Problem playing BluRay ISO files

[gdaymate]

I am testing the trial version of 6.2.0.5 prior to deciding whether to buy it. I have tried creating ISO files from 2 different BluRay disks (Twilight, Blade Runner final cut), all with the same result when trying to play them back, -a black screen with a few funny coloured characters on it. This version does have an options box for support of BD+, which is ticked.

[GregiBoy]

What are you trying to play it with? Download and try VLC Player.

[gdaymate]

Sorry I forgot to mention what I was trying to play it with. It is actually VLC Player 1.0.3 that I'm using. I right clicked on the file and selected 'Play with VLC Player'. I left a message on their forum, and the reply was that maybe (?) it didn't support playing Blu-Ray ISOs. I've now just loaded it up with MagicISO onto a virtual drive and VLC Player is playing it fine (apart from the titles having a funny green shimmering line through them on Blade Runner, which I have heard is why DVD Fab doesn't rate as highly for quality of output as other programs). So was i being stupid, or should VLC actually be able to play an ISO directly?

[Complication]

...apart from the titles having a funny green shimmering line through them on Blade Runner, which I have heard is why DVD Fab doesn't rate as highly for quality of output as other programs.

You definitely should be using a later release than 6.2.0.5 for Blu-Ray. Also, If you think DVDFab did not encode correctly then you should include the type of rip you did (BD50, BD25, BD9, BD5).

So was i being stupid, or should VLC actually be able to play an ISO directly?

I'm sure it will eventually, but Blu-Ray ripping is rather new.

[W&B]

I left a message on their forum, and the reply was that maybe (?) it didn't support playing Blu-Ray ISOs. I've now just loaded it up with MagicISO onto a virtual drive and VLC Player is playing it fine (apart from the titles having a funny green shimmering line through them on Blade Runner, which I have heard is why DVD Fab doesn't rate as highly for quality of output as other programs). So was i being stupid, or should VLC actually be able to play an ISO directly?

Unless Magiciso came out with a new version it doesn't support BD iso format/structure and neither does VLC media player (as Complication stated, maybe someday).
VLC will playback the m2ts file but since it cannot handle Blu-ray structure, no audio or even the wrong audio may be the result.

[mrclean92124]

Virutual BR

Virtual CloneDrive works great to mount Blu-Ray ISO (MDS) for preview.

Daemon Tools doesn't work reliably (knock head on wall)...I understand you have to pay for the version of d-tools that does play blu-ray correcty.

I had no luck with MagicDisk either.

[gdaymate]

Thanks for all that info. If I add what I've discovered by trial and error to what you've all added the situation now stands at:
MagicDiskISO 2.7 (build 105) does appear to load a BR disk, however the latest version (5.5 build 276), which says it can open/extract BR files up to 10Gg size) didn't succeed.
But when I try and play a BR ISO disk on a virtual drive with VLC as a disk it bombs.
When I try and play a BR ISO disk on a virtual drive with VLC as a Folder it bombs on some files, and plays the others in sequential order with a gap between each (so not really usable).
When I try and play a BR ISO disk on a virtual drive (or from HD) with VLC as a file it appears to work, though you lose the menu structure.
So what I want is a product that plays the BR files or a BR ISO from HD, preserving the structure, so that I can check that DVDFAB has encoded it correctly, and I have a good quality backup (I don't really want to burn a copy to disk).
So far the only product that's been mentioned is Virtual CloneDrive and the pay version of Daemon Tools, which I will have to try next. Are there any other suggestions?

Also, when I ripped The Fifth Element and played the m2ts file there was a lot of pixelation on the Columbia lady with the torch (?) and a green frizzy bar through the titles. I used standard BR-BR BD50, and re-did it with the latest version 6.2.1.8. I've only tried 2 other BR titles, and neither of these had this problem.

[Complication]

Did your BD drive come with playback software? You might try that.

If you search for playback issues in the Blu-Ray forums then you can find were others have used various playback software.

[gdaymate]

Yes it came with HP Quickplay 3.6, but i can't get it to play Blu-Rays, and the update button seems to do nothing. So I'll do a search for other software, thanks.