[Solved] How to Play Blu-ray Disc on Wii U/Nintendo Wii

"Does Wii U play Blu-ray disc?" is the one the most popular questions people are concerned about Wii U or Nintendo Wii. It is well known that PS4 and Blu-ray disc are both made by Sony, so PS4 support for Blu-ray discs apparently. But the popular Nintendo Wii has no such luck. If you search on the Internet, you would also be disappointed by the results. Even the official site of Wii U gives the answer "No" to the question "Does Wii U play DVD or Blu-Ray discs?" Nevertheless, it does not mean that it's impossible. In fact, you can still play Blu-ray on Wii with ease as long as you can get the correct method. The following article will give you the best yet simplest method to help you play Blu-ray on Wii U or Nintendo Wii.

• Part 1. Can Wii U play Blu-ray directly?
• Part 2. How to play Blu-ray disc on Wii U?
• Part 3. Better way to play Blu-ray disc

Part 1. Can Wii U play Blu-ray directly?

Nintendo says the gaming console Wii/Wii U won't play DVD or Blu-ray discs, due to patent licensing fees.

Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilities since Nintendo feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn't warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies.

It means that you can't play Blu-ray disc directly on Wii U. But still, you have the chance to access Blu-ray movies on Wii U following the method below.

Part 2. How to play Blu-ray disc on Wii U?

Although Wii U does not support the direct playback of Blu-ray disc, there are other ways to go. We know that there are two elements which decide if a Blu-ray movie disc can be played: the hardware (Blu-ray drive) and software (app to play Blu-ray disc). Let's check these two factors of Wii and Wii-U at first:

1. Wii equips a DVD drive, the preset app "Photo Channel" can play AVI/MOV video with MJPEG format.

2. Wii-U equips a modified Blu-ray drive, there is a "hidden function" to stream MP4 video from computer to Wii-U.

Therefore, you can play Blu-ray on Wii U by making a digital copy of your Blu-ray movie to Wii U compatible media formats, such as AVI, MOV, MP4, etc. In order to do this, you need to convert Blu-ray to Wii U and Wii supported media first.

How to convert Blu-ray to Wii U or Wii

To rip a Blu-ray disc for playing on Wii U, a professional video converter is necessary. Here we would like to recommend you the best Video Converter Ultimate, which offers you default video formats for Wii U and many other game hardware including PSP, PS4, Xbox 360, etc, so that you can convert Blu-ray to Wii U with fast speed and extremely high quality. Now free download this Blu-ray Ripper and follow the steps below to play Blu-ray on Wii U.

Step 1Load Blu-ray and start to rip Blu-ray disc

Insert the Blu-ray disc you want to rip to the Blu-ray drive. Wait until it is detected. Then click "Load Disc" button on the top left of the main interface.

Step 2Convert video to Wii-supported format

Check the video you need, then click the drop-down menu of Profile and choose the Wii U-supported video formats (AVI, MOV). After that, click "Convert" to convert Blu-ray with no quality loss.

Note: Using the same method, you can also output Blu-ray disc to other game consoles such as PS3/PS4, Xbox 360/Xbox One specially optimized file formats for better playback.

Step 3Copy files to Your SD card and Play Blu-ray movie on Wii U

After the conversion, you can simply copy your new Wii-compatible video file(s) straight onto your SD card. When it's done, just remove the SD card from your computer, stick it in the Wii console, sit back and get ready to enjoy your Blu-ray movies on Wii!

Part 3. Bonus tip: Better way to enjoy Blu-ray movie other than Wii U

As you can see, even though you can convert Blu-ray to other media formats and enjoy on Wii U, it would be time-consuming with the whole converting thing. If you don't insist Wii U, we suggest you to enjoy Blu-ray movies on one professional Blu-ray player. I'm sure you'll get better home-theater-like experience.

In this article, we mainly introduce the best method to play Blu-ray disc on Wii U or Nintendo Wii. If you are still wondering "Can Wii U play Blu-ray disc" or other questions, feel free to leave your comments below!