Blu Ray and Ripping in General

[William7]

I know it is not possible to order a Mac with a blu ray drive but i was wondering if i could get an external drive and use it to watch, rip and burn blu rays, is that Possible?

Second: i know there are a lot of ripping softwares out there but most of them automatically convert and compress the video files, I want one that will rip them at FULL quality and i do not care about how much memory but i want the quality in its entirety. Any suggestions for a software? or do i need to write my own?

 

[cvan44]

For your second question: Download HandBrake and VLC...When I rip DVD's, I set the Output settings to Large file size. This will also allow you to throw them into iTunes. Works every time I use it and quality is great.

 

[radiogoober]

I know it is not possible to order a Mac with a blu ray drive but i was wondering if i could get an external drive and use it to watch, rip and burn blu rays, is that Possible?

Second: i know there are a lot of ripping softwares out there but most of them automatically convert and compress the video files, I want one that will rip them at FULL quality and i do not care about how much memory but i want the quality in its entirety. Any suggestions for a software? or do i need to write my own?

2. Download "MakeMKV". It rips the full bluray uncompressed in full quality. You can then convert it to compressed formats with tools like Handbrake.

 

[All Taken]

Yes its possible.

 

[William7]

Ok so it is possible, any suggestions on where i can or which i should, get an external blu ray reader and burner?

 

[Steve.P.JobsFan]

Ok so it is possible, any suggestions on where i can or which i should, get an external blu ray reader and burner?

LaCie. LaCie. LaCie. I've had nothing but good luck with this drive. It is a bit, expensive, clocking in a $179.99, but it's totally worth it. Here's a link.

[URL="http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10539"]Lacie - LaCie Slim Blu-ray[/URL]

 

[Baklava]

Ok so it is possible, any suggestions on where i can or which i should, get an external blu ray reader and burner?

I recently bought an external Blu-ray drive and was very angry that Mac has really no Blu-ray support at all (except the BD-icon on the desktop ). And there is just ONE app playing BD on a Mac: http://www.macblurayplayer.com/

 

[All Taken]

Technically VLC will pick up a stream of your Blu ray but thats a story for another thread to explain. Blu ray support isn't fantastic on a Mac and it's obvious why.

Myself, I've just added a Blu Ray drive internally to a 2011 27" iMac to import all of my media for streaming to an apple TV. MakeMKV and Handbrake help me to achieve this wonderfully.

 

[NJRonbo]

Reviving this thread....

Looking to buy my first external Blu-ray burner for my iMac.

The Lacie looks great, though terribly expensive. I'll consider it.

All I want to do is rip Hi-Def movies from either TOAST or IMOVIE/IDVD.

I take it that both these pieces of software will support the Blu-ray burner?