With versions for Windows and Mac, Leawo Blu-ray Player is free software that makes it easy to play Blu-ray discs of any region and audio and video files in more than 180 formats.
If you have a large collection of DVDs or are one of those who prefer to download or buy movies on Blu-ray disc (both domestic and commercial), then you need software that is capable of Play your content in the highest quality and remove disc protections.
With this program you will not have problems to play Blu-ray movies with menus, DVD folders or ISO image files. It even has an option to convert discs to the MKV format., without losses.
4K lossless video player
There are various media players on the market, but few work as well as Leawo Blu-ray Player. With a fairly simple interface in Spanish, the software takes a few seconds to open a DVD disc / Blu-ray and hardly consumes CPU resources.
After installing the software, you can choose the types of media files you want to associate: 3gp, aac, ac3, flac, mp3, m4a, mp4, mkv, ogg, wav, mpg, avi, mka, evo, vob , ifo, mov, 3g2, GMO, wtv, divx, h264, webm, iso, among many others.
The welcome screen shows you the current date and time, as well as two main buttons: Open document Y Become a. The former allows you to load an audio or video file from your computer or a DVD or Blu-ray disc.. While the second allows you to convert a BD disc / DVD to a video format.
You can also drag and drop a media file to play it. As stated on their website, the program is capable of Play 4K videos (2160P) lossless and high-quality stereo audio thanks to Dolby technology, DTS, AAC. Does not have support for 8K videos, as we could see in our tests.
An interesting option is that it not only allows you to upload video files in different formats, but you can also open DVD ISO files and folders. It also allows create a playlist. From the side you can add or delete the files to be played.
But that is not all, the player also has other features worth mentioning:
- Customize the player with skins or a custom background
- Subtitle support. You can even choose the size, the style and color of the subtitles.
- Overlay other apps (keep the player always on top)
- Change the language (español, English, etc.)
- Possibility of enabling DVD auto play / BD
- Adjust screen aspect ratio
- Hardware acceleration to decode media files faster
- Power manager. Stops playback when laptop battery is getting low
- Take snapshots with one click
The only downside we found here is that it shows ads for you to buy the Premium version every time you pause a video.
Play region locked Blu-ray discs
Blu-ray discs have codes that determine where their content can be played. So we have the code A (North America, South America, Japan, Korea), B (Europe, Africa, middle East, Australia and New Zealand and C (Asia except Japan, Korea, Taiwan and other areas of Southeast Asia.
Fortunately, this is not a problem for Leawo Blu-ray Player. The software removes regional restrictions, which allows the user Play Blu-ray Region A in Europe without inconvenience. Thus, users from Spain, for example, can enjoy Blu-ray movies limited to the United States, Japan or Latin America.
In the same way, you can bypass regional locks on DVD discs (from 0 a 6), making it easy to play any type of movie, even if it has not been released in your country.
And the best thing is that, unlike other programs, no need to configure anything to play discs from a certain region.
After connecting your Blu-ray disc / DVD to your computer, the program will recognize it immediately. Opening the disc in the player will allow you to access the main movie menu. From here you can play it from the beginning or select the scenes. You can also select subtitles and play additional functions.
Other options have to do with audio and video parameters. For a better viewing experience, can configure video deinterlacing methods, video upscaling, black edge removal and brightness and contrast adjustment. What's more, audio settings allow you to amplify the volume, set delay and sound channel, as well as the audio output. You can even add late subtitles.
Convert Blu-ray / DVD a MKV
Leawo Blu-ray Player is advertised as a freeware for Windows and Mac. However, it also has a Premium version (payment) which adds the function of convert Blu-ray or DVD discs to MKV format.
This is a good option to create a backup of your favorite movies or videos on your computer.. It may also be useful to play these videos on a mobile phone..
Leawo Player premium version removes disc protections, allowing you to decipher, rip and convert Blu-ray discs to MKV videos without loss.
As stated on their website, files are not decoded or encoded, so the end result is a video without quality loss.
Remember that the Leawo player supports more than 180 audio and video formats, with 4K support, 1080P, 720P and other resolutions. It is available for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7 and also for macOS.
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