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

• zarenki@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

    www.makemkv.com/libmmbd/

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