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Originally Posted by DanTheMann15
That's not really the solution, you need to set your JAVA_HOME Environment variable to your java install path
which as you said, appears to be "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-12.0.1".
Before i begin, you should really consider getting OpenJDK 11 (LTS), and downloading just the JRE.
Java 12 is obsolete now and newer java versions add changes that might break libbluray.
and most importantly, you should update your installation of VLC to the latest version.
you can set your JAVA_HOME variable by:
1. Right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop and select Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab, then click the Environment Variables button.
3. Under System Variables, click New.
4. Enter the variable name as JAVA_HOME.
5. Enter the variable value as the installation path of Java.
6. Click "OK" and then click "Apply Changes"
after that i recommend restarting the PC (you don't have to though), and you should be good to go!  |
Thank you for your tutorial! My VLC has been "broken" for as long as I've used it (not that I really need menus, but it would've been nice to see a normal Blu-ray presentation). I even tried asking here once, but received an off-hand "look somewhere at VLC" (about as helpful as trying to finding a right setting in VLC -- meaning no help at all.)
Anyway, I tested it on a region 1 Blu-ray and it worked long enough to display a message that the player was the wrong region and to use a region 1 player. Checked my hardware and it was set to ... region 1. Looked around in VLC settings but ... no help at all.
Don't get me wrong -- I'm pleased to see Java working, only it's working against me. What to do now?
EDIT:
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What else ... but to go to the competition, WonderFox, who has instructions on changing Blu-ray regions in VLC.
Checking through several Blu-rays, only 1 showed (static) menus, but couldn't select the pop-up lists. Oh, well.
Other Blu's never got that far, with these VLC error messages:
"Failed to start bluray playback. Please try without menu support."
and
"Your system BD+ decoding library does not work. Missing configuration?"
and
"Playback with BluRay menus failed"
*sigh*