Don't know how you did that but that reminds me, still haven't gotten my BR player working. Absolute most nonsensical format I've ever seen for anything. The software that came with the drive won't play BR discs. Whoever thought that was ok honestly... So I'm looking forward to finding some recommended software too.
Yeah I have had 3 laptop players go kaput on me. 2 before I even started this endeavor. Then the 3rd one went before I got to the BR discs. Would still read DVD's and CDs but not BR. Think they get out of alignment or something.
Also with BR you have to get all the license stuff 'just right' or it will not even play the disc at all.
So if you put the disc in and you can not even see the files on it it your pretty much screwed. I have found the player is usually just dead If anyone has a way to resurrect them I am all ears... I have 3 dead players at this point.
Though wall-o-movies is pretty sweet Way better than the 3 sony 400 disc changers I was using. The motor burned out on my second one of them and I figured it was time to get working on this... As sony does not make the dvd version anymore and the BR ver is 2000 bucks.
My problem is with the licenses I think because the drive is brand new. Discs show up in My Computer but nothing plays them. Other disc types work. Is there not a software player that can be installed that has all the needed licenses bundled? I can't believe the shit has even taken off if you can buy a drive that doesn't even work. It's enough to want to burn their freaking HQ down. Hardware that doesn't work.
I quit the whole disc game a couple of years ago for Netflix streaming. If it was just movies only on there I probably couldn't get enough flow but with tv series too I always have a backlog of stuff to watch and after years of ripping, it really got old. It sucks to watch a movie and then want to see it again a couple of years later and not have it, but for the vast majority, I just watched them once. A one timer isn't worth the ripping efforts.
That is weird. The ones I get usually just came pre-setup. So if it doesnt work I drop it in dell's or hp's lap... I got tired of tweaking computers and little bits of junk like that where something that *should* work doesnt. Course many times their 'fix' is to reinstall everything... Yeah thats not going to fly.
It probably is the something in the license chain. There is one from the disc to the software. Then the crypt encode/decode on the software, then the crypt encode/decode into hdmi, then the crypt decode on the screen. Its like are you guys TRYING to make this complex and expensive?! Just to stop someone from copying it? Oh that worked out well didnt it?
They even added a new one in there cinavia. So even if you manage to rip the disc and then you play it on the 'wrong' player it will still detect it. Audio watermark... Which has not been cracked yet. It will be eventually...
I'm not even trying to rip. The only reason I bought it is my old DVD drive was on the fritz and I got the Mel Brooks BR box set last Christmas so I got a BR drive instead of another DVD. I'm just trying to watch them. I installed the software disc. Would like to murder everyone involved with the technology.
> My problem is with the licenses I think because the drive is brand new. Discs show up > in My Computer but nothing plays them. Other disc types work. Is there not a software > player that can be installed that has all the needed licenses bundled? I can't > believe the shit has even taken off if you can buy a drive that doesn't even work. > It's enough to want to burn their freaking HQ down. Hardware that doesn't work. > > I quit the whole disc game a couple of years ago for Netflix streaming. If it was > just movies only on there I probably couldn't get enough flow but with tv series too > I always have a backlog of stuff to watch and after years of ripping, it really got > old. It sucks to watch a movie and then want to see it again a couple of years later > and not have it, but for the vast majority, I just watched them once. A one timer > isn't worth the ripping efforts.
I haven't seen that many people use Bluray drives on their PCs to watch movies. The DRM is too much of a pain in the ass.
For watching, I've pretty much stuck with cyberlink's powerdvd as long as I can remember. Of course for Blu-ray you need Powerdvd HD.
If you are trying to get the full 1080P though, don't forget that you have to use HDMI, and your monitor and video card has to be HDCP (or something like that) compatible. ---> this is if you're not using anydvd hd to break the encryption chain.
For ripping, anydvd hd will work or (although slow) you can use aeseesoft blu ray ripper
Just broke my personal record for number of consecutive days without dying!
> do you know of something else? Just for playing.
I got a blu-ray drive mostly for storage but was frustrated that it couldn't play them right outta the box. VLC will play them (mostly) but I think it's experimental at this point.
I tried VLC a while back and it didn't work, maybe it works on some discs. I hope they polish it off because it's nice having an all in one, but I don't have enough BR discs for it to bother me really.
RAIDs have bit me in the ass a couple of times. Started using Linux LVM. Real easy to add space. But of course, the linux thing... I guess I just choose to use it.
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If anyone has a way to resurrect them I am all ears... I have 3 dead players at this point.
Way better than the 3 sony 400 disc changers I was using. The motor burned out on my second one of them and I figured it was time to get working on this... As sony does not make the dvd version anymore and the BR ver is 2000 bucks.
