a copy of the file from there:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170902140 ... /KEYDB.cfg

[Mr Wolf]

I've been going insane trying to figure out how to download the stupid KEYDB.cfg key file. Every time I click on it to download it, all I get is an insane amount of text on the screen and no downloaded file. How the big, fat, hairy, heck do I get this file?

Right click, download.

[p4nts]

This method does not work at all currently. Currently running Windows 10 Pro and VLC 2.2.5 x64. I went I downloaded the most recent libaccs.dll and KEYDB.cfg as of 5/20/17 and vlc still cannot play a Blu-Ray disc. Still get the error, "This Blu-ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it."

libaccss.dll was placed in "C:/Program Files/VideoLAN/VLC" and KEYDB.cfg was placed in "C:/ProgramData/aacs/"(the hidden folder) and for measure made another folder called "Program Data" and it still doesn't read. I've also gone ahead and turned of disk menus. I will try with VLC 3.0 later but I doubt it will still work.

VLC 2.2.4 is unfortunately the last version that works with the compiled DLLs that are floating around

Running Win10 x64 + VLC 2.2.6 x64 I followed these instructions [url]http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name%20[/url] but as above libaccs wasn't loaded.

Looking with Process Monitor https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysint ... -utilities you can see that VLC is searching for libaacs.dll in C:\Windows\System32. I copied the DLL into C:\Windows\System32 (admin prompt) and Blu-Ray playback now works.

[Mr Wolf]

Unfortunately, your trick doesn't work with me.
I'm using VLC 2.2.6 32 bit on Windows 7 64 bit.

By the way, using Process Monitor, it says it doesn't find libmmbd.dll, too, which is not included with AACS Updater.

Is AACS Updater project dead?

[Ron.Eyer]

I finally got it to work.

I am using windows 10 home 64 bit system
downloaded and installed VLC 2.2.6 64 bit software

placed the 64 bit libaacs.dll in C:\windows\system32 (left it also in
C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC which was the first place I put it)

placed the KEYDB.cfg in C:\ProgramData\aacs (had to create aacs directory)
I commented out all other locations I had put this file, so I know it is using this location.
see if this works for others

[uncreativeusername]

I know that I'm late to the party, but I've been working on this for about 5 days or so, and I can't get the aacs decoding to work at all.

I've been to http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/ and gotten the keys, dlls, and whatnot. I have 32-bit Windows 7 Professional, and no matter what I try, I keep getting the same error message.

"Blu-ray error:
This Blu-ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///E:/'. Check the log for details."

I have libaacs.dll and libbdplus.dll in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\, and however I try it, I get the same error. I have KEYDB.cfg in %appdata%/aacs, and I've tried putting it other places. No matter where I put the files or I modify, I can never get it to work. I've even gotten the keys updated. That doesn't change anything, but then again, it probably shouldn't change anything, as it's the keys database and not the library. My drive is an Asus BW-16D1X-U, and I can't get VLC to play any blurays at all, no matter how early the AACS is, whether it be v4 or v57, and I can never get VLC to recognize the plugins.

[Mr Wolf]

If you read a little higher up, it seems the last VLC version which can play blu-ray is 2.2.4.
Personally, I still have to try.

The AACS updater project seems to be dead.

[uncreativeusername]

Ah. Thanks. I had tried 2.2.4 from here (https://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdx/f ... 20Blu-ray/), and I thought i was going crazy. I hope it's reimplemented, because I want to make sure I have the newest version for security reasons.

One thing that I have noticed though is that the movies like to sort of "smear" across the screen and the video is very screwed up. I figure that has to do with decryption, but I'm wondering how this can be fixed without buying some other player software.

[Mr Wolf]

Welcome! So, you confirm VLC 2.2.4 works with blu-ray? I have to try when I'll have a little time.
As I said, the AACS updater project, which provided the necessary files and keys, seems dead. So, it's hard to say if someone will make a new version compatible with VLC latest version.

[uncreativeusername]

Thanks, and yeah, I can confirm it works, it's just the issue of the video smearing all over the screen. I'll see if I can fix this with some things that were recommended earlier in the thread, but overall, it will play the main movie, unless you want it to play a different title. I only have an issue with this as I'd like to just play it on the disc and not have to rip it, as bluray streams are huge. I also think that if I'm going to buy software to play movies, I might as well have just bought a bluray player instead.

Edit: That seems to be BD+ movies, I don't know why though, as I have the libbdplus.dll in the VLC directory already.

[Mr Wolf]

Ok, I've just tried, and I can also say VLC 2.2.4 can play blu-rays. I think I'll keep it, for now.
Sorry, what do you mean by "video smearing all over the screen"? Do you see artifacts or other things? There are so many settings, and, for my experience, many depends on the hardware. For example, blu-rays played "choppy" when I tried with a netbook of mine, because of the poor cpu performance.
Perhaps, one setting you could try is enabling/disabling hardware acceleration, in "Input & Codecs Settings".

I think VLC has always had problems playing blu-rays menu, in special way BD+. I've just tried with my "Godfather" blu-ray and I can't access the menu, it just freezes.
However, you can easily change title with mouse right click -> Playback -> Title.

[p4nts]

I finally got it to work.

I am using windows 10 home 64 bit system
downloaded and installed VLC 2.2.6 64 bit software

placed the 64 bit libaacs.dll in C:\windows\system32 (left it also in
C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC which was the first place I put it)

placed the KEYDB.cfg in C:\ProgramData\aacs (had to create aacs directory)
I commented out all other locations I had put this file, so I know it is using this location.
see if this works for others

I know that I'm late to the party, but I've been working on this for about 5 days or so, and I can't get the aacs decoding to work at all.

I've been to http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/ and gotten the keys, dlls, and whatnot. I have 32-bit Windows 7 Professional, and no matter what I try, I keep getting the same error message.

"Blu-ray error:
This Blu-ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///E:/'. Check the log for details."

I have libaacs.dll and libbdplus.dll in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\, and however I try it, I get the same error. I have KEYDB.cfg in %appdata%/aacs, and I've tried putting it other places. No matter where I put the files or I modify, I can never get it to work. I've even gotten the keys updated. That doesn't change anything, but then again, it probably shouldn't change anything, as it's the keys database and not the library. My drive is an Asus BW-16D1X-U, and I can't get VLC to play any blurays at all, no matter how early the AACS is, whether it be v4 or v57, and I can never get VLC to recognize the plugins.

So 2.2.6 is working for me and Ron.Eyer:

Try copying KEYDB.cfg to C:\ProgramData\aacs\ (You'll need to create the folder)
Copy the 32bit libaacs.dll to C:\Windows\System32 (or the 64bit DLL if you're running 64 bit Windows)