Blu Ray and HD-DVD Playback Status
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Latest SVN is always recommended.
Neither HD DVD nor Blu-ray disc decryption are supported yet. This page only details playing the files ripped/decrypted using other programs.
| Codec | FFmpeg demuxer | MPlayer demuxer | Works | Status | |
| H.264 | Native | Yes | Yes | Yes<ref>H.264 implementation does not yet support "Interlaced pictures + spatial direct mode".</ref><ref>Due to the very high bitrate of H.264 streams on HD-DVD and Blu-ray, very high-end hardware might be needed for optimal playback.</ref> | Yes |
| VC-1 | Native and binary | Yes | Yes | Yes<ref>Native VC-1 implementation does not yet decode all samples correctly.</ref> | Yes |
| MPEG-2 | Native | Yes | Yes | Yes<ref>Hardware acceleration via XvMC is available.</ref> | Yes |
| EAC3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Patch needed<ref>The files are in the Mplayer Google Summer Of Code repository: http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/soc/eac3/ - Last working revision: libavcodec r11690</ref> |
| TrueHD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Patch needed<ref>Working patch (at least on libavcodec r11690) - Source - Original patch</ref> |
| Blu-ray Subtitles | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| HD DVD Subtitles | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | In progress | |
| Menus | Native and libmpeg2 | Unknown | Yes | Partially<ref>The menu background movie is displayed with dvdnav://.</ref> | Patch needed<ref>DVD Menu patch for mplayer - there is only so much free time :)</ref> |
HD-DVD samples: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/evob/
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See also
- HD-DVD - a next-generation optical disc format designed for high-density storage of high-definition video and data.
- Blu-ray - another next-generation optical disc format designed for high-density storage of high-definition video and data
- X-Video Motion Compensation (XvMC) - hardware accelerated video decoding API for X11
- Video Acceleration API (VA API) - independent hardware accelerated video decoding API