Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
BluRay rip apps
- Thread starter zoran
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Doesn't mean you can't get an external blu-ray player and the appropriate software to watch and or rip movies.
Not saying it isn't, but at least you can still do it. I have one that I use for ripping attached to either my Laptop or MacPro.
It works and does what I need it to do. Would I rather have an internal one on my Laptop? Sure.
Apple has never supported Blu-ray at all – presumably they thought their iTunes model was better for them and customers; it's like Apple to make that kind of single strong choice. But I never cared for digital downloads of movies, so I eventually invested in an MakeMKV license and an affordable Blu-ray reader.
A great deal of time, effort and money later, I'd replaced the unreliable optical drive with a second, which also stopped working on me.
Meanwhile, watching sales on iTunes for movies I'd already purchased on Blu-ray yielded ultimately yielded much less expensive and much more convenient results. Since then, I've sold almost all my Blu-rays, accepted the sunk cost of the licence and the drives, and re-bought just about everything digitally when on sale. Now Apple's started upgrading some of those files to 4K at no extra cost. For my money (literally), it's much better and I wish I'd seen it sooner.
For people who still want the physical hard copy and the totally unencumbered ripped files, Blu-ray is still possible with that much time, effort and money – but there's my quick comparison of the approaches for you.
A great deal of time, effort and money later, I'd replaced the unreliable optical drive with a second, which also stopped working on me.
Meanwhile, watching sales on iTunes for movies I'd already purchased on Blu-ray yielded ultimately yielded much less expensive and much more convenient results. Since then, I've sold almost all my Blu-rays, accepted the sunk cost of the licence and the drives, and re-bought just about everything digitally when on sale. Now Apple's started upgrading some of those files to 4K at no extra cost. For my money (literally), it's much better and I wish I'd seen it sooner.
For people who still want the physical hard copy and the totally unencumbered ripped files, Blu-ray is still possible with that much time, effort and money – but there's my quick comparison of the approaches for you.
One of my two Buffalo Blu-Ray players failed after 7 years, the other still works fine. Replaced the failed Buffalo with an LG. They were a bit expensive, but you get what you pay for.
It also is a matter of compromise, since you lose the DTS-MA lossless audio. There is also the risk that the studio might withdraw the film from iTunes. Can't beat the convenience though.
I hadn't thought about the audio – ripping Blu-rays I tended to choose a lower bitrate than what iTunes provides, so I probably considered the iTunes compression an upgrade as well.
Studio withdrawing is an important consideration too – it's possible some people miss that by not reading the terms. I bet the cost to any company for pulling a product unannounced is high because doing so would incite backlash and complaints. And that said, I believe your downloaded files remain unaffected – you're protected if you're storing them locally, which you'd have to do with Blu-ray imports anyway.
Studio withdrawing is an important consideration too – it's possible some people miss that by not reading the terms. I bet the cost to any company for pulling a product unannounced is high because doing so would incite backlash and complaints. And that said, I believe your downloaded files remain unaffected – you're protected if you're storing them locally, which you'd have to do with Blu-ray imports anyway.