If you have a download or rip your blu-ray DVD you can play it on the mac with VLC in various formats.
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Blu-Ray on Imac
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VLC can have problems with m2ts files unless you have a pretty beefy Mac. If so, use Plex since its playback algorithm is the best available today.
Clearing things up...
So there's my reasoning.
- OS X currently does not support blu-ray right now in any form or fashion.
- Apple as been putting displayports on their computers over the past few months starting with their notebook line. Displayports can do full hd, and are capable of content protection.
- Blu-ray requires content protection.
- Displayports are on macs that have the Nvidia chipset.
- A recent rumor increases the chances of mac minis and imacs getting the Nvidia soon.
So there's my reasoning.
Clearing things up a little more...
OS X does not currently support playback from Blu-ray discs, but it will play Blu-ray movie files, provided (1) they have been ripped to a hard drive without encryption and DHCP using AnyDVD HD under Windows and (2) you use Plex to play those Blu-ray movie files.
Can you use an external Blu Ray drive (in Windows) to playback stuff to an external monitor, using Nvidia's newest drivers? I really want to know about the Macbook Pro
I took the boot camp route!
I purchased a very tiny external blu-ray multi drive off ebay for around £100.
Then I had to get POWERDVD 8 Ultra Version, blue-ray addition to watch them!
Incredable picture quality! The rich colours just pop out of the screen, Luckily I poneyed up my iMac to the 3.06 Ghz with the Nividia 8800GT Chip, to get the benefits of nividia off loading True-HD Technology.
I must say Nividia True HD Solution and powerDVD 8 do make a really good software soloution. It delivers not only sensational colours and picture quality, but the sound options and quality are unmatchable too.
For example I currently have them set to dolby headphones and its awsume!
Come on BatMan.
Blu-ray is the way to go! This drive is slim, slot loading and from sony!
I want this quality of Coral Software on osx.
Maybe Snow Leopard will bridge some of the gap?
I purchased a very tiny external blu-ray multi drive off ebay for around £100.
Then I had to get POWERDVD 8 Ultra Version, blue-ray addition to watch them!
Incredable picture quality! The rich colours just pop out of the screen, Luckily I poneyed up my iMac to the 3.06 Ghz with the Nividia 8800GT Chip, to get the benefits of nividia off loading True-HD Technology.
I must say Nividia True HD Solution and powerDVD 8 do make a really good software soloution. It delivers not only sensational colours and picture quality, but the sound options and quality are unmatchable too.
For example I currently have them set to dolby headphones and its awsume!
Come on BatMan.
Blu-ray is the way to go! This drive is slim, slot loading and from sony!
I want this quality of Coral Software on osx.
Maybe Snow Leopard will bridge some of the gap?
hey ive just got the cheap (£75 from play.com) usb bd-rom drive, popped it in all fine plays blu rays!! looks wicked.. certainly far better than dvd's!! havent had a chance to watch something all the way through yet as ive gotta goto work but i felt the need to answer peoples questions if they havent already
2.8ghz exterme imac = hdcp, graphics drivers and screen all in windows.. bring on the mac programmes!
Now.. does the programme your using in windows affect the quailty of the HD film? i seem to remeber it did with dvds years ago???
2.8ghz exterme imac = hdcp, graphics drivers and screen all in windows.. bring on the mac programmes!
Now.. does the programme your using in windows affect the quailty of the HD film? i seem to remeber it did with dvds years ago???
I bought a blu-ray drive
I just bought a blu-ray (external LG drive) drive so I can burn HD content to disc using Toast (you can also burn HD to DVD, but you do not get long). the crazy thing is I have to test it on my PS3 to see if it works. Apple should at least add playback support.
I just bought a blu-ray (external LG drive) drive so I can burn HD content to disc using Toast (you can also burn HD to DVD, but you do not get long). the crazy thing is I have to test it on my PS3 to see if it works. Apple should at least add playback support.
That's... the only thing they have LEFT to add. OS X does everything else already.
but, but winxp can do it...
That's because MS caved to the studio's demands. Blu-ray requires constant parsing of the disc for the decryption keys and that must be at the OS level. This is part of the "bag of hurt" that Stevie was talking about. In addition, now that Apple is selling HD movies through the iTunes Store, there's one less reason for ever bringing Blu-ray to Macs.
