Thanks for your response. I was not trying to access a Blue-Ray disc but merely a CD printer set-up. Does the lack of native support for Blue-Ray disable the functionality of the disc drive for non-BR functions?
I downloaded VLC and tried to play a Blu-Ray disc. I got an error message that "The Blu-Ray Disc needs a libray for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it". Not sure what this means.
Windows 10 has no native support for Blue-Ray. Microsoft has a $15 app you can purchase -- and there are other applications you can buy (Cyberlink's PowerDVD). There are also a couple of free alternatives to the paid software/plug-ins:
It sounds like it's at least recognizing the blue-ray disc -- if it is, but won't read a CD, it's likely the CD laser is faulty (it's separate from the DVD/Blue-Ray laser) and the drive will need to be replaced.
The computer doesn't read a CD, DVD or Blu-ray. I had not considered that. the drive might be defective because the problem occurred at the time of the change to Windows 10. Thanks for the suggestion
I am making progress, but I am not sure why. Yesterday I tried several things, most of which, I don't remember. This morning I intended to try a bootable disc as suggested but found the original drivers disc that came with the computer and decided to see if that would load. I put that disc in the drive and it opened up. I tried a DVD and it played, an audio CD and it played, a data disc and it opened up.
The remaining problem is Blu-Ray. I Tried to play a Blu-Ray disc using VLC and got the following error message: "The Blu-ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding and your system does not have it." I realize this is likely not a hardware issue, but If someone can point me toward a solution or correct place to ask about it, I would be very appreciative.
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Thanks for your response. I was not trying to access a Blue-Ray disc but merely a CD printer set-up. Does the lack of native support for Blue-Ray disable the functionality of the disc drive for non-BR functions?
I downloaded VLC and tried to play a Blu-Ray disc. I got an error message that "The Blu-Ray Disc needs a libray for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it". Not sure what this means.
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February 15th, 2016 11:00
Windows 10 has no native support for Blue-Ray. Microsoft has a $15 app you can purchase -- and there are other applications you can buy (Cyberlink's PowerDVD). There are also a couple of free alternatives to the paid software/plug-ins:
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-watch-dvds-for-free-in-windows-10/
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February 15th, 2016 18:00
It sounds like it's at least recognizing the blue-ray disc -- if it is, but won't read a CD, it's likely the CD laser is faulty (it's separate from the DVD/Blue-Ray laser) and the drive will need to be replaced.
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February 15th, 2016 19:00
The computer doesn't read a CD, DVD or Blu-ray. I had not considered that. the drive might be defective because the problem occurred at the time of the change to Windows 10. Thanks for the suggestion
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February 16th, 2016 04:00
If you have a bootable disc, will the system boot from it?
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February 16th, 2016 09:00
There appears to be a solution for that here:
www.easefab.com/.../play-blu-ray-with-vlc-media-player.html
raylock
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February 16th, 2016 09:00
I am making progress, but I am not sure why. Yesterday I tried several things, most of which, I don't remember. This morning I intended to try a bootable disc as suggested but found the original drivers disc that came with the computer and decided to see if that would load. I put that disc in the drive and it opened up. I tried a DVD and it played, an audio CD and it played, a data disc and it opened up.
The remaining problem is Blu-Ray. I Tried to play a Blu-Ray disc using VLC and got the following error message: "The Blu-ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding and your system does not have it." I realize this is likely not a hardware issue, but If someone can point me toward a solution or correct place to ask about it, I would be very appreciative.
Thanks
Ray
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February 16th, 2016 12:00
Haven't got it to work yet, but still trying. Thanks for the link.