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Its understandable that xbmc doesnt support direct playing of HD disk due to encryption. However, if the encryption is taken care of (by AnyDvdHD for example), could a plugin make disk navigation easier? I dont care about flashy BD menus. But neither to i relish the thought of having to browse through the directory structure and playing m2ts files manually. Some disks, in addition, are a pain in that they dont just use one large m2ts file for the main movie.
How hard would it be for a plugin to be able to interpret the (already decrypted) BD (or HD-DVD) structure and just play the movie for you? This plugin would be similar to the DVD navigator function already in xbmc.
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i like the idea, best way would be to check playlist files.
see what playlist files are the longest, and provide an option to play them.
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Two years later: Its a pity XBMC still has to rely on external players like MPC-HC to handle bluray. I'd love to see an addon which can understand the bluray index structure and use the XBMC internal player. Its understandable that we'd still need something like anydvd-hd to handle protection.
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been supported since, uhm, oct 2010 maybe... plus i added bd iso support in january or thereabout. enable stacking.
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only thing still in the works is menu use, I think
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Boxee supports "lite" menus, which essentially pops up the available playlists in a not-so-informative modal dialog box. It works, but it's very "meh".
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What is the minimum version required to support this?
In Dharma 10.1, I can play my BluRays by selecting the largest .m2ts file, but with something like the Avatar Extended BluRay, there are ~230 different files in the STREAM folder, and clicking on index.bdmv does nothing at all.
So I can't watch either the theatrical or extended cut.
Did index.bdmv support come after Dharma 10.1?
Should I try a nightly build?
-Wes
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Thanks a bunch isamu, will do.
-Wes
