Playback of UHD / 4K discs on the PC

mtosev · 2024-12-23T14:53:24+0000

So a few days ago I bought my first 4K Blu-ray discs and I can't get them to play. I tried to play them in VLC and I get an AACS error message. I'm using anyDVD HD for decryption.

Any help?

Steevo · 2024-12-23T15:40:37+0000

mtosev said:
So a few days ago I bought my first 4K Blu-ray discs and I can't get them to play. I tried to play them in VLC and I get an AACS error message. I'm using anyDVD HD for decryption.

Any help?

Welcome to you will own nothing and like it. I chose to purchase CyberLink as it supported hardware acceleration and a few other things. Windows isn't paying licensing fees for codecs anymore, but windows is "free" anymore if you have any old key laying around. I haven't tried handbrake to rip a UHD Bluray yet but its a possibility and store it in a clean format but still may require the "decryption" software. I'm not advocating for sailing the high seas but this is what they have pushed us to....

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bluray/comments/16zyfc1

ir_cow · 2024-12-23T16:09:15+0000

You will need a UHD drive that supports decryption on PC. All the ones sold now require a firmware downgrade. Secondly you will need a different program. I believe anydvd is only for BD not UHD. AAC2.0 encryption is UHD and why PC playback is nearly impossible legally.

Lastly we are in a grey area on the forums. Will not promote ways to bypass the encryption so I left it vague on purpose. Google and MakeMKV forums is your friend

nomdeplume · 2024-12-23T16:09:49+0000

mtosev said:
So a few days ago I bought my first 4K Blu-ray discs and I can't get them to play. I tried to play them in VLC and I get an AACS error message. I'm using anyDVD HD for decryption.

Any help?

Following is a rough guess based on last point I gave this much of a look. 11th gen Intel or earlier paired with a Windows version of similar period using selective updates is your best bet. Even then you will need to break through a few walls using software compatible with a likely decreasing number of optical drives on compatible firmware versions.

The non-project answer is to buy a BDP.

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Playback of UHD / 4K discs on the PC

mtosev

Steevo

ir_cow

nomdeplume