BluRay Player

[SantucciOhio]

Of course, iTunes DRM media won't play in non-Apple players, but I don't have much of that stuff.

This is probably the issue. I bought some Blu-Ray discs that came with free downloads from either iTunes or Vudu and I chose iTunes. So it sounds like what I really need to do is just rip from the discs instead of trying to use the iTunes version, yes?

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Easy enough to do without loss...

ffmpeg -i "path/to/file.m4v" -c:v copy -c:a copy "path/to/file.mkv"

Or drag m4v files into MKVToolNix and "start" multiplexing.

Near "instant" conversion.

Oh, I’ll have to try this! Thanks!

 

[fan_fan_tuylpan]

I use Elmedia Video Player to open the Blu-Ray player for Mac.

 

[Jan Janowski]

I bought an external LaCie BR built for MAC, & used it on W7-64 System eons ago, and it still works!
If laptop, check to see if a replacement BR/RW is available… It was on my Dell XPS and it also still works.
A Neighbor has a BR/RW that connects via USBV3 connection. Don’t know about mfg.
Shouldn’t be too hard to find

A decent BR should play back a DVD better than a DVD could, and up-convert it better, too.

3rd party players are used successfully on both the Systems here.

Lastly, years ago firmware on these units updated frequently. Lately not so much.

 

[Telos]

Have you tried third-party software to play the file?

OP said this...

Works with all the Blu-ray and DVD apps I've tried.

 

[itsjasper]

To pivot the topic slightly, what are people's method for taking an BluRay disk image copy? Ideally Mac or Linux as a preference over Windows.

Pondering various apps, but wondering how a straight 'dd'-style command would be in comparison.

 

[fredbert]

Won’t Disk Utility do it, it does with CD and DVD.

 

[Coop777]

To pivot the topic slightly, what are people's method for taking an BluRay disk image copy? Ideally Mac or Linux as a preference over Windows.

Pondering various apps, but wondering how a straight 'dd'-style command would be in comparison.

for copyrighted blu ray this is not something that should be discussed here.

 

[fredbert]

for copyrighted blu ray this is not something that should be discussed here.

Good point.

 

[Jan Janowski]

As long as you authored the BR, there should be no issue

 

[Deleted member 5784]

To pivot the topic slightly, what are people's method for taking an BluRay disk image copy? Ideally Mac or Linux as a preference over Windows.

Pondering various apps, but wondering how a straight 'dd'-style command would be in comparison.

Many people use MakeMKV for making rips of their non-copyrighted Blu-Ray disks for personal use on a NAS. It's available for both WIndows and Mac.