aberracus Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 As you can see here u can have NOW an USB working HD-DVD player for just US$ 199 or less http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8303/ .."hen for a laugh, we decided to plug the drive into a Mac to see what would happen. Interestingly, the MacOS automatically recognized the drive when we plugged it in, and when a DVD disc was inserted the “DVD Player” application included in the OS started doing its thing. Experimenting further and just for kicks, we decided to insert the HD-DVD. Again, as expected the HD-DVD wouldn’t play due to the fact that there is no player for the MacOS that supports that format. Seems like Microsoft has unwilling created a cheap HD-DVD drive, for any Windows Mac user."... So its detected correctly we only need HD support on the DVd player of the mac or maybe VLC ?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35774-cheap-us200-hd-dvd-for-your-mac-today/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/codec/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35774-cheap-us200-hd-dvd-for-your-mac-today/#findComment-254632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bond Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Although that is an HD-supporting codec, I don't think it quite supports the playback of actual HD-DVD disks. It doesn't specifically mention anything on the page about software for utilising HD-DVD functionality. It's more for the playback of 1080-quality videos, I'm guessing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35774-cheap-us200-hd-dvd-for-your-mac-today/#findComment-254639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsci(macuser) Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 to get a file from the disk to play - the comp has to be able to read the format the disk is in (like windows cant read a mac formatted hard dive without special programs) so a video player that can play 1080p files doesnt mean it can read a hd-dvd disk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35774-cheap-us200-hd-dvd-for-your-mac-today/#findComment-260844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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