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I just purchased an external USB Blu-Ray burner from Amazon. Although I haven't taken delivery of it yet, I thought it might be a good way to experiment a bit with some of the Blu Ray solutions that are starting to come onto the market for the Mac.
While Toast has had the capability to burn BR-Data discs for some time now, you may be aware that Blu-Ray uses some pretty sophisticated software on commercial movies that can make it difficult to play them on a Mac. So far, Apple has completely denounced Blu-Ray, in favor of their own HD formats sold on the iTunes Store.
But as Blu-Ray players come down in price and Blu-Ray movies become more and more ubiquitous, I'd imagine there will be plenty of interest in B-R moves on the Mac. So, I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread here to discuss some of the solutions for Blu-Ray chores on the Mac.
In particular, I intend to play around with VLC 2.0's new Blu-Ray codecs as well as MacGo's "Blu Ray Player" software. I'll discuss the trials and tribulations here in case anyone is interested.
While Toast has had the capability to burn BR-Data discs for some time now, you may be aware that Blu-Ray uses some pretty sophisticated software on commercial movies that can make it difficult to play them on a Mac. So far, Apple has completely denounced Blu-Ray, in favor of their own HD formats sold on the iTunes Store.
But as Blu-Ray players come down in price and Blu-Ray movies become more and more ubiquitous, I'd imagine there will be plenty of interest in B-R moves on the Mac. So, I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread here to discuss some of the solutions for Blu-Ray chores on the Mac.
In particular, I intend to play around with VLC 2.0's new Blu-Ray codecs as well as MacGo's "Blu Ray Player" software. I'll discuss the trials and tribulations here in case anyone is interested.