Blu-ray "No disc menus" issue

[markfilipak]

First, I suggest a Forum be established to deal specifically with Blu-ray issues.

Version 2.2.4 Weatherwax. Jean-Baptiste and all the crew: Thank you for making this fine player available!

Background: In the "Open Media" dialog > "Disc" tab > "Disk Selection" section, when I select "Blu-ray", "No disc menus" is automatically checked. This suppresses the Title Menu and makes it difficult to play lower numbered titles in a multi-title, branching Blu-ray disc.

Scenario 1a: If I uncheck "No disc menus" and play a disc that is Region A+B+C (i.e., all regions), it plays fine and the Title Menu works.

Scenario 1b: If I uncheck "No disc menus" and attempt to play a disc that's Region A, I get a message that "This disc has been coded for Region A only and will not play in this machine. Please eject this disc and play on a Region A player."

Scenario 2: If I check "No disc menus", the disc plays fine.

I know this is a known issue, but I thought I'd report that I'm available for further testing since Blu-ray menus do work in some circumstances.

Testing: I tried this both with & without also launching PowerDVD 11, starting the movie, and then setting PowerDVD 11 to pause prior to launching VLC.

Regards,
Mark.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Hmm, what is this bluray?

[markfilipak]

Hi JB,

Sorry to take so long to reply. I think my notification got lost ...probably my fault.

I'm pretty sure the "multi-title, branching Blu-ray disc" (scenario 1a) is the 3-way branching disc in the "Blade Runner" 5-disc set ...I think it's disc 3 (the so-called archival disc that contains the U.S. theatrical cut, the E.U. theatrical cut, and the director's cut. I will try to identify the disc in scenario 1b, but for now, it's moot because VLC BD playback has broken.