Best DVD and Blu-ray playing software on Windows 10?

Cromulent · 20 Jan 2022 at 18:09

I'm thinking of getting the latest version of PowerDVD, but I wondered if there was any other option? I don't want anything dodgy. I want to play all my discs without mucking around with configs and keys to get it working in VLC.

Is there another option other than PowerDVD that might be better?

alphaomega16 · 21 Jan 2022 at 02:20

Would Kodi not play them?

Cromulent · 21 Jan 2022 at 03:13

alphaomega16 said:
Would Kodi not play them?

No idea. I've really just heard the name. I've never used Kodi before. I'll watch some YouTube videos to see what it is like.

Thanks for the tip!

demonix · 21 Jan 2022 at 17:31

alphaomega16 said:
Would Kodi not play them?

Not blu-ray discs as all commercial releases are encrypted and even the only method of getting around that is out of date since it doesn't work with all discs.

alphaomega16 · 21 Jan 2022 at 23:03

demonix said:
Not blu-ray discs as all commercial releases are encrypted and even the only method of getting around that is out of date since it doesn't work with all discs.

ah bummer, was worth a punt as a suggestion.

Cromulent · 22 Jan 2022 at 06:22

demonix said:
Not blu-ray discs as all commercial releases are encrypted and even the only method of getting around that is out of date since it doesn't work with all discs.

Does that mean PowerDVD is my best bet then?

Philtor · 23 Jan 2022 at 08:06

I would suggest PowerDVD which is what I use. Great bit of software!

Django x2 · 23 Jan 2022 at 14:04

VLC or MPC BE will play all this stuff natively. No messing about required.