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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.

Hmm, what is this bluray?

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.