T420 blu-ray software advice?

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T420 blu-ray software advice?

#1 Post by SchlageR » Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:23 am

I recently installed a blu-ray combo drive (42T2617) in my T420. It reads CD's, DVD's and blu-ray disks, but I cannot play blu-ray movies in windows media center. Is there any thinkpad software for watching blu-ray movies?

I have clean installed windows 7 pro 64bit, and changed from legacy to UEFI, but I have access to my SWTOOLS, in another drive in case there is a solution in there :/
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Re: T420 blu-ray software advice?

#2 Post by visionviper » Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:27 am

SchlageR wrote:I recently installed a blu-ray combo drive (42T2617) in my T420. It reads CD's, DVD's and blu-ray disks, but I cannot play blu-ray movies in windows media center. Is there any thinkpad software for watching blu-ray movies?

I have clean installed windows 7 pro 64bit, and changed from legacy to UEFI, but I have access to my SWTOOLS, in another drive in case there is a solution in there :/
There isn't. You have to get a 3rd party player such as TotalMedia Theater or PowerDVD. You can also use VLC, but you would also need to use something like AnyDVD HD to cut out the DRM.
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Re: T420 blu-ray software advice?

#3 Post by SchlageR » Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:34 pm

Thank you for your advice! I'm glad to say that Arcsoft's TotalMedia Theater works fine!
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