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Shouldn't be confused with smart media players, TVs or media boxes, and DVR, etc., portable media players, android consoles and set-top box. See media players category.
Home media player is a device for playback (and some of them features recording, copying, delivery) of various types of entertainment and information in the home. Most popular use case scenario for these kinds of devices is playing home video content; the term originates from the VHS and Betamax era, when the predominant medium was videotapes, but has carried over to optical disc formats such as VCD, DVD and Blu-ray. In a different usage, "home video" refers to amateur video recordings, also known as home movie.
Such device examples other than VHS, VCD or DVD players are VCRs, LaserDisc players and multiplex or converged devices like VCR/DVD combo, TV/VCR combo, VCR/Blu-ray combo and home media supported speaker set systems, etc.
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List of home media players[edit]
- See this dedicated page for comprehensive list about digital optical disc home media players.
- See this dedicated page for home media player chipsets.
- See this dedicated page for comprehensive list about LaserVision/LaserDisc/CDV/MUSE home media players and others from here.
Interactive media[edit]
Interactive media is a method of communication in which the output from the media comes from the input of the users. The media still has the same purpose but the user's input adds interaction and brings interesting features to the system for better enjoyment.
- DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, Photo CD, CD-i Digital Video, HD-DVD, BD-Video and UHD-BD discs typically includes an interactive menu allowing the user to change settings or play additional content. Also VCD2.0 (or onwards) discs and VCD 1.1 on CD-i hardware has menu support with playback control (PBC) though these kind of discs are rare. See media player software section for more information.
- DVD-Video and DVD-Audio discs often featured a wider range of content than modern counterparts (BD-Video, BD-Audio and UHD-BD discs)[1][2], including games playable on home media players (similar to DVDi discs) or game consoles. For example, the 'Robots DVD' extras included an exclusive game for the original Xbox console.[3]
- Interactive film/movie is a video game. In the video game industry, the term refers to a movie game, a video game that presents its gameplay in a cinematic, scripted manner, often through the use of full-motion video of either animated or live-action footage.
- DVDi and DVDPG games for DVD players such as; "Harry Potter DVD Game: Wizarding World", "Scene It? series" and "DreamWorks Movie Trivia DVD Game". See mobygames: list of DVD player games list. You can use compatible media player software or emulator for DVDi discs.
- HD-DVD interactive HD games such as Dragon's Lair.
- BDPG and Blu-ray interactive HD games such as Sudokia, Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp or Don Bluth Space Ace.
- CED-based interactive games for CED players such as; NFL Football.
- VHS-based interactive movies for VHS players such as; "Captain Power" which is worked by detecting light patterns from the television screen.
- Compilation discs for playing on compatible home media players such as; NES bootleg game disc called Super Game VCD 300 which is only compatible with "SunPlus" chipset hardware. DVD Karaoke Game DVT-G100 is a DVD player can play Master System games. Premier PR-80000G is a VCD player can play Sega Mega Drive games. Padis Game VCD is a VCD player and Sega Mega Drive clone distributed in Russia. There are even portable DVD players with the ability to play built-in NES ROMs such as DVD Mobile Game DVT-T6000. Unfortunately there are no emulators for these kinds of devices due to lack of interest, media player software solutions for home media content and software emulators for those home console systems. However there are emulators for systems such as Nuon technology and there are "megadriv_sunplus_hybrid and spg2xx_zone" drivers for MAME emulator which is emulating SunPlus chips.
- On the other hand lots of QTE-based FMV game/interactive movie released for various multimedia capable home console or handheld devices too, such as;
- VHS-based interactive games for Tiger Electronics BattleVision, Video Challenger, Family/Video Driver, Action Max and View-Master Interactive Vision[1]
- LaserDisc-based FMV games for LaserDisc arcade and consoles
- CD-based FMV games for Playdia, 3DO, Sega CD/Mega-CD and Saturn[2]
- CD-i based FMV games for Philips CD-i
- PVD-based FMV games for VideoNow XP
- UMD-PG for PSP
Emulators[edit]
As cited above, there is no emulator for any of the home media player or its chipsets due to lack of interest and media player software solutions. Also, with the exception of those listed below, there are currently no emulators that support emulation of media playback capability on home consoles, handhelds, or hybrid systems that designed as "Interactive Multimedia" CD players.
