I tried opening the recent Sony Blu-ray of D.E.B.S. and it just displays the small jpg image that usually shows up while a disc is loading. It's been an hour now...
There are no errors or anything, as usually happens if I have the wrong region or accidentally open it as a DVD instead of a Blu-ray or something. I can rip it fine with MakeMKV, but with no access to the menus I'm not sure what anything is.
Disc Won't Play in VLC
Re: Disc Won't Play in VLC
Have you tried mounting the ISO file as a virtual drive and opening the virtual drive as a Blu-ray in VLC, as well as updating Java (in case an outdated version of Java could be preventing you from accessing the menus ?)
EDIT : To clarify, have you tried this ?
1) Make a *full* decrypted backup of the disc with MakeMKV (not an MKV rip),
2) Turn the resulting folder into a proper ISO file (you have to use UDF 2.50 I believe) with a tool such as IMGBurn,
3) Mount the ISO file as a virtual drive,
4) In VLC, do Media -> Open Disc -> Disc -> Tick "Blu-ray" and select the virtual drive as a device, then click on "play" ?
EDIT : To clarify, have you tried this ?
1) Make a *full* decrypted backup of the disc with MakeMKV (not an MKV rip),
2) Turn the resulting folder into a proper ISO file (you have to use UDF 2.50 I believe) with a tool such as IMGBurn,
3) Mount the ISO file as a virtual drive,
4) In VLC, do Media -> Open Disc -> Disc -> Tick "Blu-ray" and select the virtual drive as a device, then click on "play" ?
Re: Disc Won't Play in VLC
I updated Java and now when I open the disc I get an error saying Java isn't detected on my system so the disc will play without menus...
Re: Disc Won't Play in VLC
Odd. Could you please confirm the following things :I get an error saying Java isn't detected on my system
1) You have a 64-bit Windows operating system,
2) You are using the latest 64-bit version of VLC,
3) You are using the latest 64-bit version of Java.
(Mixing CPU architectures - namely 32-bit and 64-bit - is unlikely to work).
Re: Disc Won't Play in VLC
I don't know how to check/confirm those things. I ended up installing both 32- and 64-bit versions of Java, which I vaguely recall having done in the past for something (and indeed when I updated the installer said I had two older versions currently installed). So it really ought to be fine regardless of which VLC it is.
Re: Disc Won't Play in VLC
Interestingly, when I open a disc with MakeMKV it says it's using Java from C:/Program Files/Eclipse Adoptium/jdk-17.0.4.101-hotspot/bin/java.exe, but when I run the Java installer it installs to C:/Program Files/Java/jre1.8.0_491
Re: Disc Won't Play in VLC
Having several versions of Java installed on your system may not be such a good thing, as there can be conflicts.
The easiest way to check the VLC one is by checking the installer file, if you've still got it. If there's a "win32" in the name it's the 32-bit version, if there's a "win64" in the name it's the 64-bit version. I would recommend installing the version with the architecture that matches your OS's (32-bit or 64-bit). You can check whether you have the latest version of VLC by clicking on "Help" -> "Check for Updates" in VLC.
As for Java, at this point I would recommend uninstalling every version of Java on your system and re-installing the latest version of Java with the architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) that matches both your OS's and VLC's.
EDIT : Manual Java download : https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
The Windows one can be done simply by going into System Information. Windows will tell you whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit OS. Also, if you know you have Windows 11, you have a 64-bit OS and there's no need to check.I don't know how to check/confirm those things.
The easiest way to check the VLC one is by checking the installer file, if you've still got it. If there's a "win32" in the name it's the 32-bit version, if there's a "win64" in the name it's the 64-bit version. I would recommend installing the version with the architecture that matches your OS's (32-bit or 64-bit). You can check whether you have the latest version of VLC by clicking on "Help" -> "Check for Updates" in VLC.
As for Java, at this point I would recommend uninstalling every version of Java on your system and re-installing the latest version of Java with the architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) that matches both your OS's and VLC's.
EDIT : Manual Java download : https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp