Latest 13" MacBook Air and Blu-Ray good news!

[Mr Dobey]

I was amazed today after receiving the new MacBook Air 13" (2.13 Ghz, 4GB RAM, 256 SSD) at how well it decodes H.264 video.

I attached the full Blu-Ray specs of the file. (only the audio track was compressed to AAC, video is uncompressed).

Long story short, playing through Quicktime X the CPU never went above about 18% meaning practically the entire video was offloaded to the GPU
I could skip to any part of the movie with absolutely no lag or dropped frames.

Coming from a 3 year old MacBook Pro that cannot even play a Blu-Ray without being unthinkably choppy I am very pleased.

Just thought I'd share my great results.

I have not tested to see if the Displayport/HDMI out supports audio yet though.

 

[BENJMNS]

I was amazed today after receiving the new MacBook Air 13" (2.13 Ghz, 4GB RAM, 256 SSD) at how well it decodes H.264 video.

I attached the full Blu-Ray specs of the file. (only the audio track was compressed to AAC, video is uncompressed).

Long story short, playing through Quicktime X the CPU never went above about 18% meaning practically the entire video was offloaded to the GPU
I could skip to any part of the movie with absolutely no lag or dropped frames.

Coming from a 3 year old MacBook Pro that cannot even play a Blu-Ray without being unthinkably choppy I am very pleased.

Just thought I'd share my great results.

I have not tested to see if the Displayport/HDMI out supports audio yet though.

another happy customer

 

[Dammit Cubs]

in a more important matter, why do you have a boondock saints II movie? I'm going to assume they never made a sequel.

 

[Mr Dobey]

in a more important matter, why do you have a boondock saints II movie? I'm going to assume they never made a sequel.

not nearly as good as the first boondocks.

 

[Corax]

The new MBA's MiniDisplayPort does support audio with HDMI!
Start System Profiler, and check 'Audio'.

 

[ReallyBigFeet]

not nearly as good as the first boondocks.

To be blunt....I thought the sequel sucked.

And yes, Bluray rips play very well on my 13" as well.

 

[tomacintosh]

My Air managed a 720p mkv file last night, not tried a full 1080p bluray rip yet. I've ordered a Moshi Mini-DP to HDMI adaptor (with Audio support) so I'm looking forward to testing that out

 

[Loonytik]

Good to know...

And Boondock Saints II sucked ass...

 

[kapalua12]

Would someone please be so kind as to direct me to software and instructions to rip a blue ray disk to a hard drive for viewing on business travel? Thanks.
I have the Mac Book Air Ultimate.

Can I also do that with my latest generation maxed out iMAC 27"?

 

[Adidas Addict]

Would someone please be so kind as to direct me to software and instructions to rip a blue ray disk to a hard drive for viewing on business travel? Thanks.
I have the Mac Book Air Ultimate.

Can I also do that with my latest generation maxed out iMAC 27"?

Yeah, you can rip and watch blu rays on any current mac.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVEpomZpJqg

 

[Mr Dobey]

The new MBA's MiniDisplayPort does support audio with HDMI!
Start System Profiler, and check 'Audio'.

That's what I noticed but I would love to hear/see it in action as proof!

 

[///M5]

I believe the same should apply for the 11" MBA, correct? Mine is maxed out.

 

[pfjellman]

I believe the same should apply for the 11" MBA, correct? Mine is maxed out.

correct. they have the same gpu. although it might send your cpu up a little more than 18%, i haven't tested as i only have the 13".

 

[jdechko]

Would someone please be so kind as to direct me to software and instructions to rip a blue ray disk to a hard drive for viewing on business travel? Thanks.
I have the Mac Book Air Ultimate.

Can I also do that with my latest generation maxed out iMAC 27"?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/805573/

 

[Cave Man]

The previous gen MacBook Air played Blu-ray rips just fine with Plex, too. You just have to make sure to extract the HD audio to AC3 or DTS in the final container.