Playing Blu-ray from your hard drive

Phunky Phish · 18 Feb 2010 at 18:49

Right
I use DVDFab to back up my DVD colection to my hard drives and use media browser to play them with no problems.

I can backup my blu-ray discs using this to my hard drive but I cannot seem to play them.

Anyone give me any advice on what I am doing wrong? I would like to keep the 1080p and 5.1 sound.

Oh, I am using 7MC.

Cheers for any advice or recommendations.

Phunky

Phunky Phish · 19 Feb 2010 at 08:04

deus3x
Do you know if you can plug VLC into 7MC?
I use mediabrowser to look at the cover art and then it just launches the DVD's from within 7MC.
Do you know if VLC would run the same way, just for the blu-ray stuff?

Phunky Phish · 19 Feb 2010 at 13:42

Because I like the movies on the PC as a media centre that I can share around the house.

Phunky Phish · 20 Feb 2010 at 11:10

Cheers hsia but that did not work!
I tried to open a folder which I had ripped the blu-ray to using DVDFab and it reported 'Cant detect format'.
So I inserted the disc and opened that and it reported the same!
Also, the View Log window that opens reporting this has no close button so I have to close it using Task Manager

PS.
Welcome to the forums

Phunky Phish · 21 Feb 2010 at 11:43

Yes as my network is hard wired.
Maybe not if it was wireless.

Phunky Phish · 22 Feb 2010 at 11:37

Not used vlc to rip.
To play blu-ray I purchased PowerDVD 9 Ultra as 7mc does not come with the codecs.

Phunky Phish · 23 Feb 2010 at 19:49

Right, using Total Media Theatre 3 I can play the blu-ray rips from my HDD ripped by DVDFab.
Only annoying thing is I bought PowerDVD for £60, and now need to buy TMT3 at £77 to do what I want!
I will try MPC-HT and see if that will play the rips if its free!
Also might try MakeMKV as I could rip them for free, and then FFDshow for playback as again its free.
But I am lazy so might just fork out the £77 and be done with it!!