How can I play a DVD and or Bluray on Xbox One S without an internet connection?

To elaborate,your console needs to be set as your home console & then once you have the Blu-ray app downloaded go to settings/general/network settings/go offline.

That way you can play blu-rays while not connected to xbox live/online.

You’re going to need to download the BluRay app, so you’ll need to connect to the internet to download it first. Once downloaded you can then go offline to watch movies.

I have the same issue. Somebody told me that the xbox one has to be online to play disks, even dvds. My xbox one x is online tho. I just get black screen then it reurns to home screen. Great if somebody here could shed some light on how to fix this.

You don't have to be online. If you don't have an Internet connection you can set the console to offline under settings. It will still play discs.

I've not had an issue with any dvd, BluRay or UHD disks.

Not sure why you would say it will not play burned disks, it plays dvd-r's without problems, I just no longer use them with the Bluray having better image quality. No one I know uses the low quality pirated films, they are made too poorly, certainly never on Bluray, just cheaply made DVD-R's all of the time,the xbox would have no issue there, just Bluray disks.

I had considered that but im trying to watch the very same smallville season 3 disc I watched just fine offline 2 weeks ago

To explain it

First and foremost

There is actually two types of bluray

Bluray and bluray live

If you look at the disk itself it usually will say if you need internet connectivity for bluray live

Just because one bluray plays doesnt mean all will play without internet connectivity

Hence why not all blurays players are compatible with bluray 2.0 which does require internet connectivity

Some content is live connected like games or updates or deleted scenes or some features that require internet

Smallville is pretty old bluray

More recent movies like infinity war etc have more features innyour extras