Thread: Free Blu-ray media player/codec?

Is there anything out yet for playing Blu-ray movies on a computer??? Such as a free media player like VLC that is capable of playing blu-ray movies bought from shops. or is it only the likes of Power DVD that play them. i have a Pioneer 202 Blu-ray Rom drive in my computer if that helps.

Im seeking the same thing as you are. It’s impossible to find anything to do with blu-ray on the pc. ive searched and searched and can’t find any answers to any of my questions.

I do have Power DVD 7 ultra that came with my LG Blu-ray/HD DVD drive but ive ran into serious problems with it. It’s played about 5 different titles so far without any problems but i got a couple new titles like "Jumper" and it won’t play them, it freezes up my computer and then crashes (blue screen of death).


Its frustrating because there’s so few people out there that even have blu-ray players for the pc. Or if there is then i guess there are very few people having problems with them because i can’t find any help if anyone is having the same problem help me out, i want to know if its something wrong with my hardware or if its simply a much needed patch for power DVD.

I also bought a LG Blu-ray writer a few days ago, the Power DVD that come with the drive only request to update some patch (Power DVD Ultra 7.3) on the first run. After that it runs the Blu-ray movie perfectly. I have not tried the HD-DVD so I do not know how it performs.