Play Blu-Ray Disc Movie with VLC in Windows 8 64-bit/32-bit

[inflamator]

The one, that I tried was "X-men origins: Wolverine"

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

It's probably very recent and has the latest DRM, so it will take some time before VLC can play it. USe AnyDVD-HD or MakeMKV for that...

[Daggoth65]

I have done all of the above and the movies i have tried seem to run fine but the voice audio does not play, all I here is the background sounds and music but no actual dialogue does anyone have any clues how to fix this? I'm running windows 8 and im using the 32bit installation

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Probably channels misdetected. for the number of audio channels in preferences.

[bluraynewb]

Just wanted to share my success. Got a external bluray player for xmas. Finally got things working after installing DVDFab Passkey Lite. Got it working on two machines, both Windows 8.1 64 bit, one a desktop, the other a ultrabook. Installed VLC 2.1.2 64 bit. Put the libaacs.ddl and keydb.cfg in the right places. Installed the Passkey Lite. Like shakeninsane says, let Passkey Lite scan the disk first (wow that little player is noisy!) I was able to open a blu-ray (Elysium from Redbox) using Open Disk. For DVD, I had to use Open Folder method (VIDEO_TS), and got the DVD main screen and was able to navigate, nice!

Before installing the Passkey Lite, and finding the right way to open the disks, I think I saw pretty much all the errors listed in the thread: MRL, undf, vlc crash, etc...

Anyways, thanks VLC and DVDFab peeples!

[AvataR]

I tried a solution that worked for me. After toiling away on a stupid trial for Corel WinDVD (that stated it has record function but it doesn't work for me) anyway.

I have already done that previous thing with the two files, one in the roaming folder etc and the vlc directory, so I just left these incase they helped.

I downloaded the free verison of DVDfav Passkey. It's kalled Passkey lite and it's free! Using that, VLC can play bluray! Just let the Passkey "run" first when you play a bluray. I tried one bluray from 2011 and one from 2013, that is spanking new.


I then opened VLC and "opened media" etc the normal way. Hope this helps others!

Thanks, did the trick for me!

[gthompson11]

I have tried this solution and it doesn't work for some reason. Maybe I just cannot follow directions or it is just not meant to work, but in former bulids it worked now it doesn't.

[LEPlater]

I had the same errors about the AACS and followed the instructions; copied the two files to the appropriate directories which seemed to make no difference. (using win7 64 bit so I have used 32 bit file)
Then installed DVDFab, and now VNC starts to read the Blu-Ray disk and gives slightly different errors:

Blu-ray error:
No valid processing key found in AACS config file.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///H:/'. Check the log for details.

Blu-Ray is Region B, Beautiful Creatures and is an early 2013 release.

[LEPlater]

Another BLu-Ray, Region B, A Lonely Place To Die comes up with:

Blu-ray error:
AACS Host certificate revoked.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///H:/'. Check the log for details.



Edit:
Also now films that did play yesterday no longer play in CyberLink...
ummm thanks VNC for turning my Blu-Ray player into something that sits on my desk and has a nice blue flashing light but no longer will play anything.

Later edit, reinstalled CyberLink from the CD that came with my player and I can play the old disks again, installing latest version of CyberLink 9 from its website didn't work!

Will be nice to get VNC working so I can see the end of CyberLink's rip off software.

[kabour]

i agree with you " Pro tip: the above procedure will work if you run the stable version of VLC (2.0.4) in Win7/8 x64, with caveats.

The stable version of VLC is 32-bit only, so instead of putting the 64-bit version of libaacs.dll in the VLC program folder ('Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC'), use the 32-bit version. Also, for this to work, when creating the
'aacs' folder to put the KEYDB.cfg keyfile in, you MUST create it in 'Users/%USER%/AppData/Roaming', not 'Users/%USER%/AppData'.

So far, with AACS-protected Blu-Ray discs, it works fine."

[LEPlater]

I can't see whether the VLC version I have is 32bit or 64bit.

