How can I play a Blu-ray disc on my laptop?

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How can I play a Blu-ray disc on my laptop?

The Easy Method: Watch Your Movie in 30 Minutes using VLC

  1. Install MakeMKV as described in our original Blu-ray how-to.
  2. Insert your Blu-ray disc.
  3. Fire up MakeMKV and head to File > Open Disc and choose your Blu-ray drive.
  4. When it’s done, just double click on the resulting file and it will play in VLC.

How do I know if my laptop plays Blu-ray?

Check device manager.

  1. Open the Device Manager .
  2. In the Device Manager window, click the plus (+) next to DVD/CD ROM drives to expand the selection.
  3. If the computer has an internal Blu-ray Disc optical drive, BD will be listed in the optical drive description.

Can computer read Blu-ray discs?

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Blu-ray playback on a PC is not a problem. If you don’t mind spending a little extra, it’s definitely worth it to buy a drive that can read and write to Blu-ray media, as well as CD and DVD media. All of the Blu-ray drives come with software that supports PCs.

How do I play a blu ray on Windows 10?

Assuming you have the Blu-ray disc in your external Blu-ray drive and enjoy the videos without having to convert them to a digital file.

  1. Open VLC media player > Media > Open Disc.
  2. Select Blu-ray from the choice, and then browse to locate the folder which has the movie.
  3. Start playing Blu-ray movies on Windows with VLC.

Does Windows Media Player play Blu Ray?

The Blu-ray Disc format is not supported in Windows Media Player. To play a Blu-ray Disc, you need to use a non-Microsoft program that supports Blu-ray playback and a device capable of reading Blu-ray Discs.

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Can Windows 10 play Blu Rays?

Windows 10 doesn’t include the built-in ability to play Blu-ray discs because Microsoft would have to pay a licensing fee to include that functionality. That option would drive up the cost of every single copy of Windows 10. Since most computers don’t even have Blu-ray players, Microsoft doesn’t offer the feature.

Can I play a Blu-ray disc on my DVD player?

The reason that you can’t play a Blu-ray Disc on a DVD player is that the discs are embedded with more video and audio information than a DVD player is designed to read. The pits on the disc are where the video and audio information of Blu-ray Discs (as well as DVDs and CDs) is stored.