I'm interested in that too. I don't want to rip media, I want to burn large backups of NEF raw files to the burner and watch packaged media via Quicktime/iDVD or whatever...
Originally Posted by Sam Posten ">[/url]
I'm interested in that too. I don't want to rip media, I want to burn large backups of NEF raw files to the burner and watch packaged media via Quicktime/iDVD or whatever...[/QUOTE]There is nothing stopping you from burning BD media with an external burner right now. Toast is one program I know of that supports it.
To watch commercial BDs, you need to rip them to disk first, using MakeMKV see:
[url=http://www.makemkv.com/aboutmkv/]www.makemkv.com/aboutmkv/
[/url]For playback, use Plex:
[url=http://www.plexapp.com/]www.plexapp.com/[/url]
It is my understanding that "problem" BDs do crop up, but it is also my understanding that they are just as likely to not to play smoothly on a fully sanctioned Windows software/hardware combo: part of that "world of hurt" that Steve Jobs spoke about. Indeed if I had to make a wild guess as to why Apple pulled the rumored BD drive from the 27" iMac my top guess is that they didn't want to help an iTunes competitor. But close behind is El Jobso popping in a Pixar BD in the test iMac and having the playback choke on him and ordering the the hardware be pulled.
Cmon Ted, lets be reasonable. Ripping a BD in order to watch it later is a hell of a lot different than having a library of hundreds of BDs and being able to to watch any of them at a moments notice... Again, does it pass the "Mom test"?Originally Posted by Ted Todorov
To watch commercial BDs, you need to rip them to disk first, using MakeMKV see:
www.makemkv.com/download/
www.makemkv.com/aboutmkv/
Ron: You can't possibly keep that many applications on your Dock, can you? I guess that exceeds my maximum by a bit, which is probably 20 or 25.Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
I feel the need to again sing the praises of this new i7 iMac.