- Here are some exceptions, these are multimedia playback supported/capable emulators (see each of hardware features and peripherals/accessories section on their dedicated pages for more information)
- Commodore CDTV emulators for Audio CDs, CD+G and CD+G+MIDI
- Amiga CD32 emulators for Audio CDs, CD+G and VCDs[4][5][6]
- PCFX emulators for Audio CDs, CD+G and Photo CDs
- Sega Mega CD emulators for Audio CDs and CD+G discs
- Sega Saturn emulators for Audio CD, CD+G and Photo CD
- Sega Dreamcast emulators for Audio CD
- Atari Jaguar CD emulators for Audio CDs
- PlayStation emulators for Audio CDs (none of them supports VCD at the moment)
- SuperGrafx CD emulators for Audio CDs
- Philips CD-i emulators for CD-i Ready (DVC required ones incompatible)
- GBA emulators for Game Boy Advance Video cartridges
- JPCSP for UMD Video (partially, work-in-progress)
- PCSX2 MagicGate emulation supported custom builds for Audio CD, DVD-Video and DVDi
- PC emulators for ISO 9660 supported discs and disc images, if optical disc drive emulation is supported and #Media player software is compatible.
- Arcade LaserDisc emulators for captured arcade games that uses pre-recorded video (either live-action or animation) played from a LaserDisc, but only the MAME emulator supports new Domesday Duplicator project, see "Difference between captures for Daphne/Singe and dumps for MAME" section for more information.
Systems with multimedia capabilities[edit]
| Video formats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System | VHS | LD Movies | Video CDs | CD-i Digital Video | DVD-Video | PVD media | Game Boy Advance Video | UMD Video and UMD Music | HD-DVD | BD-Video | UHD-BD | ||
| Amiga CD32 | ✗ | ✗ | ~[7][8][9] | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Control-Vision | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Nuon | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Pioneer LaserActive | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Pioneer Palcom PX-7 | ✗ | ~* | ?* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| RDI Halcyon | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Philips CD-i | ✗ | ✗ | ~* | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| 3DO | ✗ | ✗ | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| VideoNow XP | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Sega Saturn | ✗ | ✗ | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Sega Dreamcast | ✗ | ✗ | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| IBM and ACPI PCs | [10] | [11] | ISO 9660 supported discs are supported via Optical disc drive hardware and #Media player software. The CD-i specification specifies a file system similar to (but not compatible with) ISO 9660 to be used on CD-i tracks, so there is no media player software out there supports CD-i Digital Video. | ||||||||||
| Panasonic Q | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Game Boy Advance | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Nintendo DS | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| PlayStation Portable | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Xbox | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Xbox 360 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Xbox One (X/S) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~* | ||
| Xbox Series X | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| PlayStation | ✗ | ✗ | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| PlayStation 2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| PSX (DVR) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| PlayStation 3 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
| PlayStation 4 (Pro) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ||
| PlayStation 5 (Pro) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Misc/Audio/Photo formats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System | LD-G | Audio CDs/CDDA | Photo CD | CD+G | CD-i Ready | CD-i Bridge | SACD | DVD-Audio | BD-Audio |
| Amiga CD32 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Control-Vision | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Atari Jaguar | ✗ | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Commodore CDTV | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ +MIDI |
~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pioneer LaserActive | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~* | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pioneer Palcom PX-7 | ✓ | ?* | ✗ | ? | ?[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| RDI Halcyon | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SuperGrafx | ✗ | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Philips CD-i | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 3DO | ✗ | ~* | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sega CD/Mega-CD | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sega Saturn | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sega Dreamcast | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| IBM and ACPI PCs | [12] | ISO 9660 supported discs are supported via Optical disc drive hardware and #Media player software. | |||||||
| Panasonic Q | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Game Boy Advance | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Nintendo DS | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PlayStation Portable | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Xbox | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Xbox 360 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Xbox One (X/S) | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? |
| Xbox Series X | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? |
| PlayStation | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PlayStation 2 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PSX (DVR) | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PlayStation 3 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✓* | ✗ | ? |
| PlayStation 4 (Pro) | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗* | ?* | ? |
| PlayStation 5 (Pro) | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[3] | ? | ✗ | ? | ? |
Media player software[edit]
Media player software is basically a type of application software for playing multimedia computer files like audio and video files or home media content from ripping process, optical drive, optical disc image, raw disc image or network. Some of these software programs are even compatible with interactive media content, such as menu support and FMV/interactive movie games. Keep in mind that for discs and formats like those mentioned below, physical discs are not necessary for menu support or interactive media. Proper ripping and using correct file formats, such as CDRWin bin/cue for VCDs and other CDs, ISO/MDS for DVDs and BDs, are sufficient in most cases.
