Suddenly I can't do this anymore!
In order to review a Blu-Ray video I made in Encore, I currently need to burn an actual disc from the ISO image I created and play that (wasting a blank disc).
I've heard that UFUSOFT Blu-Ray player plays mounted ISO files (but it costs $40); Cyber-Link 8 (not Ultra) on my PC won't do it (claims unsupported media format). But I used to be able to get VLC Media Player to play the .m2ts file (0000.m2ts) that's located in the STREAMS directory of the mounted ISO file (or in the BDMV/STREAMS folder of a Blu-Ray folder created in Encore). Suddenly (with the newest VLC), it won't recognize those .m2ts files anymore. VLC Media Player, probably the most tolerant of playback engines, now says: "VLC could not read the file (Bad file descriptor)." As a troubleshooting exercise, I mounted an older ISO image (from about two years ago) and that .m2ts file won't read anymore either.
Why is a file labeled as .m2ts some kind of mutant that won't play like a normal .m2ts file? I can tell you that at one point in time they used to be playable in an earlier version of VLC. The file won't mount in Premiere as a clip, either, but Premiere's excuse is: "The file has an unsupported compression type."
I know that if I was able to find a way to play the .m2ts stream I would sacrifice the menus, but the discs I create don't usually have menus; they are generally full-length opera performances from local New York companies that I have the company's permission to sell back to the singers (who just want to put the disc in the player and press "Play").
I'd love to get this solved; Blu-Ray blanks are still about $1.00 each (vs. DVDs at about 20 cents or less if you know where to shop). It's not the end of the world but it does add up. Buying Ufusoft's solution might not be a bad idea but one would have to waste a lot of Blu-Ray discs to justify its $40 cost...
Jay
Windows 7-64
Premiere CS6
i7 processor, 12G RAM, NVIDIA Mercury-compliant video card