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Playback of Blu-Ray movies on a Mac

Decrepit

Decrepit

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Sep 6, 2007
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Hi there,

I'm considering buying a SATA Blu-Ray burner and popping it in an external Firewire/USB shell.

If I do this (not on my Mini of course)...

1: Would Leopard 10.5.3 even see the drive?
2: Would I be able to burn a Blu-Ray disk at all, or would I need to buy Toast or something different?
3: How would I play back a movie on a Blu-Ray disk?

I would use this drive with my PC as well, so if the Mac isn't ready for primetime, I would still have an option.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks!
 
1. Yes, I think so.
2. Pretty sure you'd need Toast to burn it.
3. That's the sticking point. I don't know of a way. Furthermore, unless you have an HDCP-ready monitor, HDCP-ready cable, and HDCP-ready video card, you're not going to be able to take full advantage of blu ray, even if you could play them.
 
yadmonkey said:
1. Yes, I think so.
2. Pretty sure you'd need Toast to burn it.
3. That's the sticking point. I don't know of a way. Furthermore, unless you have an HDCP-ready monitor, HDCP-ready cable, and HDCP-ready video card, you're not going to be able to take full advantage of blu ray, even if you could play them.
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Interesting. I need to build a time machine, go back and find the guy who came up with this copy protection and, (in my best Cartman voice) kick him square in the nuts.
 
Decrepit said:
Interesting. I need to build a time machine, go back and find the guy who came up with this copy protection and, (in my best Cartman voice) kick him square in the nuts.
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yea i agree. I'm all for all this HD stuff, but the copy protection is a killer! c'mon, studios! trust your customers...:mad:
 
Furthermore, unless you have an HDCP-ready monitor, HDCP-ready cable, and HDCP-ready video card, you're not going to be able to take full advantage of blu ray, even if you could play them.
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SlySoft's AnyDVD HD is supposed to circumvent this. Here is a link to it. It's Windows software, not Mac; I figure some people are using Bootcamp & might benefit. I don't know whether it creates versions that could subsequently be played in a Mac (I guess it'd have to be on a hard disc, since people aren't going to burn them to burnable Blue-Ray discs anytime soon), or how well they'd play under Windows XP if you're using Fusion or Parallels.

I haven't used it, but I'm thinking some online reviews have been good when I did a little searching in the past. How much good you could get out of it on a Mac I don't know, although I'd think Bootcamp users would do fine.

Richard.
 
richthomas said:
where did you see this? you got a link? PM me if you cant post it on the boards.
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The CP was cracked about 2 months after BD release, BD+ was cracked about 3 months ago. It was the next gen standard for 4 months now I think.
 
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