Blu-ray playback without ripping now available

[Cave Man]

A couple of things...

1. Once you identify the streaming server address for a given title on a give disc, that URL is static. So if you watch the movie again, after you launch Make MKV's streaming server all you have to do is open that URL in VLC. For example, here's disc 1's URLs for Star Trek:

Star Trek, USA Three-Disc Edition (2009)
Disc 1
Main Title: http://10.0.0.5:51000/stream/title2.m2ts
Transformers 2 Trailer: http://10.0.0.5:51000/stream/title3.m2ts
GI Joe Trailer: http://10.0.0.5:51000/stream/title4.m2ts

I'm starting to keep a list of my discs' URLs as I go, just for future reference (I still rip and keep them on a hard disc).

2. MPlayer OS X Extended is much better at video playback than is VLC and you can open those Make MKV streams with it. However, it loses audio sync on the two discs I tried (Star Trek and The Fifth Element). It's too bad because MPlayer might allow Blu-ray disc playback on less-capable Macs, such as the GMA-series Minis, iMacs and MacBooks, and probably the 9400's with the slower processors.

 

[ActionableMango]

Thanks for posting this information here!

Any news on a more automated process yet? I am a bit dismayed that in 10 months since the manual process was first discovered, nobody has made it automated yet.

 

[JavaTheHut]

It looks like the latest release of MakeMKV has added live playback of Blu-ray discs: ......

......Click on the link /stream/title2.m2ts and a new tab opens in Firefox with the Quicktime icon. Copy the URL and then open VLC, choose File > Open Network and paste the URL into the box, hit return and the movie starts playing.

I think there might be a plugin for Plex in the next day or two that will simplify this. Keep your fingers crossed.

Hi I got this working also but I found Firefox would crash and make the movie stop playing in the middle of the playback I needed to use Safari as the default browser.
The other caveat was the controls FF & Skip to position did not work. But Pause & Play did work in VLC.

Thanks for the post.
J

 

[Demigod Mac]

I'm trying it, but I got:

Streaming server started, web server address is http://#error or http://localhost:0
Streaming server failed to start

Anyone else get this?

I'm getting this error too and it won't go away no matter what I do to tweak the settings. Firewall on/off, change from auto to my IP, UPnP on/off, changing the port, nothing seems to work.

 

[skellener]

Sorry to dig up an old thread - it works!

MakeMKV 1.7.2
Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
VLC Version 1.1.12 (Intel 64bit)

iMac 3.06Ghz (2008)
LG Electronics BP06LU10 External USB Drive

I have a regular consumer blu-ray player from Sony. Practically brand new (3 mos.) barely used. Popped in the blu-ray of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" - wouldn't play it.

Tried this trick on the Mac, played like butter. "Cmon in boys, the waters fine!".