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klikkamongo · 2009-06-30, 18:59

Yo!

I have just built a new media pc and are using the cyberlink software to play blu-rays from my LG GGC-H20L.

Is it possible to link XBMC to cyberlink, or is it any other way to open Blu Ray discs in XBMC. (to copy the discs to the computer is not an option.)

I have read some posts around here in this forum, but they are old, or not informative, so I just made this new post.

Thanks.

MDPauley · 2009-06-30, 19:11

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...t=launcher

klikkamongo · 2009-06-30, 19:18

Thats an option, thanks, I will check it out tonight!

Is it possible that XBMC will integrate Blu Ray in the future?

Haggy · 2009-06-30, 20:36

klikkamongo Wrote:Is it possible that XBMC will integrate Blu Ray in the future?

Not legally, so i guess: no.

CuFk · (This post was last modified: 2009-07-28, 09:41 by CuFk.)

It sounds weird that XBMC won't support Blu Ray since it's a media center software. Blu Ray is becoming more and more common in HTPC's and the demand for support will grow.

At least put up a guide telling the XBMC users what options there are. Maybe how to use the external player and what other software is required. (such as Arcsoft TotalMedia Theater?).

Cheers!

Haggy · 2009-07-28, 10:14

If you're volunteering to write such a guide it would be welcome. Meanwhile the search is a handy tool: http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?p=368978
Note that it's not a matter of not wanting Bluray support but not being able to include it due to no legal way to do so.

**spiff** · 2009-07-28, 11:22

to me it's a matter of not wanting it as well. blu-ray is the most drm ridden consumer hostile product there is and it should die a horrible death.

Haggy · 2009-07-28, 11:23

heh, well spoken!

**da-anda** · 2009-08-13, 12:23

hey guys - as I don't want to rip all my BluRays due to limited disc space, I'm looking for a way to launch a external player for certain disc types like BluRays and HD-DVDs. So when I insert a real BluRay disc (no rip) into my BD drive and klick on "Play DVD" in the GUI I'd like XBMC to start a external app, just like it's done for rips. Is there a way to do this via some XML hacks like for rips? If not I'm willing to investigate into this and dig into the source of XBMC and provide a patch (although I don't know C++ yet - only PHP, JS, AS and other web coding languages). But a little help would be needed by pointing me to the correct files where I have to start looking - haven't found the correct place myself yet.

ptaylor999 · 2011-08-26, 16:58

spiff Wrote:to me it's a matter of not wanting it as well. blu-ray is the most drm ridden consumer hostile product there is and it should die a horrible death.

How's that workin out for ya?

jhsrennie · 2011-08-26, 18:38

ptaylor999 Wrote:How's that workin out for ya?

Can you state your meaning more clearly?

JR

jhsrennie · 2011-08-26, 18:49

da-anda Wrote:So when I insert a real BluRay disc (no rip) into my BD drive and klick on "Play DVD" in the GUI I'd like XBMC to start a external app, just like it's done for rips.

In Confluence, the Play button at the bottom left opens the window described in addons\skin.confluence\720p\custom_DiscDialog_1113.xml. If you open this file in any text editor and search for:

<onclick>XBMC.PlayDVD()</onclick>

that's the action taken when you select Play. I would guess (I've never tried) you could change this to launch a Python script, and you could use that to launch your external player.

I don't think there's any way to use an external DVD player in v10.1, though maybe I'm being too pessimistic.

JR