Windows Media Player - Blu-ray Forum

tmartin · 03-25-2006, 07:10 PM

I'm running Windows XP and would like to know if Windows Media Player will support Blu-ray? Or will I need to purchase different media software to play blu ray movies?

Thanks

zombie · 03-25-2006, 10:30 PM

Welcome to the forum!

It appears that the upcoming Windows Vista will support BD.

Blue · 03-26-2006, 12:00 AM

If XP media centre doesn't there are many others out there better and cheaper (but you need to know how to deal with LINUX) so XP will - it may take a few weeks, but M$ has little control over it anyway as providers can write their own drivers.

thunderhawk · 03-26-2006, 12:39 AM

Ofcourse. Blu-ray Disc will probably be supported by Windows XP and Windows 2000 for sure. I bet

Marwin · 03-26-2006, 12:49 AM

Microsoft definitely doesn't want to support Blu-ray, but they might change their mind if things don't go their way. Time will tell, but there will definitely be lots of other media players that will support it.

03-25-2006, 07:10 PM	#1
tmartin New Member Member since:Mar 2006	Windows Media Player I'm running Windows XP and would like to know if Windows Media Player will support Blu-ray? Or will I need to purchase different media software to play blu ray movies? Thanks

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03-25-2006, 10:30 PM	#2
zombie Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:May 2004 Trading Score:864	Welcome to the forum! It appears that the upcoming Windows Vista will support BD.

03-26-2006, 12:00 AM	#3
Blue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2005 Location:Melbourne Australia Blu-ray collection:206	If XP media centre doesn't there are many others out there better and cheaper (but you need to know how to deal with LINUX) so XP will - it may take a few weeks, but M$ has little control over it anyway as providers can write their own drivers.

03-26-2006, 12:39 AM	#4
thunderhawk Moderator Member since:Jul 2004 Location:Belgium	Ofcourse. Blu-ray Disc will probably be supported by Windows XP and Windows 2000 for sure. I bet

03-26-2006, 12:49 AM	#5
Marwin Developer Top contributor Member since:May 2003 Blu-ray collection:10 DVD collection:5 iTunes collection:1	Microsoft definitely doesn't want to support Blu-ray, but they might change their mind if things don't go their way. Time will tell, but there will definitely be lots of other media players that will support it.

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