Quoting mediadogg:

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I don't think there is a way. In fact, even with a drive, I could not find a way to get the BD Disc ID that Invelos uses without using a plugin. So DVDPca cannot get a BD Disc ID in standalone mode, even if there is a BD drive available.

Not sure what the reason is that it doesn't work in your case, but I run DVDProfiler without any plugins and don't have any trouble getting the disc ID.
I did have problems reading blu-ray discs in the past, but that was due to the drive being faulty. I bought a new drive and haven't had a problem since.

Quoting Cplhicks:

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I have kind of a follow up to this question-- is there a way to add blu-ray child profiles if you don't have a blu-ray drive in your computer? I have a few BD TV series I'd like to add the discs to, but nothing to read the disc IDs with.  Also, thanks for the above tips-- I was having the same issue with intermitten disc IDs or none at all.

If there are no existing child profiles (you can check by pressing Ctrl-F12 after selecting the parent profile), the only way I can think of would be to create manual profiles for the children and attach those to the parent profile. Local only, obviously. Of course, you would not get any updates to those - all you could do is check from time to time (using Ctrl-F12) if someone else contributed child profiles by Disc ID in the mean time, which you could then download (and correct on the basis of your own manual profiles, which could then subsequently be removed).

You can try the VSO Inspector, it tell you device driver firmware level and go to where you can update it if necessary. Bottom of the page, it is free, but don't have it running while trying to read media with any other program.
It will tell yopu all about ypur dvd player, and yopu can check DVDs for errors.