Thank you for the post (and to all others as well).I finally got it to work!
Like a lot of people here, I followed all the instructions to the letter, but nothing was working. I am on Windows 7 64-bit. I realized after that one person's post that I had installed the 32-bit version of VLC, since it was in the Program Files (x86) directory, so I downloaded the 32-bit dll to try again, but with no luck.
So then I went to the VLC site and downloaded the experiment 64-bit version of VLC (you have to do a little searching), and it installed to the Program Files directory. I downloaded the 64-bit dll and put it in the Program Files/VideoLan/VLC folder, launched vlc from that folder, opened the blu-ray with the "blu ray" option, checked the "No Titles" box, and it worked!
I hope this helps someone else. Bottom line: Try the 64-bit version of VLC with the correct dll.
Wow, you're a genius. That worked for me too. Thanks so much. I've been trying to fix this problem for hours.I finally got it to work!
Like a lot of people here, I followed all the instructions to the letter, but nothing was working. I am on Windows 7 64-bit. I realized after that one person's post that I had installed the 32-bit version of VLC, since it was in the Program Files (x86) directory, so I downloaded the 32-bit dll to try again, but with no luck.
So then I went to the VLC site and downloaded the experiment 64-bit version of VLC (you have to do a little searching), and it installed to the Program Files directory. I downloaded the 64-bit dll and put it in the Program Files/VideoLan/VLC folder, launched vlc from that folder, opened the blu-ray with the "blu ray" option, checked the "No Titles" box, and it worked!
I hope this helps someone else. Bottom line: Try the 64-bit version of VLC with the correct dll.
As far as I understand, BD+ is another Blu-ray protection scheme and VLC cannot play such discs. For now VLC can play AACS protected discs only. So for BD+ discs you have to use either WinDVD/PowerDVD/etc players or AnyDVD HD protection remover. Please correct me if I am wrong.This Blu-Ray Disc needs a library for BD+ decoding, and your system does not have it.
Ah, ok (well, not so ok, but ok..). I thought the errors in the attempt to play the the referenced title "Chronicle" were the same as those previous to installing the two specified files, along with the 64-bit experimental version, hence the surprise, and uncertainty as what was up. Thanks for the explanation. *The problem Title might well be weak, or worse, anyway.... (sour grapes, anyone...?).As far as I understand, BD+ is another Blu-ray protection scheme and VLC cannot play such discs. For now VLC can play AACS protected discs only. So for BD+ discs you have to use either WinDVD/PowerDVD/etc players or AnyDVD HD protection remover. Please correct me if I am wrong.This Blu-Ray Disc needs a library for BD+ decoding, and your system does not have it.
If you want to install the 64-bit version download vlc-2.0.1-win64.exe. If you just want to run it from a directory/folder download vlc-2.0.1-win64.zip (or the *.7z version). You'll need to extract the contents of the *.zip to a folder first, then run vlc.exe.I was trying to download it onto a machine that currently has no VLC versions on it. If I go to 64bit experimental it opens a list of public files, when clicked on some of them are text files, others request to download - there's a zip file and an .exe file for example, I tried downloading the zip but once extracted I can just open VLC direct from the extracted folder, there is no install or setup phase. There is no VideoLAN folder in my program files (x86) folder either so I cannot put the .dll in there.
If you just want to test out a Win64 version download the *.zip version and extract to a folder. Download the 64-bit version of libaacs.dll found here and place it in the folder where you extract the *.zip (where vlc.exe is). Place the KEYDB.cfg file in %APPDATA%\aacs, run vlc.exe and try a Blu-ray disc.Just went through the problems already outlined by all you other folks with my husband's laptop, got so far as realizing he needs the 64bit version for it to work, he downloaded the .exe from that public file and in his case it didn't fix the blu-ray error, hence trying on my laptop with the zip folder to see if a clean install worked..
%APPDATA% is an enviromental variable which links to your current user's AppData folder. In actual fact it will link to AppData\Roaming on Windows 7 (and probably Vista).I have a H.P with win7 64 bit operating system. I can not get the player to play blue rays disks and I have searched for %APPDATA%\aacs, and it does not exist on my computer.
Good idea! One limitation, is that those Titles that are "protected" with "BD+" apparently will NOT play in VLC.I had to do a decent amount of lurking around forums to figure this out, so i thought i'd put it all in one place for people who are.....computorially challenged....like me.
here's a compiled list of instructions to get VLC to play blu ray on Windows 7 64bit:
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VLC will now play blu ray discs.
Thanks for your post. I will try and avoid pre-2012 20th Century Fox releases. What does "MKB v31 are verified to revoke the host certificate" mean? Thanks again!20th Century Fox releases are BD+ and wont play with VLC even if there decrypted to HD. And releases from 2012 and newer will be hit or miss. MKB v31 are verified to revoke the host certificate and there's no public processing key.
Thanks for your reply.You should read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/BluRay for a description of how the BR protection scheme works and what this MKB means.
OK...so who wants to update this since the experimental 64bit download page is no longer there (404 NOT FOUND).I had to do a decent amount of lurking around forums to figure this out, so i thought i'd put it all in one place for people who are.....computorially challenged....like me.
here's a compiled list of instructions to get VLC to play blu ray on Windows 7 64bit:
Get the experimental latest version of VLC for Windows 64bit
Currently, go to http://download.videolan.org/pub/videol ... ast/win64/ and download "vlc-2.0.2-win64.exe"
Go to http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/
Download keydb.cfg
Use the search function in the start menu and key in "%appdata%" (without quotation marks)
This will bring you to a folder called "Roaming" (C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming)
Create a new folder within Roaming called "aacs" and put the keydb.cfg file into it
Download the Windows 64bit version of "libaacs.dll" and put it into your VLC directory (typically c:\program files\Video LAN\VLC\)
VLC will now play blu ray discs.
It's presumably 404'd as there is no Win64 build of 2.0.3 available on the download server.OK...so who wants to update this since the experimental 64bit download page is no longer there (404 NOT FOUND).
Or at least point me to the direction of another download site.
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