Journal Zeriel's Journal: Ask (a subset of) Slashdot: Blu-Ray media streaming 4
I have the following:
1 Windows Vista x64 Machine, in my basement, equipped with a Blu-Ray drive and player software by Cyberlink that in theory works with Windows Media Center.
1 medium-strength (Athlon 2600, 2GB RAM, Radeon X800XTX) former gaming machine, with a license for Windows XP and a current Ubuntu 8.10 install.
I want: to pop a Blu-Ray disc in my Vista machine, stream over gigabit to the lesser machine, for output onto a standard-definition 37" TV.
Any suggestions? Windows Media Center refuses to acknowledge Blu-Ray playback software exists, VLC can't handle it, and I don't have the drive space to store multiple Blu-Ray movies at full resolution. While I'm in principle unopposed to downconverting the Blu-Ray discs to standard definition, that doesn't support the kind of instant experience I'd like.
Thanks!
Vista blows. (Score:2)
Hell, try to even RIP the thing. That is the kind of access that the MPAA has done everything in their power to prevent. If you can access an unencrypted stream then you can pirate the movie.
Information on the new BD+ Blu-Ray copy protection being broken can be found here [gizmodo.com]. Good luck trying to use that, though.
It is illegal to RIP a DVD that has "protection" on i
Re: (Score:1)
I hate Blu-Ray for the DRM but I liked it for the price (that is, free player from a dude I know who bought the drive and then decided to just buy a media center PC + a few blu-ray movies for christmas). Like you said, too, as well as hate DVD or AAC--like it or not, I like movies and I'm frankly willing to pay $30 for anything I was willing to see in the theaters more than once.
Vista 64 meanwhile has been the most stable gaming and general computing platform since Windows 98 for my purposes, so no complai
VLC - which version (Score:1)
Which version of VLC have you tried
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http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/ [jbkempf.com]
"Timeline
The freezing date of VLC 1.0.0 is set on January, 31st 2009. ...
New Codecs
* Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC3
* TrueHD/MLP
* Real Video 3.0 and 4.0
* Blu-Ray LPCM
* Dirac encoding in Ogg
* Faster decoding and demuxing
* Rewrite of subtitles core
"
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Thanks, I'll give that a shot (I'm on VLC 0.9.6 at the moment).