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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Just one problem with HDMI cables and video stream-grabbing hardware/software -- the cables and the hardware and the software, all need to comply with the same DRM encoding we originally were contending with. Even a CABLE has to have up to date decryption tech built into it! Currently there's at least the HDMI 2+ standards, both for the cable and for any interface it plugs into -- at both ends! </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I don't make the rules. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 10:26:11 PM EDT, S Ou <shukong@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv2283539373"><div><div>Maybe a dedicated (portable) BR disk player at about $100 or $200 might be ok? Basically why play BR on your laptop computer, the living room big tv is the place to watch those 4k movies anyway. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If the portable BR player has hdmi out, get a video grabber (hdmi —> usb) for less than $20 and capture it to display on your laptop. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Besides, <span>Intel is dropping support for 4k/uhd BR in their cpus</span></div><div style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0);"><div style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0);"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-intel-chips-wont-play-blu-ray-disks-due-to-sgx-deprecation/">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-intel-chips-wont-play-blu-ray-disks-due-to-sgx-deprecation/</a></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Are you intending to use the BR as storage? Or just entertainment?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2283539373gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv2283539373gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 2:04 PM Drew King <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us">dking65@kingconsulting.us</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);" class="yiv2283539373gmail_quote">
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<p>Michael,</p>
<p>Here is what I found. I have a Blu-ray connected to my computer,
but I don't use it to play movies. Don't have any to test with,
otherwise I would.</p>
<p><b>Is the disk commercially protected with DRM?</b> <b>Even with
the library properly installed and configured, VLC will not work
in this environment</b>. It is defense against people ripping
movies off.<br clear="none">
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<p>The Microsoft store has a free player that may work. Search for
"Blu-ray Player Pro".<br clear="none">
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<p>This website has a free player they claim works, and also several
others that are commercial players. You'll likely need a
commercial player, only I can't properly advise regarding which
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<p>If the disk is <b>not protected</b>, you can follow these
instructions to add the proper library.<br clear="none">
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<p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html">https://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html</a></p>
<p>These websites have detailed instructions.<br clear="none">
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<p><font size="4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://videoconverter.wondershare.com/vlc/use-vlc-to-play-blu-ray-movies.html">https://videoconverter.wondershare.com/vlc/use-vlc-to-play-blu-ray-movies.html</a></font></p>
<p><font size="4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.easefab.com/resource/play-blu-ray-with-vlc.html">https://www.easefab.com/resource/play-blu-ray-with-vlc.html</a></font></p>
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<div>On 8/13/2022 1:05 PM, Michael Harris
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<div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Greetings,</div>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;font-size:small;">I
got a USB3 Blu-Ray drive for my Windows 10 laptop,
assuming I'd use VLC to play the discs. The drive and VLC
work fine for DVDs. But I can't get the VLC add-ons for
Blu-Ray to work. Thoughts? is there a (free or
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<div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Thanks
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