best blu ray apps

[wiliamvw]

Have tried unsuccessfully to install an app to play blu-ray discs. If someone has had success getting their laptop to play blu-ray on windows 10 please specify which ones are useable. greatly appreciated

 

[Wolfie]

Hi,

try the following two, I don't have a Blue Ray player but they both should work?.

Get $Super Media and DVD Player from the Microsoft Store

Super Media and DVD Player is a free DVD, Blu-ray, CD, SVCD, video and multi-media player based on VLC. Simple but powerful, it enables you to watch movies and films from on your Windows device easily. No other video converter software is required any longer because it can play just any kind of...

www.microsoft.com

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

 

[ClippyBeer]

Hi,

try the following two, I don't have a Blue Ray player but they both should work?.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/s...o/9p57zkwlz6nj?activetab=pivot:eek:verviewtab

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

I would absolutely NOT download the Super Media Player from the Microsoft store. Reason? The author ripped off Video Lan Client (VLC) for their own gain.

Screenshot of Super Media Player:

Screenshot of VLC:

Super Media Player - Plays all the same formats as VLC. What a coincidence. In-app purchases? No thanks.
Disappointing that Microsoft doesn't do a better job of screening apps in its store, but then neither do any of other platforms (Android,IOS,Chrome).

VLC is free and open source. Has been for many many years, and a trusted source. Highly recommended. If VLC can't play it, it's not a proper video source.

 

[bassfisher6522]

Have tried unsuccessfully to install an app to play blu-ray discs. If someone has had success getting their laptop to play blu-ray on windows 10 please specify which ones are useable. greatly appreciated

AFAIK....playing a BlueRay DVD requires a BlueRay optical drive.

If you have a regular external DVD player connected to your TV and put in a blueray disc your playback resolution is going to be that of a built in rez of standard DVD player. It will not play it at 720/1080. That rez is part of the BlueRay player.

If the PC in question doesn't have a BlueRay optical drive....it will play the disk, just not at 720/1080. Downloading any kind software will not make it do so.