Direct Blu-ray disk playback on Kodi (formerly XBMC)
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:21 pm
I've recently built an HTPC with the intention of playing all my media (disks and media files) on one box.
The system uses the following components:
-Windows 8.1
-Kodi 14.0 media software (formely known as XBMC)
-MakeMkv version 1.9.0
As explained in the Kodi user forums, I copied libmmbd.dll into the /kodi/system/players/dvdplayer folder twice and renamed the files "libaacs.dll" and "libbdplus.dll".
This setup allows me to play DvDs and Blu-ray disks on the fly without having to convert each disk into an mkv library.
The only snag I've hit is that this system doesn't seem to be able to play blu-ray disks using Dolby TrueHD audio: I have perfect image, but no audio output. I've tried other files using Dolby TrueHD and they play fine. I've tried ripping a blu-ray disk (one that wasn't playing audio before) into an mkv file using MakeMkv and it plays Dolby TrueHD fine.
Does anyone have an idea as to what could be missing to allow Kodi to play Dolby TrueHD from a blu-ray disk in my setup? I'll provide any additional information I can. All my issues are on Funimation blu-ray disks (the only disks I have that use Dolby TrueHD)
Thank you very much.
The system uses the following components:
-Windows 8.1
-Kodi 14.0 media software (formely known as XBMC)
-MakeMkv version 1.9.0
As explained in the Kodi user forums, I copied libmmbd.dll into the /kodi/system/players/dvdplayer folder twice and renamed the files "libaacs.dll" and "libbdplus.dll".
This setup allows me to play DvDs and Blu-ray disks on the fly without having to convert each disk into an mkv library.
The only snag I've hit is that this system doesn't seem to be able to play blu-ray disks using Dolby TrueHD audio: I have perfect image, but no audio output. I've tried other files using Dolby TrueHD and they play fine. I've tried ripping a blu-ray disk (one that wasn't playing audio before) into an mkv file using MakeMkv and it plays Dolby TrueHD fine.
Does anyone have an idea as to what could be missing to allow Kodi to play Dolby TrueHD from a blu-ray disk in my setup? I'll provide any additional information I can. All my issues are on Funimation blu-ray disks (the only disks I have that use Dolby TrueHD)
Thank you very much.