lo-fi Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Hi As per the title. If I was to install a BD drive on my machine would it allow me to watch original BD (film) discs that I purchased from the shop? Or would it not work due to rights management or something? I know the older OS didnt support it, I did search for this multiple times without luck, but Im sure the answer would be here somewhere, if someone could point me in the right direction or tell me. Thanks for your help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Hi As per the title. If I was to install a BD drive on my machine would it allow me to watch original BD (film) discs that I purchased from the shop? Or would it not work due to rights management or something? I know the older OS didnt support it, I did search for this multiple times without luck, but Im sure the answer would be here somewhere, if someone could point me in the right direction or tell me. Thanks for your help. Hello Lo-Fi, long time.. As far as I know you can't play the BD movie on the mac, although you can rip them and watch them that way. http://www.macworld.com/article/145794/201...ay_ripping.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/#findComment-1645317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hello Lo-Fi, long time..As far as I know you can't play the BD movie on the mac, although you can rip them and watch them that way. http://www.macworld.com/article/145794/201...ay_ripping.html Hi, Yeah long time! I've just been using the hack, rather than tinkering with it for the past 6+ months, Im probably due to update at some stage as Im still on 10.6.4 or maybe I'll hold out for 10.7. Did you update your dell to 10.6.6? if so which kernel are you using? Thanks for answering my post, I cant believe Apple haven't included BD movie disc support on their machines it seems crazy. (hope for 10.7 maybe?) Hope your well and had a good Christmas etc. Lo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/#findComment-1646549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hi, Yeah long time! I've just been using the hack, rather than tinkering with it for the past 6+ months, Im probably due to update at some stage as Im still on 10.6.4 or maybe I'll hold out for 10.7. Did you update your dell to 10.6.6? if so which kernel are you using? Yes upgraded to 10.6.6, am actually using the 10.6.7 Delta upgrade and now using the vanilla kernel. Info on the vanilla kernel "boot" file can be found http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...=233396&hl= apparently works for Pentium D & Celeron as well as the P4 which I have.(works through kernel updates)Thanks for answering my post, I cant believe Apple haven't included BD movie disc support on their machines it seems crazy. (hope for 10.7 maybe?) Still no Blu Ray support in 10.7 from what i have read since the Lion (Developer Preview) was released.Hope your well and had a good Christmas etc.Lo Thanks, you also. Dell Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/#findComment-1646585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Yes upgraded to 10.6.6, am actually using the 10.6.7 Delta upgrade and now using the vanilla kernel. Info on the vanilla kernel "boot" file can be found http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...=233396&hl= apparently works for Pentium D & Celeron as well as the P4 which I have.(works through kernel updates)Still no Blu Ray support in 10.7 from what i have read since the Lion (Developer Preview) was released. Thanks, you also. Dell hmmm... Vanilla? Nice, Im off to buy a new HDD might have to try this tonight! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/#findComment-1647072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpa Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 DVD-CD Works nice - LG Black 10X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray model UH10LS20 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/#findComment-1648856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
terramir Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Add blu-ray drive, of you can. Can you watch Blu-ray movies on mac-os well yes, with vlc as well as plex (I think I read that), with a ripping program unlocking the blu-ray However, I hope you got a spare sata controller that works in ide mode, otherwise you can get the optical sleep bug, with lite-on drives you get that problem. on some gigabyte boards there are additional sata ports which can work in ide mode while your mac os disc (or discs like in my case) can work in ahci mode. otherwise other work around if you have the disappearing drive problem uncheck put hard discs to sleep when possible. my $.02 terramir Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/#findComment-1650033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 Add blu-ray drive, of you can. Can you watch Blu-ray movies on mac-os well yes, with vlc as well as plex (I think I read that), with a ripping program unlocking the blu-rayHowever, I hope you got a spare sata controller that works in ide mode, otherwise you can get the optical sleep bug, with lite-on drives you get that problem. on some gigabyte boards there are additional sata ports which can work in ide mode while your mac os disc (or discs like in my case) can work in ahci mode. otherwise other work around if you have the disappearing drive problem uncheck put hard discs to sleep when possible. my $.02 terramir Just to confirm, you mean the same as Dellamantt said right? So I have to rip it to the HDD first and then watch with VLC or Plex? No application will allow me to watch it directly from the Disc? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/#findComment-1650088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
terramir Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Just to confirm, you mean the same as Dellamantt said right? So I have to rip it to the HDD first and then watch with VLC or Plex? No application will allow me to watch it directly from the Disc? like I said there is a way to playback blu-ray movies without ripping them completely to HD first, albeit I dunno if it works for every title. here's the link at mac rumors describing the procedure Blu-ray playback without ripping now available hope this helps terramir Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/#findComment-1650219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 like I said there is a way to playback blu-ray movies without ripping them completely to HD first, albeit I dunno if it works for every title. here's the link at mac rumors describing the procedure Blu-ray playback without ripping now available hope this helps terramir Thanks for that, sounds a bit buggy/beta at this stage but good if it continues to progress. Cheers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249223-can-i-install-a-blu-ray-drive-on-my-hack/#findComment-1650617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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