Part 2: Play Blu-ray with VLC on Windows and MacĪpparently, VLC only cannot play encrypted Blu-ray movies.Įvery time you try to play encrypted Blu-ray disc you will only get the AACS decoding error message. Fortunately, there is a solution that you can turn VLC to a Blu-ray player and decrypt commercial Blu-ray. VLC cannot play encrypted Blu-ray is due to lake of decryption key data base and AACS dynamic library. In another word, once you get these extra files, VLC can play Blu-ray on Windows and Mac. Step 1: Make sure that you have the latest version of VLC installed on your PC otherwise, download it from here() for free. VLC 2.0 and above support the Blu-ray playback. Step 2: Download the Keys database from the website() to your desktop or a temporary folder. Then go to your user directory, C:Usersyour usernameAppData. If you cannot see the AppData folder, hit the Downward icon at the upper right corner, go to View tab and check Hidden items. Create a new folder in AppData and rename it aacs.

Next, move the Keys database file titled KEYDB.cfg into the aacs folder. If your Windows is 64bit, download it here(). Navigate to C:Program Files or C:Program Files (x86), find the VLC directory, and put the libaacs.dll file into it. Now, you can play Blu-ray movies in VLC without any trouble. Note: VLC 2.2.1 and above still does not have menu support for Blu-ray discs yet. Plus, this way is only available to Blu-ray discs encrypted by AACS. For other encrypted technology, there is no support. Download the Mac version of Keys database and AACS dynamic library to your desktop. Step 2: Run Finder and go to ~/Library/Preferences/aacs/. If you cannot find the aacs folder, create a new one and name it. Then move the Keys database file into the folder. Step 3: Go to the Applications folder, find the VLC app, right-click on it and select Show package contents. Then put the dynamic library file into Contents/MacOS/lib/. Sudo apt-get install vlc libaacs0 libbluray-bdj libbluray1 Step 2: Then install AACS dynamic library with codes: Step 1: Firstly, make a folder named aacs and download the Keys database with the codes: Step 4: Since VLC does not support Blu-ray menus, you have to manually select a title to play. Step 3: Now, run VLC and play your Blu-ray movie simply.

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