Video player stategy? (3 Viewers)

[joecrow]

Just for clarification after some thought about my last post;- I believe it would be a great shame to have to disable the internal player from the things it does very well for the sake of the one thing it is unlikely ever to be able to do, namely decryption. For me an external player configurable for Bluray only would be much more preferable.

 

[mm1352000]

If you prefer the internal player in general then I would have thought the main reason to desire an external player for Blu-Ray is the lack of support for BD-J, not decryption. As Lehmden said, decryption solutions (including free options) are available. Such solutions can be used to enable the internal player to play commercial Blu-Rays. On the other hand, the lack of BD-J support is the reason why the internal player doesn't support menus with some Blu-Rays.

...or have I misunderstood?

 

[joecrow]

With MP2 so seamlessly intergrating other plugins Online Video, Web Radio etc. I guess I am looking
for a future Bluray solution that will simply play any legal disc I insert.

I would have thought that was clear enough, I already have a commercial player that does this and failing support in MP for BD-J, Bluray3D and Decryption
then an external player option is very attractive. Don't get me wrong I would love to see a freeware player that did the business but as you point out even with the addition of decryption solutions (free or not, legally questionable or not) it still won't be there.

 

[mm1352000]

I would have thought that was clear enough...

Yes and no.
What confused me was this:

I believe it would be a great shame to have to disable the internal player from the things it does very well for the sake of the one thing it is unlikely ever to be able to do, namely decryption.

Particularly the "one thing" part. I knew you mentioned menu and 3D support in the first post as reasons for not using the internal player, but I didn't understand why you only mentioned decryption here. Especially considering that the decryption limitation has a well known solution.

So, my post was an attempt to clarify that.

Don't get me wrong I would love to see a freeware player that did the business but as you point out even with the addition of decryption solutions (free or not, legally questionable or not) it still won't be there.

True - it won't be enough for now, but things change over time.

Maybe I could put it this way: if MP supported BD-J (ie. menus worked 100%) and 3D, would you be happy to use the internal player with a decryption solution? ...or are there other reasons you prefer an external player?

 

[joecrow]

True - it won't be enough for now, but things change over time.

Maybe I could put it this way: if MP supported BD-J (ie. menus worked 100%) and 3D, would you be happy to use the internal player with a decryption solution? ...or are there other reasons you prefer an external player?

Most definitely yes, also that possibly is the answer to my original question if that is the strategy/goal.
I would still caveat that yes with the availability of a reliable freeware decryption solution.
For the interim though if the "change over time" involves years rather than months then an external player solution
would, I believe, be well worthwhile. No other reason to favour an external player be great not to be forced to use it, as long as I would not be replacing one item I have paid for with another I would have to pay for i.e A..DVD

 

[joecrow]

Further to the above I note there is nothing new regarding BD support in the recent update, unless I missed it? Can I therefore assume that you are indeed talking about years rather than months for the "change over time"?
Even with ArcSoft dropping TMT I don't suppose it will stop working overnight and there is still PowerDVD. An option to use an external player for BD would, for me, promote MP2 into the living room rather than just a trial on my desktop.

 

[joecrow]

With the sad demise of Slysoft, where are we now with regard to BD playback?

 

[morpheus_xx]

Recently I've implemented the "BrowserHost" based WebPlayer for online videos. It also depends on an external program that does the actual playback.

This means, it is possible to start an external BD player program.

 

[joecrow]

Super. Is this available with the current version? If yes can you give me some info. or wiki link on how to implement. Or will this be for a future release?

 

[morpheus_xx]

Is this available with the current version?

if "this" means BrowserPlayer support for Online Videos:

"BrowserHost" based WebPlayer for online videos

then it's contained in https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/mediaportal-2-weekly-snapshot-2016-02-07.133630/ (and newer builds).

If you mean external BD player, then this is not yet implemented.