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lompocus:
Hi, I'm rebuilding an older pc and plan to refit it as some sort of super-htpc. (Read: I'm slamming a bunch of energy-hungry, heat-producing components into an air-cooled shelf and somehow making it run Crysis... well, not really, but you get the point :P.) Basically, I'm trying to get rid of all those problems with a blu-ray burner installation.

Anyway, in lieu of buying a blu-ray player, I want to purchase a blu-ray burner. I found this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118050) and found out (and remembered D:) that there are firmware and software requirements that dvd's don't have to bother with. So how the heck can i get a blu-ray movie working without having to deal with hdcp protection? Will a player like VLC or CCCP's media player work, and if so, how?

bloody000:
AnyDVD HD.

Pay for or pirate it.

kitamesume:

--- Quote from: lompocus on June 29, 2011, 03:26:14 AM ---Hi, I'm rebuilding an older pc and plan to refit it as some sort of super-htpc. (Read: I'm slamming a bunch of energy-hungry, heat-producing components into an air-cooled shelf and somehow making it run Crysis... well, not really, but you get the point :P.) Basically, I'm trying to get rid of all those problems with a blu-ray burner installation.

Anyway, in lieu of buying a blu-ray player, I want to purchase a blu-ray burner. I found this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118050) and found out (and remembered D:) that there are firmware and software requirements that dvd's don't have to bother with. So how the heck can i get a blu-ray movie working without having to deal with hdcp protection? Will a player like VLC or CCCP's media player work, and if so, how?

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ok two questions, can your "older PC parts" run any games at 1920x1080 res? (this is the res of blu-ray, well, most of them. not necessarily at playable FPS, so long as you can get the game going, even if its below 10FPS.) if yes then it should be able to handle any blu-ray copy you throw at it.

another question,  do you posses Blu-ray CDs or want to buy a copy? if you already posses them then buying a blu-ray reader would be a must. but if you want to buy a copy, ditch the idea and just rip'em, because they'd cost a ton, unless you're loaded then ohh well. HDCP only applies on your monitor and GPU, the reader should work on most recent(year 2000)motherboards, its just like your old DVD-reader.

+1 on CCCP, it can play almost any format.

vuzedome:
Regardless of codec pack preference, you are going to need actual blu-ray playback software to really make full use of a blu-ray capable drive.
That being said, Cyberlink PowerDVD and Arcsoft Total Media Theater are two options which I would recommend for this.
But sometimes your blu-ray drive might get bundled with a licensed copy of a blu-ray capable playback software.

wizisi2k:

--- Quote from: vuzedome on June 29, 2011, 12:12:56 PM ---Regardless of codec pack preference, you are going to need actual blu-ray playback software to really make full use of a blu-ray capable drive.
That being said, Cyberlink PowerDVD and Arcsoft Total Media Theater are two options which I would recommend for this.
But sometimes your blu-ray drive might get bundled with a licensed copy of a blu-ray capable playback software.

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I have experience with Cyberlink power DVD 9 Ultra (legit pruchase) and basically what I experience comes down to this (PS: PC has an i7 CPU): PC freezes for several seconds when the app WILL work with a blu-ray and I get SD res playback (HDCP compatability in my setup is a yes) OR (for Yu Yu Hakusho s1 and Needless on blu-ray) "Cyberlink needs to download an update" (click yes) "update is successful" (try to resume or restart playback) "cyberlink needs to download an update (loop a couple time).  To make it simple, I say you use DVD fab to rip the blu-ray (warning: mucho GB needed) and a NTFS formatted external to transfer the .m2ts files to another PC.  Tsmuxer would be needed to basically demux any true-HD audio tracks (and downconvert them so audio can be heard in MPC:HC).  And depending on the drive, you may need a relatively new mobo to use it-my blu-ray burner is SATA and I have a PC from 2005 that doesn't suppourt full-speed SATA.  With blu-ray playback, you will need to take ALL steps for playback problems with 1080p format video first (ie core AVC, DXVA, etc.) and also have external subs because I don't think many players can read blu-ray sub files

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