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Post by jcisbig on May 19, 2016 20:05:59 GMT -5
Hey All,
I just got my basement HT finished and built a new HTPC for it, which has a blu ray drive. I'm using JRiver for my media playback, and I was wondering what the best combination of software might be to allow blu ray playback from it?
I looked around and it looks like PavTube ByteCopy is a good choice for backing up my BluRay disks to my HTPC, but it doesn't seem to have a codec or decrypter built in that allows playback of the BluRay (at least the trial version doesn't).
So my question is simply this: can someone point me in the right direction of some quality software/program/codec that will allow my HTPC to decrypt BluRay disks and allow playback through JRiver?
Thanks!
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LCSeminole
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Post by LCSeminole on May 19, 2016 21:11:56 GMT -5
Discussing playback software of blu-rays is fine, but the discussion of the decryption of copyrighted blu-ray material has to take place off the Lounge. Thanks for all members cooperation in this.
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Post by jcisbig on May 19, 2016 21:53:13 GMT -5
Discussing playback software of blu-rays is fine, but the discussion of the decryption of copyrighted blu-ray material has to take place off the Lounge. Thanks for all members cooperation in this. Sorry, I didn't mean to get into anything illegal! I would be more than happy to hear if anyone has any recommendations on playback software that would be helpful for my purposes! |
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Post by millst on May 20, 2016 10:02:13 GMT -5
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Post by jcisbig on May 20, 2016 16:30:26 GMT -5
I was aware of most of the info on this page. I'm interested in playing commercial Blu Ray disks via my HTPC, and (as the page states) JRiver requires a separate BluRay decrypter (like AnyDVD). However, in one of the posts above it was mentioned that any decrypting software may not be strictly legal. So what I'm looking for is someone to point me in the direction of some legal software that would allow me to play BluRays from my HTPC. There must be something out there that will allow this, otherwise why do people have HTPC's in their systems? : ) |
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Post by bootman on May 20, 2016 17:06:45 GMT -5
bfy.tw/5sA4Lots of good info comes up with a simple search. 
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Post by Axis on May 20, 2016 17:09:26 GMT -5
bfy.tw/5sA4Lots of good info comes up with a simple search. Lots of good info comes up with a simple search. |
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Post by Hair Nick on May 20, 2016 17:10:49 GMT -5
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Post by KeithL on May 20, 2016 17:13:29 GMT -5
The short answer to your question is that it is generally considered to be illegal to RIP a Blu-Ray disc in a way that will allow you to play it without inserting the disc into the drive.... which is the whole intent of the copy protection built into all Blu-Ray discs. There is legal software that can play a Blu-Ray disc from the drive in the computer - but it requires for the disc to be physically inserted in the drive. The whole point of the encryption is to "lock the content to the physical disc"... and so any software that breaks that link is considered to be illegal. Note that there is a sort of grey area that involves your legal right to "make a backup copy of a disc". However, in general, while you will find legal software that will allow you to stick a disc in the drive of your HTPC and play it, you won't find legal software that allows you to rip the disc to a hard drive and then play it without inserting the original disc. If what you're looking for is simply LEGAL software that will allow you to play an actual disc in your computer, then this is probably the most popular one: www.cyberlink.com/store/powerdvd-ultra/buy_en_US.html?affid=2581_-1_80&gclid=CPyd5f3U6cwCFdgcgQodqhIKYA&r=1Note that it will NOT allow you to RIP discs so they can be played without the original disc. Also note that, unless your HTPC is very powerful, most people report less-than-wonderful experiences when playing Blu-Ray discs from PCs. And a lot of the illegal ripping software reduced the resolution as part of the ripping process - which yields a slightly lower quality picture that plays more smoothly on many computers. If you Google "play Blu-Ray disc HTPC" you will get lots of information about the various ways - legal and otherwise - of playing discs on a HTPC. I was aware of most of the info on this page. I'm interested in playing commercial Blu Ray disks via my HTPC, and (as the page states) JRiver requires a separate BluRay decrypter (like AnyDVD). However, in one of the posts above it was mentioned that any decrypting software may not be strictly legal. So what I'm looking for is someone to point me in the direction of some legal software that would allow me to play BluRays from my HTPC. There must be something out there that will allow this, otherwise why do people have HTPC's in their systems? : ) |
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Post by millst on May 20, 2016 17:59:05 GMT -5
Yeah, PowerDVD is the major (only?) legit player these days.
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Post by djoel on May 20, 2016 22:20:00 GMT -5
^ ^ ^
What happen to MakeMKV? Are they still around?
Dan
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Post by yves on May 21, 2016 0:50:00 GMT -5
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