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Now that Acer launched the 2nd generation below-1000$ laptops I think it's time forthe VLC dev's to start working on Blu-Ray support. Blu-ray can no longer be seen as a new unique feature now that you can buy decent laptops with a Blu-Ray player for less then 800$. I currently own a Full-HD 16:9 laptop and beleave me when I say that normal DVD's look pretty crappy from up close.

The laptop came with a Blu-Ray disks that shows the difference between the quality in the latest James Bond ( dvd vs BR ) and the quality difference is freakin huge.

I hope that the dev's are already working on Blu-Ray support because one year from now laptops with Blu-Ray will show up on ebay for less then 500$.

DRM of Blu Ray is not borken. Ask the Hollywood to open the specifications.

DRM of Blu Ray is not borken. Ask the Hollywood to open the specifications.

Oh, I see...

Rip the movie part to hard drive as m2ts and watch it using VLC.

When i open m2ts files i get this:
"No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WVC1". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this."

You use VLC 0.9.6? At least my Win32 build can decode WVC1 with libavcodec. Tested with Test_1440x576_WVC1_6Mbps.wmv
http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/WVC1/

The libavcodec isn't working for me. Is there somewhere in particular I should install it?

Also, it seems to me this whole conversation is an indication that VLC should have blu-ray support standard. My aching head will thank you.

VLC doesn't support Blu-ray. And unless miracles happen, it never will. But VLC can play MPEG Transport Stream files. Which OS and VLC version you run?

I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit with VLC 0.9.6.

I keep getting "VLC can't recognize the input's format: The format of 'C:\Users\Derek\Videos\T2\BDMV\STREAM\00024.m2ts' cannot be detected. Have a look the log for details" and "No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format "WVC1". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this" even though I installed libavcodec.dll into my VLC folder.

Reset preferences and cache. And try 0.9.7 builds.

And is there some sample file you could share?

I know for a fact that it is possible to make backups of blu-ray films, and also to remove all DRM / copy protection from that back-up. However, VLC still does not play m2ts files from a blu-ray film.

I'm referring to the Mac OSX version.

Any ideas?

I know for a fact that it is possible to make backups of blu-ray films, and also to remove all DRM / copy protection from that back-up. However, VLC still does not play m2ts files from a blu-ray film.

I'm referring to the Mac OSX version.

Any ideas?

It does in 1.0 version...

I know for a fact that it is possible to make backups of blu-ray films, and also to remove all DRM / copy protection from that back-up. However, VLC still does not play m2ts files from a blu-ray film.

I'm referring to the Mac OSX version.

Any ideas?

It does in 1.0 version...

Just installed the latest nightly build 1.0.0 and VLC does not play back a m2ts file from a blu-ray film. However, it does play the audio perfectly, just not video!

I do, however, get this error:

No suitable decoder module
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WVC1". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

Any ideas how to get this to work?

Yes, your 1.0 is broken, since WVC1 is a codec VLC knows... VLC version? OS? Messages?

Yes, your 1.0 is broken, since WVC1 is a codec VLC knows... VLC version? OS? Messages?

I got the latest Intel version from http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/mac ... l/?C=M;O=D, the PowerPC version did run, but had the same results as the Intel version.

MacBook Pro 17" 2.5GHz Core Duo 2
RAM: 4GB
Version run: 1.0.0
Mac OS X: 1.5.5

Message output in the previous message, nothing more than that.

Those builds are quite old...

Those builds are quite old...

Can you provide a link to the correct build versions for Mac OS X 10.5.5 Intel, because I cannot find them.

Those builds are quite old...

Can you provide a link to the correct build versions for Mac OS X 10.5.5 Intel, because I cannot find them.

Because they are broken

I have noticed that some M2TS blu-ray films do play in VLC and some do not. Some open but they open up 3 different screens. Some open but don't have the english soundtrack. I have only come across a few movies that actually work and are in english. I was thinking of starting a list of movies that work and others that don't. Does anyone know of such a list? For the ones that do work, I am also succesfully able to multicast them.

I have noticed that some M2TS blu-ray films do play in VLC and some do not. Some open but they open up 3 different screens. Some open but don't have the english soundtrack. I have only come across a few movies that actually work and are in english. I was thinking of starting a list of movies that work and others that don't. Does anyone know of such a list? For the ones that do work, I am also succesfully able to multicast them.

VLC version? VLC messages?
Did you try vlc devlopment builds?

I'm using version 9.6 and for some movies I get the error "cannot open codec (windows media video VC1). Others open and then the program crashes. It opens up the main window and also one called (hardware YUV directx output).

I have not tried the development builds yet.

If you see multiple video windows, the .(m2)ts file has multiple video tracks. VLC tries to show them all by default. And you can change audio track during playback via Audio menu item.

I've just tried the latest nightly and I don't get any errors, I just don't get anything at all. Seems to be processing it fine, I can see it processing four streams, etc, but just no video output. Any ideas?

Have cleared prefs, cache, etc, doesn't seem to be erroring, just not displaying video either