star56565656 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Hi, i was just wondering if there is a freeeware blu ray player for mac?? tried searching for one but that only come up with paid players. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star56565656 Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks, but Ive been having some trouble getting vlc to play blu ray on mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganX Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks, but Ive been having some trouble getting vlc to play blu ray on mac I've never gotten it to work on PC either. Sure would be nice if MS and Apple just included the licensing fee in the cost of the OS and just included native Blu-ray playback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted January 7, 2015 Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2015 I honestly don't understand why they haven't, they're already paying the licensing fees for the decoders, and they support the file systems, all they're missing is the DRM. MorganX 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star56565656 Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Sony own Blu Ray and Apple are not on good terms with Sony. I think think they should do it have the customers and let people decide what they want. i have products from heaps of companies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidosho Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Sony own Blu Ray and Apple are not on good terms with Sony. I think think they should do it have the customers and let people decide what they want. i have products from heaps of companies No they don't. Sony owns the Blu-Ray logo, but apart from that they're just a founding member, the total member group includes: Apple Dell HP Hitachi LG Mitsubishi Electric Panasonic Pioneer Philips Samsung Sharp Sony Sun Microsystems TDK Thomson Twentieth Century Fox Walt Disney Warner Bros. No one in that group "owns" Blu-Ray as a format. Sony might have given backhanders to kill off HD DVD, but they would, because that's the kind of company they are. The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francescob Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I honestly don't understand why they haven't, they're already paying the licensing fees for the decoders, and they support the file systems, all they're missing is the DRM. It's not only the DRM there are also menus and all that custom BD-J garbage to support for which they'd have to pay insane amounts of money in royalties. I just hope a Steam-like thing HD movies is released so all those discs can burn in hell, there are 50+GB games I wonder why they can't make a similar download service for movies. BTW VLC and MPC-HD can play blu-rays, but unless the discs are unencrypted you need certificates and other (likely illegal) stuff to read them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted January 8, 2015 Supervisor Share Posted January 8, 2015 VLC is ######, try media player classic there is no media player classic for mac might want to double check what forum you're in Draconian Guppy and John S. 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star56565656 Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Ive decided just to pay for a software. There should be some cheap deals still going.Thanks for you help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 It seems Leawo have a free one. Haven't tried it as I got MacGo's one free on a Giveawayoftheday promo a couple of years ago. MorganX 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganX Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 It seems Leawo have a free one. Haven't tried it as I got MacGo's one free on a Giveawayoftheday promo a couple of years ago. I'm actually going to try this one. I think all of them reuse code or something because aside from the logos, they all look the same, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadEndAccount Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I honestly don't understand why they haven't, they're already paying the licensing fees for the decoders, and they support the file systems, all they're missing is the DRM. Because it requires a host of 'secure subsystems' for 'secure content' to be played - on the balance Apple probably argued that the amount of work required isn't worth it given that the general trend is towards downloadable or on demand content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted January 10, 2015 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2015 Yeah, and OS X has those "secure subsystems" for "secure content", iTunes and Safari make use of it for DRMed content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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