Play Blu Ray DVD's

[Mannheim62]

I've tried VLC Player and QT Player and they will not play Blu Ray DVD's. I do have an external DVD/Blu Ray Drive connected via USB to the back of my iMac. I know I'm missing something. Any help is always appreciated.

Thanks, Mike

 

[Slydude]

Here's a list of several apps that might be useful Kind of Blu: The Best* Apps for Playing Blu-rays on Your Mac

Before you try those, try the DVD Player app built into the OS. I believe it is still present and located in
/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications

 

[chscag]

Great reminder about the DVD player.

By the way Sly:

Not only is the DVD player located there, but also a group of other useful applications, one of which is the handy "Network Utility.app".

I advise folks to create an "alias" to those useful apps and keep the aliases in your user Applications folder for easy access.

 

[IWT]

Not only is the DVD player located there, but also a group of other useful applications, one of which is the handy "Network Utility.app".

I advise folks to create an "alias" to those useful apps and keep the aliases in your user Applications folder for easy access.

Great find, Sly & Charlie. Some very useful apps there, as you remarked. Some aliases made as per your suggestion. Thanks!

Ian

 

[Mannheim62]

Here's a list of several apps that might be useful Kind of Blu: The Best* Apps for Playing Blu-rays on Your Mac

Before you try those, try the DVD Player app built into the OS. I believe it is still present and located in
/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications

Thank you for the link. I just tried the built in DVD player but that didn't work

 

[Slydude]

I don't remember where I picked up that ti, but it has proven useful from time to time.

Charlie, until I went searching for that DVD app, I had forgotten how much other useful stuff was in that folder. It never dawned on me to make an alias to that folder. It should have; I use aliases regularly.

 

[pm-r]

Thank you for the link. I just tried the built in DVD player but that didn't work

I am a bit late here I'm sorry, but according to this Apple support article, DVD player.app cannot play Blu-ray discs.

DVD Player also doesn’t play other media, such as Blu-ray discs, or recognize video content burned onto certain types of DVD-RW discs.

Play a DVD or DVD movie file in DVD Player on Mac

Use the DVD Player app on your Mac to play DVDs or DVD movie files stored on your computer.

support.apple.com

Maybe have a look through the suggestions here or try some other sites with a Google search:

https://www.imore.com/best-apps-blu-rays-machttps://www.imore.com/best-apps-blu-rays-mac

Like this:

mac play Blu-ray discs - Google Search

www.google.com

- Patrick
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