HD/Bluray Plugin for MP (1 Viewer)

[eetaylog]

id like to buy an internal bluray player for my htpc fairly soon, but dont want to waste my money yet before there is a solution to watching bluray discs in MP.

is there a plugin in the pipeline, or is it only possible to use external players for now?

one last thing, does anyone know what file structure bluray ripping software puts the movies in, as im wondering whether id be able to use myvideos/myfilms/moving pictures in mediaportal for watching HD content if the bluray film has the DVD style VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS file structure.

thanks for any help

Gary

 

[revs]

The only easy/fully working solution is to use an external player. However once can be setup to integrate nicely, and only require a remote to function.

Blu-Rays need more than just a codec to work, the external applications are thus needed for decoding and other stuff

I personally use the HD Starter/PowerDVD plugin and it works really well. Can enter and exit the program using just my Harmony remote.

 

[chris882]

i want to use the same plugin, but there might be a problem with vista 64. you can find the information in this thread: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/plugins-47/blu-ray-hd-dvd-player-powerdvd-working-solution-32268/

i'm just waiting for an solution for vista 64, so that i can use it with my mediaportal

 

[eetaylog]

Blu-Rays need more than just a codec to work, the external applications are thus needed for decoding and other stuff

ah right, is there any scope for the decoding to be written in to MP in the future do you reckon?

 

[revs]

Highly unlikely, as it would have to be licensed an that would cost a fortune

 

[wojciech_ste]

Hi,
If you buy Blu-ray player today the external software player eg. Cyberling etc is very often already in set. So you can play your Blu-ray disc without any additional costs, in MP you can use 2 plug-ins ( Blu-Ray / HD-DVD Player with PowerDVD and *exe plug-in)
In the version 1.01 (I think will come in February) the blue-ray player should be native included, look at MediaPortal - Roadmap 1.01.

 

[tourettes]

In the version 1.01 (I think will come in February) the blue-ray player should be native included, look at MediaPortal - Roadmap 1.01.

No, it won't. Only autoplay event is added that will be sent so when user inserts blu-ray / HD DVD disk some 3rd party plugin can be used to start the actualy playback (and thats up to the plugin itself how its playing the disk, most likely by starting some commercial player...).