Rekall Incorporated@piefed.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoAnother major Japanese electronics firm exits the Blu-ray market — Elecom publishes notice of termination of all external driveswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up155file-text
arrow-up155external-linkAnother major Japanese electronics firm exits the Blu-ray market — Elecom publishes notice of termination of all external driveswww.tomshardware.comRekall Incorporated@piefed.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretryll1980@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 hours agoCan’t they just make it open source? That way at least the enthusiasts can keep it working for as long as the hardware is still functional.
minus-squarealexquiniou@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoNope, because it’s not about the format. You can’t read a bluray if you don’t have the encrypted key. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Access_Content_System That’s why you can read a movie on a dvd and not a blu ray. Even if you have blu ray player connected to your pc.
minus-squareCorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoBlu rays have other uses than just media. You can write them yourself.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-214 hours agoI haven’t done it myself — I just have DVDs — but it sounds like mpv can play AACS if you connect a Blu-Ray drive to a PC. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray
Can’t they just make it open source? That way at least the enthusiasts can keep it working for as long as the hardware is still functional.
Nope, because it’s not about the format. You can’t read a bluray if you don’t have the encrypted key.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Access_Content_System
That’s why you can read a movie on a dvd and not a blu ray. Even if you have blu ray player connected to your pc.
Blu rays have other uses than just media. You can write them yourself.
I haven’t done it myself — I just have DVDs — but it sounds like
mpvcan play AACS if you connect a Blu-Ray drive to a PC.https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray