Question How can xbone not play all BR?

d000hg

We bought Spiderman: homecoming on BR. On XBOX it just hangs on the app loading screen every time. Other discs are fine.

How in 2019 can something as basic as playing a ****ing movie not work? I've never had this issue on a 20 quid dvd player or my very old PS3.

No error code. So I've wasted my cash? I wondered if it might be a DRM or similar issue

next010

The most common cause I've heard is that it's a partial disc/drive issue, the BD drive in Xbox is pretty sensitive so any discs that may have some imperfections that other players skip over Xbox will not.

Whether there is any truth to that I cannot say, but it seems plausible.

The only other plausible reason is the BD app is buggy and hasn't been tested enough against various BD discs, something unexpected in the files/code structure of the BD disc make the Xbox app crash.

If you were so inclined you could put those theories to the test by buying a second copy of the Spiderman movie and see what happens.

d000hg

I might see if they'll replace it in the shop rather than simply return it.

Given the app hangs on the startup screen it clearly IS buggy though that might be a secondary issue not the cause.

I did read that Xbox BR app requires internet access which generally makes me feel it's not a great player... As well as the fact you have to install an app in the first place and disc playback isn't just built in.

Indiana Jones

I have never been that happy with the Xbox for Blu-Ray playback, back in 2013 when it first launched it had plenty of issues which over the years have been fixed but still it’s far noisy for my liking so use it only for the reason I bought it, for gaming.