3 Ways to Play Blu-ray on Windows Media Player

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3 Ways to Play Blu-ray on Windows Media Player

• From http//www.leawo.org/tutorial/play-blu-ray-i
  n-windows-media-player.html

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• "Can Windows Media Player play Blu-ray discs? I
  just installed Windows 7 premium home,full retail
  64 bit version. I was surprised to find that I
  cant play Blu-ray on Windows Media Player. What
  is Microsoft doing to solve the Windows Media
  Player Blu-ray playback issue? BluRay has been
  around for a long time and Im sure thousands of
  Windows 7 customers are going to be in the same
  boat as me. There are NO codec available through
  a Google search ( 64 bit) and I would be very
  reluctant to use one off the internet anyway
  (Virus issues)."
• Its not a fresh topic. Windows 7/8 Media Player
  no longer has the support of DVD playback, not
  even to say playing Blu-ray on Windows Media
  Player. To play Blu-ray on Windows computer,
  currently there are 3 different ways use Windows
  Media Player Blu-ray codec, turn to 3rd-party
  Blu-ray player software, and rip Blu-ray to
  Windows Media Player compatible videos. This
  guide will introduce you these 3 ways to play
  Blu-ray on Windows Media Player in details.
• Part 1 Play Blu-ray on Windows Media Player with
  Windows Media Player Blu-ray Codec
• Part 2 Play Blu-ray on Windows with Windows
  Media Player Alternative Free Blu-ray Player
• Part 3 Rip Blu-ray to Windows Media Player
  Compatible Videos

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Part 1 Play Blu-ray on Windows Media Player with
Windows Media Player Blu-ray Codec

• Due to Sonys licensing policy upon Blu-ray,
  Windows Media Player Blu-ray compatible issue has
  not solved in the latest Windows OS version. If
  Windows users plan to play Blu-ray on Windows
  Media Player, they will have no direct support
  from Microsoft, but turn to some extra
  assistance. Making use of Blu-ray plugin for
  Windows Media Player is a primary solution to
  solve the Windows Media Player Blu-ray
  incompatibile issue. A Blu-ray plugin for Windows
  Media Player will help Windows users play Blu-ray
  on Windows Media Player the systems default
  media player.
• Windows Media Player Blu-ray codec, aka Blu-ray
  plugin for Windows Media Player, is a piece of
  software capable of encoding and/or decoding
  video and/or audio data from files, streams and
  broadcasts. The word Codec is a portmanteau of
  compressor-decompressor. Quite a few Windows
  Media Player Blu-ray codec packs are available
  for downloading and installing, like Windows
  Media Codec Pack or Media Player Codec Pack, The
  mediaplayercodecpack.com website offers a popular
  codec pack for Windows media player that includes
  a number of popular codecs, including support for
  Blu-ray, which will allow you to play Blu-ray
  with Windows media player. You can download the
  codec pack on CNETs website or you can go
  directly to its website for downloading.

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Part 2 Play Blu-ray on Windows with Windows
Media Player Alternative Free Blu-ray Player

• If you have no desire to download and install
  Blu-ray plugin for Windows Media Player, why not
  try a piece of alternative to Windows Media
  Player to play Blu-ray on Windows successfully?
  The Free Blu-ray Player for Windows from Leawo
  is your perfect choice. It includes region free
  Blu-ray player software, free DVD player software
  and free HD media player into perfect
  combination, allowing you to play back
  Blu-ray/DVD disc, common videos and up to 1080p
  HD videos smoothly on Windows PC. The newest
  Blu-ray and DVD discs released in the market can
  be played back as well. Leawo Free Blu-ray Player
  software also comes with advanced audio decoding
  technologies like Dolby, DTS, AAC, TrueHD,
  DTS-HD, etc. delivering extraordinary audio
  effect.

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• With Leawo Free Blu-ray Player software, you
  could easily realize the effect of playing
  Blu-ray on Windows Media Player, no need to
  installing Blu-ray plugin for Windows Media
  Player. And you no longer need to ask questions
  online like "can Windows Media Player play
  Blu-ray discs" or "how to play Blu-ray on Windows
  Media Player". Leawo Free Blu-ray Player could
  work as your systems default media player to
  play any media file smoothly. To play Blu-ray
  with Leawo Free Blu-ray Player, you only need to
  prepare
• Source Blu-ray movie discs.
• Blu-ray recorder drive, either external or
  internal.
• Internet connection.

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How to play Blu-ray on Windows Media Player
Alternative for Free

• Download free Blu-ray player and set it up on
  your Windows computer.
• Insert Blu-ray movie disc into the Blu-ray
  recorder drive.
• Open this free Blu-ray player software. This free
  Blu-ray player software would then automatically
  detect your disc drive and display detected disc
  on the main interface.
• Click the disc name on the main interface. This
  free Blu-ray player software would start to play
  Blu-ray movies.
• You could control the Blu-ray playback via remote
  controller to select what to play main movie,
  certain scene, bonus features, etc.

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Free Blu-ray Player Video Tutorial
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Part 3 Rip Blu-ray to Windows Media Player
Compatible Videos

• Besides using Windows Media Player Blu-ray codec
  and free Blu-ray player to Windows Media Player,
  is there any other solution to help play Blu-ray
  on Windows Media Player? Of course yes. Thats to
  rip Blu-ray to Windows Media Player compaitilbe
  videos, so you could then play ripped Blu-ray
  movies with Windows Media Player smoothly. We all
  know that Windows Media Player accepts videos in
  WMV, MP4 and other formats. Therefore, to play
  Blu-ray on Windows Media Player, why not try to
  rip and convert Blu-ray to MP4/WMV video files?
• To rip Blu-ray to Windows Media Player MP4/WMV
  videos, you need to
• Insert source Blu-ray movie disc into the Blu-ray
  recorder drive.
• Download and install Leawo Blu-ray Ripper a
  professional Windows Blu-ray ripping software app
  that could decrypt, rip and convert Blu-ray to
  MP4, WMV, AVI, FLV, MOV, etc. for Windows Media
  Player, iPad, Android devices, etc.
• Make sure of good internet connection.
• Get enough hard drive space.

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• After youve prepared all abovementioned things,
  you could then follow the below guide to learn
  how to rip Blu-ray to Windows Media Player videos
  in detailed steps
• Step 1 Add source Blu-ray disc
• Click the "Add Blu-ray/DVD" button on the main
  interface to load Blu-ray disc into this Blu-ray
  ripper software from your Blu-ray drive.

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• Step 2 Set output format
• Click the drop-down box next to the "Add
  Blu-ray/DVD" button and then select "Change"
  option to set output format. Since you need to
  play Blu-ray in Windows Media Player, select
  either MP4 or WMV as output format from the
  "Format gt Common Video" tab.

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• Step 3 Set output directory
• After setting output format, click the big green
  "Convert" button and then set output directory in
  the "Save to" box on the popup sidebar. Make sure
  target folder has enough storage.

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• Step 4 Convert Blu-ray to Windows Media Player
  videos
• Finally, click the bottom "Convert" button on the
  sidebar. This Blu-ray Ripper would start to
  convert Blu-ray to Windows Media Player videos
  immediately. After conversion, you could view
  converted Blu-ray files in target folder youve
  set in Step 3.

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  ows-media-player.html
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