- Unlike most optical-disc standards LaserDisc & LD, CDV, VSD and MUSE LD is not fully digital, and instead requires the use of analog video signals. See Ripping_games#Disc-based section.
- LD-G as the storage medium for karaoke (music and additional content such as graphics), almost all manufacturers have transitioned to CD+G discs later.
- VCD/White book standard disc which typically supported menus only with VCD version 2.0 onwards VCD players with a Return button[4]. White Book standard Video-CD discs that released by Philips used the Video-CD 1.1 version format[13]; although this version of the spec does not define menu screens[4], menus were added in a CD-i specific manner similar to CD-i Bridge situation, so it is only accessible when the disc is played on a CD-i player.[4]. VCD playback supported by most of the popular media player software applications when you are using the physical disc or VCD packaged inside a CD-image, VLC media player can play your image directly without you having to mount it or extract it.[5]. Another option is directly launching .DAT file with media player software. Unfortunately, due to lack of support for playback control (PBC)[6]; popular media player software applications do not support VCD menus and navigation. For a complete VCD experience which includes menu selections/navigation, hot spots and playback control (PBC)[7][4][8][9], using xine media player is usually recommended[10][11] but keep in mind, its obsolete nowadays.[14]) Other than that, you have to wait for an emulator that supports these interactive discs, in the meantime you can watch your VCD discs and images with VCD supported emulators.
- SVCD and CVD playback using .mpg or .bin files is supported with VLC and most of the other media player software or if you have a SVCD packaged inside a CD-image, in some cases VLC media player can play this directly without you having to mount it or extract it[5]. Handling still frames (often used in menus) and switching between different video formats is often problematic or not supported.[15]
- CD-i Digital Video discs most often incorporate menus, typically showcasing more advanced interactive capabilities (see CD-i Digital Video menu demonstration). Unfortunately playback is not possible with any of the media player software. On modern systems; you cannot rip your disc or use .DAT files (or launch CD-image directly) due to Green Book standard; which is making it incompatible with the Video-CD format and ISO-9660 file system and causing unreadable discs. You have to wait for an CD-i emulator that fully implements "DVC" or use compatible hardware.
- CD-i Ready discs are Green book standard and it is for mixing audio and data content on a CD, and it was developed by Philips in 1991, based on the CD-i format and some of them doesn't require "DVC". It will let you play it's audio tracks in any Audio-CD compatible player/hardware or emulator.
- CD-i Bridge discs; White Book contains the specs, where the data is stored in CD-ROM format, but the CD-i player's program code could be stored in Green Book (in simple words).[16] This type of format will play on CD-i players but it does require "DVC". Fortunately, though, you can play this disc on Video-CD compatible player/hardware or emulator but without menu support. Also, it supports Windows 95 & 98 PCs but you need to install CD-i Filesystem Driver.
- Photo CD/Beige Book standard disc playback is possible with VLC or MPC-HC if you are using physical disc or compatible virtual disc image mount software with media player software->open disc option, or you can use compatible emulator software for Photo CDs. Another option is using something like XnView for .PCD files.
- Audio CD/Red book standard disc playback is possible; if you have a CD-DA/Audio CD/Red book standard disc packaged inside a CD-image, in some cases VLC media player can play this directly without you having to mount it or extract it.[5] Otherwise you need to insert the physical disc to play it[12]. You can use emulator that supports Audio CD playback, another option for Audio CD's using something like "Audacity" software to import the .BIN files (File - Import - Raw Data... - Signed 16-bits PCM, 2 channel stereo, 44100 Hz) and, then, export as .WAV.[13] Audio CD shouldn't be confused with other audio track containing discs.
