VLC and Blu Ray

[laferrierejc]

VLC and blu ray
this website has 2 dll files and some instructions for win x32 and x64, yet following these instructions has not solved my inability to play blu ray

http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/

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I've followed these instructions about 3 times now. They seem pretty clear to me. Put the key file in the %appdata% folder (which defaults to Roaming subfolder), but just for good measure, I put the key file at the parent of Roaming (i.e. appdata) and in the vlc program files dir (which is a subfolder of videolan).

then I dl'd the 64 bit file for my 64 bit windows and placed the file inside "c:\program files (x86)\videolan\vlc\" folder (btw has to be done through saving to the desktop first, then from within explorer, copy the file over. That's okay, minor sacrifice made to ensure a proper working UAC).

the error I get when I try to open a blu ray inside vlc is:
This Blu-Ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it.

when I try the 32 bit dll (windows is 64, but vlc is 32) I get a different message
Missing AACS configuration file!

So... I'm not sure what's going on. I do have uac enabled... I tried running the program in administrator mode which had no affect... I've tried regsvr32' the dll, (which doesn't do anything, nor is the right thing to do with this type of dll, since it's the app's (vlc) decoding dll.)

I also tried this on ubuntu... I was running v12 Ubuntu x64... finally got vlc installed after doing the package list updates, but only from bash...

I believe I pulled the key file, and the 64 bit file... but... after doing all that, I didn't have a blu-ray option inside my vlc... I was wondering if the x64 build was an older version (not 2.0 vlc)... I didn't check that yet...

but yeah, lots of crazy variables... and I still can't get it to play a range of blu ray discs I have...

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[JohnnyFun]

Hi,

Your post helped me to get blu rays working...mostly. So thanks for that! By "mostly", I mean the test blu ray I was trying to play didn't have audio when I finally got the damned thing to play ("Girl with the dragon tattoo"). But my "12 Monkies" blue ray played like a dream. I'm guessing the other one has odd audio files or something, since it's foreign. I'll dig into it more another time, but here's what I've done to get where I am:

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In Windows 8.1 (and probably win7, too)
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-use the 32-bit aacs dll (I'm running 64-bit windows, with 32-bit VLC. If you use the 64-bit dll, 32-bit VLC won't be able to find the library)
-drop that file into your VLC folder, probably "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\"

-put the keys database file into "C:\Users\[YOUR USER]\AppData\Roaming\aacs" -- this is where you helped! I had created an "AACS" file, instead of using the one that was in the "Roaming" folder, since I remember having to do that in Ubuntu 13.1 to get all this crap working.