2017-06-27, 00:16
Just to give an update, it seems that the Egreat A10, an android box, that uses KODI, just released a beta firmware. It now supports BD and UHD BD with a few hiccups.
So to sum it up, right now we have 3 methods to watching UHD BD with proper menus on PC.
DVDFab Media Player 3.1.0.0 - menu works but no HDR - need a iGPU intel or AMD/Nvidia GPU with HEVC hardware decoding for proper playback of the movie. It will only play decrypted discs.
Egreat A10 - beta firmware - plays UHD menus and movies, including HDR, but have a few glitches showing the menus and stuttering playing the main movie. It will only play decrypted discs.
PowerDVD 17 - which requires the following if you own the original discs:
Intel Kaby Lake CPU
Pioneer or other BD-XL UHD driver with proper keys.
Motherboard with SGX
HDCP 2.2 display
Original disc.
Should be able to output HDR metadata.
Observation: HDR doesn't work no matter what setting I throw here with demo h.265 files.
Observation 2: MadVR, which is free is able to output HDR metadata just fine using Windows 10 creators update API and Nvidia API.
So to sum it up, right now we have 3 methods to watching UHD BD with proper menus on PC.
DVDFab Media Player 3.1.0.0 - menu works but no HDR - need a iGPU intel or AMD/Nvidia GPU with HEVC hardware decoding for proper playback of the movie. It will only play decrypted discs.
Egreat A10 - beta firmware - plays UHD menus and movies, including HDR, but have a few glitches showing the menus and stuttering playing the main movie. It will only play decrypted discs.
PowerDVD 17 - which requires the following if you own the original discs:
Intel Kaby Lake CPU
Pioneer or other BD-XL UHD driver with proper keys.
Motherboard with SGX
HDCP 2.2 display
Original disc.
Should be able to output HDR metadata.
Observation: HDR doesn't work no matter what setting I throw here with demo h.265 files.
Observation 2: MadVR, which is free is able to output HDR metadata just fine using Windows 10 creators update API and Nvidia API.