- SACD/Scarlet Book standard disc playback is not an easy task, as there is no media player software available to play these discs or disc images on a modern PC. Easiest solution is using foobar2000 with a plug-in extension called sacddecoder which is capable of playing back Super Audio CD ISO images, DSDIFF, DSF and DSD WavPack files, also supports Direct DSD playback for compatible devices. MPC-BE also could play DSD and DSF files. Alternatively you can use Audacity [17][18].
- CD+G/Red book standard disc discs are often used for karaoke machines similar to LD-G, which use this functionality to present on-screen lyrics for the song contained on the disc. VLC has no support for CD+G .zip files currently but you can use emulator that supports this.
- DVD-Video playback and menus supported by various media player software like VLC and MPC-HC, however other ones like mpv and libretro-mpv do not support DVD menus[14], so there is no support for EmuVR either. A large number of commercial DVDs are encrypted which uses a range of encryption and copy protection techniques like RC, RCE, APS, CSS, UOPs and ARccOS. VLC uses various libraries/DLLs for those situations[15], which helps playing encrypted DVD discs and disc images. Other options are either using emulator that supports this or using real hardware. You can decrypt and properly rip your discs using DVD decrypter software as well.
- DVD-Audio playback is challenging on modern PCs due to the lack of compatible media player software, this is likely due to licensing restrictions. There is a bit of confusion about the labeling these discs; DVD audio refers to the standard audio tracks found on regular DVD-Video (mono, Dolby Digital, DTS). In contrast, a DVD-Audio disc has their logo on it and is a high-resolution format accessible only with a dedicated DVD-Audio compatible player. While many DVD-Audio discs came with additional content and tracks including Dolby Digital and DTS audio, DVD-V authoring, menus, subtitles, images, and video of the same music playable on regular DVD-Video players, they don't match the fidelity of the primary DVD-Audio track. And, of course, there are usually both stereo and surround versions of this stuff on the same disc. So in summary, if you put one of these discs in a DVD-Audio player, it will play the DVD-Audio track. If you put it into a regular DVD-Video player, it will play the Dolby or DTS track. Note that there are also DTS CDs, which are basically DVDs with only a DTS surround track on it. And there are even DADs, which are high-res stereo audio-only DVDs playable on regular DVD-Video players.[19][20] The way the content is organized;
- DVD-Video content in VIDEO_TS directory - as mentioned above it contains backwards compatability tracks for DVD-Video only players. The contents of the .VOB Files will be: DD track or a Linear PCM track (Mandatory by spec, identical to DVD-Video requirements). Optionally a DTS track.
- DVD-Audio content in AUDIO_TS directory - Hi-res only playable on a DVD-Audio player. Can be multiple mixes.
- Some labels released double-sided DVDs with DVD-Audio high-res content on one side and DVD-Video content with audio tracks on the other.
- Easiest solution on modern system is using foobar2000 with a plug-in extension called DVDADecoder which is capable of playing back those Hi-res tracks on DVD-Audio discs, ISO images, or even extracted '.AOB files'. Another alternative way to play is ripping the disc and converting to LPCM or FLAC. While having said that, you can rip DVD-Audio using VLC's convert option or using foobar2000.
- UMD Video playback and menu support is not possible with any of the media player software. But if you do this ripping and transcoding processes correctly you can play it on your media player software (without menu support of course). In the meantime your only choice for menu support either using emulator that supports this or real hardware.
- HD-DVD playback using decrypted .evo[16][17] is supported with VLC or MPC-HC. If you're disc has encrypted with AACS; first you'll need a drive that is capable of reading the discs, and then either you need ancient version PowerDVD ($) (e.g.. 7 Ultra) [18] OR other HD-DVD supported media player software. As noted below for BD-Video; using this guide for VLC or this steps for MPC-HC may help,[19]but either way do not expect HD-DVD menu support at all[20] unless there is a Xbox 360 emulator that fully implements "HD DVD Player" or using compatible hardware. Also see this guide for decrypting.
- BD-Video playback support is not widely adopted among media player software and even then, not all of them support Blu-ray menus, such as MPC-HC[21]. Your only choice for menu support are either using recent version of VLC[21], KODI or using PowerDVD ($). If you're disc or disc image has encrypted with BD+ or AACS/AACS2 DRM protection, you'll see something like this prompt "This Blu-ray disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it". Some of them even requires JRE for BD-J or BD Live. Use these guides: (VLC, MPC-HC, KODI) for those situations. Also see this guide for decrypting.
