

Download Keys Database file and copy paste the following location.Now open & play any blu-ray disc in your VLC player. Navigate to following location in Windows Explorer and paste libaacs.dll fileĬ:/Program File/ VideoLAN/VLC (64 bit) orĬ:/Program File (x86)/ VideoLAN/VLC (32 bit).Right click and save libaacs.dll for 64-bit or libaacs.dll for 34-bit depending on your VLC version.Step 2: Download and Add AACS Dynamic Library to VLC Open newly created aacs folder and save KEYDB.cfg file.Within appdata folder, right click and create new folder named, “aacs”.Press Windows + R key to open run command and enter %APPDATA%.Now right click on this link and save the file on desktop.Make sure you have downloaded and installed latest VLC for Windows.If you are running Windows 10, 8/8.1 or 7 (32/64Bit) operating system, then follow below steps Step 1: Download and Add Keys Database to AACS Folder All you need to do is download and save some files at the desired location and you are good to go. Thankfully there is a way by which we can make VLC to open and play any Bluray encrypted disc within a few minutes. RELATED: How to Remove Audio from Video on Windows, Mac, Android & iOS How to Play Bluray Disc on VLC Media Player For that reason, every time you attempt to play any encrypted blu-ray disc you will end up getting AACS decoding error message. Since Microsoft Windows 10, as well as Apple Mac Mojave, doesn’t offer native playback support for Blu-ray video files it makes it necessary to either download paid Blu-ray media player software respective to your platform or try to use VLC media player to play these discs.Įven though VLC has the ability to play blue-ray discs but due to the legal reasons, VLC 3.0 or any other VLC version is not shipped with AACS and BD+ dynamic library as well key database required to open encrypted blu-ray disc. VLC is the widely used media player across the range of platforms (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux), mainly due to its excellent support for different audio- video file formats. The main purpose of the AACS is to facilitate content distribution and rights management by incorporating cryptography technology to encrypt the digital media to protect from unwanted players from accessing, playing or illegally distributing copies. Advanced Access Content System (AACS)ĪACS is the specification developed by the consortium having biggest movie and entertainment industry giants such as Disney, Warner Bros, Sony as well as tech giants like Intel, Microsoft, IBM. Unfortunately, to play blue-ray movies on Windows and Mac isn’t easy task thanks to AACS ( Advanced Access Content System) which is designed to restrict users from copying and distributing BD content. Blu-ray disc (BD) is the successor of DVD format and supports UDH resolution (ultra- high-definition) making it #1 choice for movie lovers.
