Rekall Incorporated@piefed.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 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 · 21 hours agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarealexquiniou@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 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-up2·11 hours agoBlu rays have other uses than just media. You can write them yourself.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 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
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