Download page makes no mention of 32 bit but does have a seperate link for 64bit so does this mean I can assume everything else is 32bit?

Help.About says I have installed version 2.1.3 Rincewind but no mention of 32 or 64bit.

[northnode8]

Thanks to blueraynb for finding DVDfabPasskey. I downloaded their version 812, installed it and bingo, I can can play bluerays.
Run PassKey first, then open disk with VLC
Am on a Windows 8.1 64 bit machine using VLC version 2.1.4 64 bit
Hope the VLC folks read this and perhaps have a chat with the guys as DVDfab!!!

[ThatOddJoe]

I just got a new pc with a blu-ray drive.

I am running Windows 8.1 64 bit.
I have VLC 2.1.3 (32 bit)
I downloaded the files and placed them in the correct directories:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\libaacs.dll
- C:\Users\*****\AppData\Roaming\aacs\KEYDB.cfg

When I open VLC I select open disc. I select blu-ray from the menu. When I hit play VLC just crashes. It doesn't give me an error of any kind. I have tried multiple blu-rays and have not had any luck. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

[Ads20000]

I've been searching for a solution for this for over half and hour and PassKey works a treat. Thanks for the recommendation, very grateful.

However, there needs to be a solution that doesn't require PassKey made since I believe the 'Blu-Ray' paid part of the program you can only use for a limited time.

[laawindy1]

Can we really play blu-ray disc movie ? I have tried once. But it does not work. By reading a lot of post there. I should try again once more. Really thanks

[LEPlater]

OK, so I got a new Blu-Ray disk, "RED 2", that can't be played on any other Blu Ray player (makes 8 I have now) so I thought I'd try again.

Downloaded latest version of VLC, made sure it was 32 bit version.
Downloaded KEYDB.cfg
Downloaded 32 bit version of libaacs.dll

Installed VLC
Copied KEYDB.cfg to: %appdata% & %appdata%\aacs & %appdata%\roaming & to %appdata%\roaming\aacs (just to make sure)
copied libaacs.dll to the VLC directory, overwriting the one that was already there.
downloaded DVDfabPasskey (first couple I found had viruses attatchd but found one that just spammed you with offers
installed DVDfabPasskey (taking extra care to decline all the crap)
Ran VLC
Opened Blu Ray by selecting Media->Open Disc, selecting Blu-ray (showed device K:\ RED 2) then clicked play
Got the following error still.

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///H:/'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///H:/'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:

repeated ad nauseum for a few minutes then VLC crashes.

Adendum; found Canadian versionof DVDfab Media Player (http://www.dvdfab.com is unavailable or may not exist.) Installed this and I can watch the Blu-ray, yay! Unfortunatly its only a trial version but it looks good so will probably end up paying for that.

Second addendum. Their media player sucks, loses audio/video sync all the time, and when there's rapid movement the video stutters. It's crap.

Pleaaaaase help me to get VLC working.

[Whudunit]

I just tried this today.

I had gone to the http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name many times. I had followed their instructions verbatim. Now I am using a WIN7 64bit machine, though I used a tip from a Youtube video which said to use the 32bit version. Nothing worked.

I was getting the aacs Host certificate revoked error. I decided as a last ditch effort to copy the aacs folder from my appdata folder into my Progams VideoLan\VLC folder and the Program (x86) same location and I was able to run my Toy Story 3 Blu-ray. I am really new at this, so please go easy on me, if I managed to make the playback work by other means, which I am not aware of.

I did forget to select Blu-Ray in VLC disc menu the first time, it was at DVD, therefor it didn't work the first go round.

I sincerely, hope this works for you, as others have helped me with various computer issues over the years, and for once, I'd like to return the favour.

[dj.si]

I've had a laptop with a Blu-ray drive for 2 years, but only recently tried to play a Blu-ray disc for the first time. I was seriously annoyed (to put it politely!) when I discovered that it wasn't going to work until I purchased some software and a licence! However, after much Googling I found this thread, and I must thank jordangaga, talon_262 and shakeninsane for their helpful posts.

