Windows – Play Blu-rays using Media Player Classic, I have PowerDVD10

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So my laptop came with a copy of PowerDVD10 but I would prefer to use Media Player Classic (v1.5.3.3819). I had read somewhere you can make it use PowerDVDs codecs but I have no idea how to set this up. If it helps I'm on Windows 7 64-bit and I installed MPC through the latest Combined Community Codec Pack which is all 32-bit it seems.

Best Answer

I personally prefer the K-Lite Codec Pack over the Combined Community Codec Pack, as being much more evolved.

K-Lite also has as a separate download the K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit: A bundle of 64-bit DirectShow filters that can be used together with 64-bit players, such as Windows Media Center.

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Please note that some blu-ray copy-protections work better with Windows Media Player or with the software that was furnished with the disc.

Some more advice found in How to play Blu-Ray discs with Media Player Classic :

How to set up Media Player Classic to play Blu-Ray discs

Select View -> Options -> External filters

  • Add filter "Haali Media Splitter (AR)", Set merit 00900000, Set Prefer
  • Add Filter "ffdshow audio decoder", Set merit 00700000
  • Add filter "cyberlink H.264/AVC Decoder", Set merit 00900400
  • Add Filter "Sonic Cinemaster Audio Decoder 4.3.0", Set merit 00805000
  • Add Filter "ffdshow video decoder", Set merit 00800000 (late fix to stop ffdshow taking over from cyberlink)
  • Add Filter "Sonic Cinemaster Video Decoder", Set merit 00700000 (late fix to stop Cinemaster Video taking over from ffdshow video)
  • Add Filter "Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder (pdvd7), set merit "prefer" (Try this for some hardware acceleration in Windows XP)
  • Add Filter "Nvidia Video Decoder", Set merit "Prefer" (block cyberlink) (try this for hardware acceleration in Windows XP/Vista if you have Nvidia Purevideo)

These codecs and splitters should already be installed by your codec pack. If not, use another codec pack.

Select View -> Options -> Internal filters

  • Deselect any mpeg, matroska from the source list
  • Deselect any AC3, mpeg from the transport filter list
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