Blu-ray

Overview

Media Center supports playback and ripping of Blu-ray.

Requirements

To convert Blu-ray to a format usable by a computer, a Blu-ray reader is required.

AnyDVD HD or DVDFab Passkey are both good options.

Playback

Insert a disc and the program will offer to play it.

You can also import blu-ray rips and play them.

Media Center 17 adds title selection so you can play trailers, extras, and more.

Ripping

You can rip Blu-ray using Action Window > Rip Disc inside the program.

More information is available here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=66347.0

HD Audio

MC is capable of both bitstreaming and decoding the full range of audio codecs supplied on commercial Blu-ray Discs, including HD codecs Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, with full bitrate and depth preserved.

It is recommended that you use MC to decode HD audio as this allows the full power of MC's audio processing, including Videoclock, to be applied to the decoded sound. However, if you wish, enabling bitstreaming in audio settings will pass untouched HD audio to your AV receiver, with no need for other special configuration.

If you do not enable bitstreaming MC will automatically decode TrueHD soundtracks with no other configuration required. However, to decode DTS-HD you need to copy the "dtsdecoderdll.dll" from an installation of Arcsoft TMT installation to one of the following folders: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 18\Plugins\lav, or C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 18, or Windows\System32 folder for Windows 7 32-bit / Windows\SysWOW64 folder for Windows 7 64 bit The Windows system folder locations are probably best as these will survive updates, upgrades and reinstallation of MC, but you may use whichever you prefer. If you do not have a copy of the Arcsoft TMT DTS decoder you will still get sound, but MC will decode the regular (non-HD) DTS track instead of DTS-HD.

You can check that TrueHD or DTS-HD is being decoded properly using Audio Path.

More Information

Please see Matt's description of Blu-ray support in MC16. MC 16 can play Blu-ray discs or rips.

Blu-ray support requires AnyDVD HD or equivalent to read the disc.

For older versions, please read these threads:

this thread on Interact.

and this thread

and this one.

Mojave on audio mixing for Blu-ray: JRiver does anything AC3Filter does, but better.

JRiver does everything in its 64-bit audio path and makes sure that the highest quality is maintained. I removed AC3Filter a long time ago.

Go to Player > DSP Studio and make sure the Output Format is set to whatever you need. That is where you set the number of channels. The JRSS mixing is a very high quality matrixing system that I think is better than Dolby ProLogic IIx. If you want to use a subwoofer and bass management, set the Subwoofer to Silent in Output Format and use the Room Correction DSP for advanced Bass Management. You also set the speaker distances and levels in Room Correction. The DSP has to be checked in order for it to be active. http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=66593.msg446939#msg446939