[twinpeaks]

Hmmm?  I have Kodi set to show Blu-ray menus and it does exactly that.  With titles that do actually play correctly (and many, many do) I have complete player functions; pause, ff, rw, skip chapters, access player menu for subs, audios, info, etc., etc.  I can also interact with all the disc menus.  All functions from my Harmony remote and/or mouse/keyboard.

While I'm thinking about it, another big advantage using Kodi for iso playback is playlists.  Many titles have multiple episodes on them.  When using a player like MPC that doesn't handle menus, in order to select a specific episode you have to manually do a little math in your head and then navigate the MPC player settings menu to playlists and manually select the episode you're looking for.  Usually they are listed as 800, 801, and 802 for episodes 1, 2, and 3.  But it gets tricky because the next iso for that same season that contains episodes 4, 5, and 6 are also playlists 800, 801, and 802.  It can get very confusing pretty quickly.

Using menus in Kodi greatly simplifies all of this.  Depending on the iso Kodi has mounted for a particular season, you are presented with episode numbers on the disc itself instead of having to manually decipher them to playlist numbers.  You simply select the episode you want and it starts playing.  Couple this with the actual Kodi library which has separated shows down to seasons down to individual episodes... and playback is a breeze compared to an MPC player without so much figuring out and navigation.  The Kodi VideoPlayer access to full menus simplifies everything not to mention is more eye appealing than MPC menu text.  I really like it. 

I just wish all titles worked as good as others because some don't navigate the menus at all and just sit there like a stick in the mud.  Testing these same titles using DVDFab, for instance, navigate the menus and perform flawlessly.  Hopefully Kodi improves development.  I'll just keep installing Matrix v.19 nightlies and maybe one day we'll get lucky.

I watched Eraserhead Blu-ray today and everything worked perfectly. I must be unlucky in the first couple being problem children. I have no problem with menus on my problem children, just no playback controls or even the ability to pause, rewind, fast forward from remote shortcuts.