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Looking at Blu-Ray Drives/Media -- Mainstream Enough and Cost-Effective?
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D'oh! It was a brain fart - I know they're not the same.
I was searching on the LG site, not Logitech.
I would caution against using eSATA, were I you - it's a bit unreliable, for whatever reason. Firewire should be more than fast enough if you want it.
I've found eSATA to be fine - using Sonnet cards and enclosures. I suppose it may vary for different manufacturers. eSATA gives me about twice the measured R/W speed to drives compared to FW400.
Depends on your application whether you need that speed - video finds it useful!
I really fine these disks a bit pricier than I'd like; the single layer disks are fine, but they need to significantly cheaper per GB for them to gain track. I mean if I have can spend $1 on a BD-R disk, I would start buying and burning them more readily. DL BD-R disks aren't cost effective.
Now I also have brand preferences. Of all the brands I've bought, I've found that Verbatim is most reliable having never burned a coaster with their media. I guess that's why they cost more. Memorex, I find is just terrible.
Just buy the Delkin Archival Gold disks; they work very well, but of course are pricey @ $27 each.
Now I also have brand preferences. Of all the brands I've bought, I've found that Verbatim is most reliable having never burned a coaster with their media. I guess that's why they cost more. Memorex, I find is just terrible.
Just buy the Delkin Archival Gold disks; they work very well, but of course are pricey @ $27 each.
MakeMKV didn't know about this. Does it do Bluray decryption as well?
Please provide some feedback
MakeMKV didn't know about this. Does it do Bluray decryption as well?
Please provide some feedback
No problem,
Here is the thread on MacRumors.
I read the whole thread on the weekend to get my head around the topic.
I have ripped my WALL-E Blu-Ray DVD (just the movie which came in at ~18GB) - currently copying the resulting .mkv to my 2009 Mac Mini (running Leopard) to test with Plex.
Will post how it goes.
Well, I ran the .mkv in Plex.
Audio was synced perfectly with the video, the picture quality was absolutely fantastic.
Off to rip the rest of my Blu-Ray DVD collection.
One question if anyone can help, is it better to rip the Dolby Digitial (DD) or Linear PCM (LPCM) audio track - which one is better.
Audio is only going via optical audio output to my Amplifier.
Currently trying LPCM from The Fifth Element.
Thanks,
GeoffP.
Audio was synced perfectly with the video, the picture quality was absolutely fantastic.
Off to rip the rest of my Blu-Ray DVD collection.
One question if anyone can help, is it better to rip the Dolby Digitial (DD) or Linear PCM (LPCM) audio track - which one is better.
Audio is only going via optical audio output to my Amplifier.
Currently trying LPCM from The Fifth Element.
Thanks,
GeoffP.
Generally, Dolby Digital if possible. That way if your receiver can't handle DD sound, your Mac/other player will convert it to normal PCM for playing. But with the reverse, you'll always have PCM sound, even if your received could handle DD.
Now, several PCM files can be played simultaneously to create discrete digital sound (player would handle this), but that's not always the case. With DD, you know you're getting the correct number of channels (2.1, 5.1, 7.1, etc) all in the same "file".
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.