Bluray on a mini

I have the Samsung SE-506AB and other than being a little loud, it's been great so far (3 months).

External Superdrive/Blu-Ray drives starting at $90 here:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/blu-ray

(Or buy an external Toshiba Lightscribe Blu-Ray player-only for $40 on ebay then convert the movie before playing on VLC or whatever.)

Use this $40 software to play Blu-Ray movies directly from disc on your Mac:

http://www.macblurayplayer.com/

Software review: http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/16/mac-blu-ray-player-software-plays-hd-movies-on-your-mac/

Kind of along the same lines as oldtime, I have a Pioneer BDR-XD04, kind of loud and actually wants to move around on my desk when ripping a blu ray, but it works just fine.

Bhunt said:

Make MKV for ripping and handbrake for encoding bluray?

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I have two.

Samsung USB2 external slim SE-506AB Blu-ray writer/reader

and a Plextor PX-B310U USB.

I use both extensively with MakeMKV and Handbrake.

matthewamel said:

i have two.

Samsung usb2 external slim se-506ab blu-ray writer/reader

and a plextor px-b310u usb.

I use both extensively with makemkv and handbrake.

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