I have not researched Blu-rays enough before buying my first one. You can't even play one on Windows by default, and VLC and MPC both require following arcane instructions from user forums to make it work. That's the last time I bother. DVDs were the superior format.
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@Gargron e pensare che i blu ray esistono da solo 20 anni, un po' tardi per scoprirli ora
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@Gargron there used to be an app called makemkv for ripping Blu-ray's to an mk you can play with VLC etc.
@Gargron interesting. I never had a problem with my br-discplayer on windows.
But I mostly rip them for ease of use
@Gargron one of the many reasons to ditch windows
@Gargron I don’t want to get too technical for anyone here, but years ago I circumvented this problem by buying a device that was specifically designed to play blu-rays 😀
It was a little […]
@Gargron makemkv! Is actually free, beta forever... forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewto…
@Gargron The best thing about my old 720p TV is it has kept me from switching to Blu-ray
@Gargron MakeMKV will let you dump a Blu-ray disc to your drive and play it with VLC. There should still be a beta version with a time-limited free key that you can use. (I have only used the […]
@Gargron The DRM on DVD was relatively rapidly cracked, to the studios insisted the BluRay consortium make their new version of DRM uncrackable. The result is players that are user-proof.
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