Xbox Blu-Ray Player is Buggy
[Update #3] I have figured it out. The Xbox One Blu-Ray player is clearly having issues for perhaps a multitude of reasons. This issue is no longer isolated to just Game of Thrones season 3. I’ve now tested more Blu-Ray movies and Step Brothers came up as one that wasn’t recognized by the system.
First, disable BD Live in your Settings if you have it enabled.
If for whatever reason this happens and your Xbox One can not recognize a Blu-Ray movie don’t worry because there is an easy solution.
- Load up the Blu-Ray player app on your Xbox One with no disc in the slot.
- You’ll be prompted that there is no disc in the drive.
- Insert your Blu-Ray movie
- Boom.
Also, for now if you’re having issues with audio sync, it’s because you have 24 Hz enabled. Disable that and you won’t have any audio issues. I think there is an issue with the user interface being 60 Hz and it confuses the television, or something to that effect.
There you have it. After trial and error I have solved this mystery. This could be a bug brought on by the February system update.
Has anyone experienced these issues before the February update?
Xbox One Still Can’t Play Game of Thrones
[Update #2:] Just as I was about to sit down and enjoy my weekend it turns out that Microsoft has not in-fact fixed the Game of Thrones Blu-Ray situation. The other day Microsoft released an update for the Blu-Ray player that was supposed to fix this issue. It did, temporarily, but the issue has come back, and there’s no solution on the horizon. Except of course for the work around that I’ve provided below.
The Work Around!
- Load up the Blu-Ray player app on your Xbox One with no disc in the slot.
- You’ll be prompted that there is no disc in the drive.
- Insert Game of Thrones season 3 disc (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.)
- Boom.
Blu-Ray Player Updated
[Update:] Microsoft has issued an update that fixes a bug that was causing the Season 3 Game of Thrones Blu-Ray discs to not play on the Xbox One. Insert a season 3 Game of Thrones disc and the Blu-Ray player app will load up and prompt you to download an update.
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