what's the best external player for Blu Ray contents?

[dannieboiz 13]

I recently took the plunge and updated all my home computers to Win 8 and reconfigure my servers. Only thing missing now is an external player to play all the ripped Blu Ray. Was wondering what's everyone using that integrate with Emby nicely. 

[AdrianW 1058]

To answer your question I think people will need to know the format of your ripped Blu rays. ISO, folder or mkv ?

[ebr 16169]

If you are talking BD folder rips (ISO or bdmv) the best thing to do is convert them.  ArcSoft discontinued their player and others will probably eventually follow suit.

[pdebelak 2]

PowerDvD15 Ultimate is what i use with Emby for Windows Media Centre and it is great. Plays all file formats including H265 and ISO's natively. I have hundreds of my BluRay 3D dvds ripped as ISO to my NAS and PowerDVD handles them without the need for an ISO mount program.

[tman 47]

Converted all mine to MKV (main movie + HD audio track + forced subs if applicable). I use MPC-HC for playback, along with LAV + MadVR. It works faultlessly, and takes up way less space than a full ISO.