Ripping Blu-rays on Macs has been available for more than a year (Make MKV). You can then transcode those with Handbrake to a more friendly file size. You can also play movies directly off those discs with Make MKV and VLC.
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Steve Jobs Suggests Blu-ray Not Coming to Mac Anytime Soon
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Ripping Blu-rays on Macs has been available for more than a year (Make MKV). You can then transcode those with Handbrake to a more friendly file size. You can also play movies directly off those discs with Make MKV and VLC.
i love that people are still posting on this thread, i left it about 1000 replies ago
No. No, you didn't.
If all else fails, boot up Windows 7 or run it in Parallels and rip your Bluray's if that's the only way to do it.
If all else fails, boot up Windows 7 or run it in Parallels and rip your Bluray's if that's the only way to do it.
this is what i do, have a VM on my PC to rip/stream or whatever (tis a fileserver).
If all else fails, boot up Windows 7 or run it in Parallels and rip your Bluray's if that's the only way to do it.
, It just works. Oh wait...
When I put a disc into my BD player, the disc melts!
Fantastic feature!
Are you sure that you didn't put really hot french fries on the disc before inserting it?
(That aside, I have no idea what you meant by that comment, nor why you posted it. I haven't seen "disc melting" turn up in any of the BD FAQ pages
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Are you sure that you didn't put really hot french fries on the disc before inserting it?
(That aside, I have no idea what you meant by that comment, nor why you posted it. I haven't seen "disc melting" turn up in any of the BD FAQ pages
My parents bought a cheap "build yourself kitset" BD player off an auction site. It got so hot it burned to the touch. One day, my parents found their Hancock BD nice and melted. I have it now for party pranks, I cook eggs on it too.
Grilled disc on toast.
Hide your parents' soldering iron - it sounds like they should not be allowed around electronic kits.
You should have incorporated the "back story" into your first post, since it makes no sense to the rest of us without it.
It's a funny story, but an "inside joke" where only three people are on "the inside" doesn't work in a public forum....
Ha Ha! Does it BBQ the disk to different flavors depending on the regional code of the disk?
That is what I hate about the DVDs on my MBP. I travel quite a bit (longhaul pilot) and practically I am forced to buy my DVDs only from one country to be able to play them on my laptop.
I am not sure, if BDs are pestered with the same regional code plague - if they are, then it would put a serious dent into my personal desire to get BDs on my MBP. But on the other hand, downloads are not yet a viable option either, because especially when travelling, one can not always find high speed internet access.
So, if it was up to me, I would still slam BD drives into our MACs and be done with it. Or at least offer them on an optional basis for the people who think they really need it
They haven't.i dont remember them advertising that part though
The realization that BD authoring and playback is relatively effortless on a Mac seems to have disgruntled some anti-Apple evangelists here.
Sure, blame his parents for the perils of substandard equipment - Redmond supports this mantra, attitude and sentiment.
it sure has. how many people want to using FCP + DVD SP (BD SP?) to author their own BDs? the number would be something ridiculously low, because the price is high for that software.
as for playback, there would be a lot to do it - so i can understand why the mob has lit their torches.
Ha Ha! Does it BBQ the disk to different flavors depending on the regional code of the disk?
That is what I hate about the DVDs on my MBP. I travel quite a bit (longhaul pilot) and practically I am forced to buy my DVDs only from one country to be able to play them on my laptop.
I am not sure, if BDs are pestered with the same regional code plague - if they are, then it would put a serious dent into my personal desire to get BDs on my MBP. But on the other hand, downloads are not yet a viable option either, because especially when travelling, one can not always find high speed internet access.
So, if it was up to me, I would still slam BD drives into our MACs and be done with it. Or at least offer them on an optional basis for the people who think they really need it
I thought VLC could play region free on Mac OSX and Linux?
Why does Apple make its DVD player region coded? It's not illegal to be region free.
Likewise, when playing a DVD, you can't take a screenshot of something on your mac. Last time that happened, and I quit DVD player, I pretty much decided it would be quit forever for such annoying behaviour.
Edit: Oh noes, someone might pirate a DVD frame by frame with no audio. That's too convenient.
Likewise, when playing a DVD, you can't take a screenshot of something on your mac. Last time that happened, and I quit DVD player, I pretty much decided it would be quit forever for such annoying behaviour.
Edit: Oh noes, someone might pirate a DVD frame by frame with no audio. That's too convenient.
Well worth the investment for many - a viable solution for most.
MakeMKV UDP live stream to VLC is hardly 'a lot to do it.'
Likely a stipulation by studios regarding distribution.
Hence, another reason to love VLC.
Hence, another reason to love VLC.
Wohoo, just tried it for DVDs. Didn't bother me with region code - great. Should have tried it much earlier, I guess
Awesome, nevertheless.Wohoo, just tried it for DVDs. Didn't bother me with region code - great. Should have tried it much earlier, I guess
for the professional/prosumer users id say <2% market of users that produce BDs that require proper authoring.
woops. i meant a lot of people would want playback compatibility with a "DVD Player.app" compatible BD.app.
That's a problem with libdvdnav and not VLC itself. The developer for libdvdnav seems to refuse the bugs existence, OSS style.
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