- BD-Audio playback support is unknown, placeholder text. There are various BD-Audio discs out there. BD-Audio shouldn't be confused with other audio track containing discs.
- UHD-BD playback requires a UHD friendly drive, i.e. a non-AACS2.0 drive that supports reading UHD discs. Also needs to accept AACS1.0 Host Certs because no AACS2.0 PK or DK are currently known. Playback depends on a valid VUK, UK or MK being available in KEYDB.cfg. AACS2.1 discs are currently not supported. It may be possible to convert your non-friendly UHD drive to a friendly one by flashing a different firmware, read this topic VERY carefully.[22] Otherwise, you can use supported hardware if you don't want to mess with it.
- Notes;
- VLC 4.0 nightly builds has issues with DVD activation response currently, use 3.0 nightly builds for workaround. However there is a cursor missing problem for navigation if you are using VLC, unfortunately there is no solution for this problem at the moment other than using MPC-HC or other DVD menu compatible media player software.
- If you are using MPC-HC for DVDs and using virtual image instead of inserting physical disc, make sure mount that virtual image to your file system before using it, otherwise menu navigate support will usually doesn't work properly. You can use this simple batch script for handling all of this automatically but make sure edit batch script for path and media player software location first. Keep in mind that you do NOT need to mount your virtual image; you can directly play with menu support if you are using VLC.
- If you're getting "VLC cannot play a non-UDF mastered DVD" error[23], instead of choosing the mounted ISO's drive or the DVD drive as root, choose the VIDEO_TS folder within as playback drive. The DVD should now play.
- If you're getting "Blu-ray error: AACS MMC failed." error when using VLC with your BDPG or BD-Video disc images, try mounting that disc image first (similar to MPC-HC with DVD disc image situation), then go to VLC->Media->Open Disc->Disc Selection:Blu-ray->Select Play.
- If you see glitching and green artifacts during playback of some DVD image files, it might be caused by the copyright decryption process. VLC media player is generally more successful at handling DVD copy protection measures compared to other media players.
- Always take a look at default settings for media players before using it.
- VLC always skips intro section with default settings; for preventing this go to Tools -> Preferences -> Show settings: ALL and then Input codecs -> Access modules -> DVD with menus : Untick the option "Start directly in menu".
- Make sure edit your hotkeys for menu navigation before using it however most of the time you can use your mouse cursor to navigate so you don't need to do this. For MPC-HC; go to Options>Player>Keys>change each one of "DVD ... ..." command hotkey.
- It's recommended to turn off "Show media title on video start" from VLC>Preferences>Subtitles / OSD especially if you like to navigating on the DVD menus.
- Some Blu-ray discs may be region locked when menus are enabled in VLC. Select the correct region in VLC to circumvent this. Go to Tools > Preferences > Show Settings: All > Input / Codecs > Access Modules > Blu-ray and select the Region Code that matches the disc: A, B or C [24]
- As mentioned in above, in order to play Blu-rays with Java based menus the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is required and recent JRE versions appear to crash VLC. The last known working version is 8u322b06. Make sure the %JAVA_HOME% environment variable is set and points to the installation directory, e.g. "JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_221". The OpenJDK installer can set this automatically for you.
See also[edit]
- Resolution
- Ripping and dumping
- Broadcast and Cable Communication Systems
- Copy protection
- Early online services
- Set-top box emulators
External Links[edit]
- Wikipedia - Optical media types
- Wikipedia - DVD player
- Wikipedia - Multimedia compression and container formats
- code4lib - The Forgotten Disc: Synthesis and Recommendations for Viable VCD Preservation
- psx-spx.consoledev: Video CDs (VCD)
- Devinnytroyopenings - DVD and Blu-ray menu walkthrough videos
- Technology Connections: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, Books of Red, Blue, Purple, Beige, Orange, Scarlet...
- Wikipedia - ISO 9660
- LDDB
- DVD Database - A wiki for DVD releases from all regions as well as releases on VHS, VCD, Laserdisc, HD-DVD, BD, and UHD-HD.
- PSDevWiki: multimedia capabilities of various home consoles
- mednafen: CD-DA Player (for dev testing purposes) Documentation
