Question about a HTPC Idea

[Admiral Michael]

Hello All,

So I've done a bit of searching on the forums and while I have found some answers I haven't answered one of my questions.

My question has to do with playing Blu-Ray on a HTPC. I want to eventually purchase a Blu-Ray player but at the same time would also like to replace my aging XBox running XBMC.

I love how my XBox can play DVDs and stream media from my server and network PCs. This is why I would like to build a XBMC HTPC.

My question is this, I have a license for AnyDVD HD, can I have that running in the background and play Blu-Ray through XBMC? AnyDVD HD should take care of the encryption and allow XBMC to play the disc, would this work? Or should I just buy a standalone Blu-Ray player?

Thanks,
Mike

[timdog82001]

I'm not sure, but if you can't get that to work, as a last resort you could use the external player to play all blu ray disks

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http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42469&highlight=anydvd

in this thread, gnomie claims to have anydvd doing the decryption of the bluray disc, but xbmc playing the files, without actually ripping the disc to HDD first - maybe try PMing him for more details...