No there isn't. And Apple's "HD" movies are more similar to DVD in visual quality, you don't own them like you do a DVD or Blu Ray, they cost as much or more, and they don't have extras. They make no sense at all if you actually look at them rationally.
And "we don't want to do the work" isn't really an excuse. They're a consumer OS, it's expected they're going to be able to play DVD and Blu Ray (and CDs for that matter), regardless of how badly they want to promote their rental store.
And "we don't want to do the work" isn't really an excuse. They're a consumer OS, it's expected they're going to be able to play DVD and Blu Ray (and CDs for that matter), regardless of how badly they want to promote their rental store.
Yes, there is. It is a business decision for Apple. They have calculated that the "cost" of Blu-ray is more than they want to spend (not just money, other things as well, principally control over the platform). Apple does what they do for one reason and one reason only: profit. They don't care what you or I or anyone else wants, just what they can profit from. This is how it's been since Jobs returned, and it will be this way so long as they are making a ton of money. After all, what other companies can pull the sh!+ Apple does and get away with it?
Reread what I said. I said it is one less reason, as in prior to their release.
consumers buy what they like
I like Blu-Ray disks as I love to watch high definition movies, nature series etc on my HD TV. It really makes a difference.
When I buy stuff I like to own it. I remember I made the mistake of buying half-life 2 from valve using their online download store Steam. 1. it was more expensive, 2. I could not sell it after i had finished without an administration charge.
You can sell your unwanted Blu-Ray disks on ebay for close to what you pay for them. You cannot if you download them. I hope to never make that mistake again.
Physical media wins for me as it is often cheaper (not logical but often true), your friends/family can borrow what you have etc. As an example, CDs on play.com are often cheaper, including delivery, than the downloadable version! I have never bought a single song in iTunes.
I like Blu-Ray disks as I love to watch high definition movies, nature series etc on my HD TV. It really makes a difference.
When I buy stuff I like to own it. I remember I made the mistake of buying half-life 2 from valve using their online download store Steam. 1. it was more expensive, 2. I could not sell it after i had finished without an administration charge.
You can sell your unwanted Blu-Ray disks on ebay for close to what you pay for them. You cannot if you download them. I hope to never make that mistake again.
Physical media wins for me as it is often cheaper (not logical but often true), your friends/family can borrow what you have etc. As an example, CDs on play.com are often cheaper, including delivery, than the downloadable version! I have never bought a single song in iTunes.
Good news! Which player software do you use?
I would like do use 'WinDVD® 9 Plus Blu-Ray':
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1189528458632#versionTabview=tab2&tabview=tab0
Is anyone here who can confirm that this REALLY works on iMacs?
Thanks!
Seems, all you folks need now is a Slot-loading Blu-ray drive! Something like this perhaps? I put on in my MBP17 for making huge backups on the go.
It should from Windows Vista, since at that point it's just running as a Windows computer. You'd need to reboot to Windows though.
I'm toying with getting an internal drive for my laptop, though for the cost, I might be better off just putting that towards a newer laptop with Blu Ray already built in.
I'm toying with getting an internal drive for my laptop, though for the cost, I might be better off just putting that towards a newer laptop with Blu Ray already built in.
Paid less than $180 (£120) for mine.. ain't so much if you think about it. Only problem peeps have is this... Newer iMacs are probably using the same drives as found on Unibody MacBooks. That means they're the slimmer 9mm units, not the standard 12mm version.
That's not bad at all! What kind was it and where did you get it? I've seen some Sony ones for around $300, which isn't bad in a way. I originally got an external Light-On, but the drive was defective (it only cost $100, which is maybe why it was so cheap!)
Craigtimms, is it this one:
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/87003...USB-4x-Blu-ray-Disc-BD-ROM-Drive/Product.html
???
Thanks!
It's a 12mm tall Panasonic UJ-225 slot-loading BD writer with standard laptop ATA interface. I found it in on sale whist wondering through Nipponbashi (Osaka, Japan), with the pre-depression exchange rate it came to about $150.
Standard Toast 10 doesn't work with any BD drives, you must have the HD plug-in in order to write to the drive. So far, it seems to be working as expected! Though I haven't found any way to actually play any 'official' media via the drive.. neither through OSX or Windows, perhaps the lack of HDCP support is the major factor.
Time to go knock on Steve's door, me thinks. Anyway, it's not an bargin. It's a steal!
Incidentally, there's this interesting page about hacking the HDCP handshaking...
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/making-and-breaking-hdcp-handshakes