Comment on DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again

• mrvictory1@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ripping those disks is legitimately easier than playing them w/o breaking DRM on PCs

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  • zarenki@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Legitimately playing 4K blu-ray video on a PC without cracking the DRM requires an insane combination of requirements:

    • Windows 10 (not 11)
    • An Intel processor between gen 7-10 (nothing newer because Intel ditched SGX in 2021)
    • Intel integrated graphics (no nvidia/amd)
    • Monitor that supports HDCP 2.2 for DRM (some 4k ones don’t)
    • An approved optical drive
    • Proprietary playback software which costs about $100 USD, separate from the cost of hardware and Windows
    • Miscellaneous other requirements for the motherboard features, bios settings, etc.

    Meanwhile MakeMKV can rip them on basically any Windows/Linux/Mac system with a compatible BDXL drive.

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  • morbidcactus@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For real, VLC is great, I’ve totally had issues playing some of them with it. If I recall there’s supposed to be a way to let vlc use MakeMKV to break them for playback, but yeah, way more work than just ripping it.

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    • kux@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In MakeMKV preferences, Integration tab, VLC should be listed there

      www.makemkv.com/libmmbd/

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