My laptop is running 64-bit Windows 7 Professional, and initially I installed 32-bit VLC as described by jordangaga and talon_262. But when I tried to play Dallas Buyers Club (which had just arrived from Amazon), the typical error "VLC is unable to open the MRL..." appeared.

Then, as per shakeninsane's post, I installed Passkey Lite from DVDFab. And subsequently, if I load the Blu-ray disc, run Passkey Lite, and then start VLC, it works!

However, each time I start Passkey Lite, it now shows an expiry date for Blu-ray discs which is a few weeks away. My guess is that the free "Lite" component of the s/w (which never expires) is not being used to unlock the disc, but the Blu-ray component is, and that component is limited to a 30-day trial, after which I'd have to pay. But at least it's working for now!

Si

[Rumobritt]

Use the 64 bits version of VLC.Download official VLC media player for Windows. ... VLC currently supports Windows XP SP2 or later. ... VLC 64bits version for Windows 64 bits. ... VideoLAN software is licensed under various open-source licenses: use and distribution are

[StarbuckOnBSG]

I published a libaacs/libbdplus help for VLC Windows users.

So far I've only succeeded to provide build for VLC 2.1.5 64-bit with libaacs.dll (no BD+ support):
http://www.labdv.com/aacs/play-encrypte ... th-vlc.php

A KEYDB.cfg updater is also available to keep %APPDATA%/aacs/KEYDB.cfg up-to-date with the public database.

[ArsenicDrone]

I downloaded the free verison of DVDfav Passkey. It's kalled Passkey lite and it's free! Using that, VLC can play bluray! Just let the Passkey "run" first when you play a bluray. I tried one bluray from 2011 and one from 2013, that is spanking new.

I then opened VLC and "opened media" etc the normal way. Hope this helps others!

Thanks for your suggestion. This worked for me as well. AnyDVD HD (trial) also worked. I just bought a DVD drive to play Star Wars Blu Rays, and found that a couple minutes into the movies, they would start displaying large artifacts, a few per second. Large gray areas would appear on the screen, as well as bands across the video that look like extremely compressed video. Perhaps these are the supposed BD+ copy protection artifacts, as DVDfab Passkey Lite appears to have gotten rid of them. I haven't watched a whole movie yet, but over several minutes there are no problems.

My configuration: Windows 7 64-bit, 32-bit version of VLC, libaacs (from here and libbdplus (extracted from the archive here), along with their corresponding %appdata% entries. VLC crashes without libaacs, and gives a BD+ error without libbdplus (for the Star Wars discs).

[Aabharan]

Same problem i am facing in Windows 7 can anyone tell me the solution. Thanks in Advance

[MrThejarret]

Hi, I have a Windows 8 computer with VLC 32-bit and am trying to play the Eraserhead Criterion Blu-ray, but I can't get it to play. I tried what it said at http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/ (and tried both the AACS Dynamic Library files) but it did not work, then I tried DVDfab Passkey and it played but with no menus and a high pitched ringing constantly in my right earbud. Help please? Thanks.

[Nepheler]

Blu-ray protected by lastest encryption may not be able to play with VLC. Try other bluray programs.

[ndjamena]

MakeMKV can decrypt Blu Ray discs on the fly for VLC to play. All you have to do is create symbolic links in the VLC directory called libaacs.dll and libbdplus.dll, each pointing to libmmbd.dll (or libmmbd64.dll) in the MakeMKV directory and you should be able to play anything MakeMKV can rip with VLC. (You could also just create two copies of libmmbd in the VLC directory and rename them but that's no fun.)

I've had it set up for months and never bother using it, but I've fired up The Avengers at the moment just to make sure it still works. It does.

All you need to do is keep the beta key up to date (or buy a key of your own full key).

I'm not sure why no one has mentioned this before...