Are there any good legit Blu-ray playback programs for the Mac?

[neo_X7]

So I got a new Mac and I want to be able to watch movies on the great display. It's 2013 and I don't buy stand def anymore.

 

[Rot]

Shouldn't VLC play everything?

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

xROTx

 

[neo_X7]

Idk I am new to the Mac. I knew that there where some Mac lovers on this forum so I figured that this would be the best place to ask.

 

[Rot]

Idk I am new to the Mac. I knew that there where some Mac lovers on this forum so I figured that this would be the best place to ask.

VLC is the best freeware player on the nets... it plays almost EVERYTHING.... I'd try that first pal... because tbh... it's never failed for me...

xROTx

 

[neo_X7]

Thanks, I have only had it a week and I love it so far. I am just looking for a playback program not something to rip burn etc. If anybody else can recommend any programs of any kind I would be appreciative.

 

[brentsg]

I just rip them and host from a server.

 

[Craig]

it came with a bd drive, but no way to play blu rays???

 

[Rot]

it came with a bd drive, but no way to play blu rays???

Yeah... OS X is shit... comes with the Apple DVD player.... that plays absolutely nothing and has less features than a midgets ass...

Apple want you to pay for EVERYTHING... i'm surprised they don't charge you for opening the box the Mac comes in... $20usd per minute... OPEN THAT FOOKER FAST!

xROTx

 

[brentsg]

it came with a bd drive, but no way to play blu rays???

No Mac comes with a Blu-ray drive.

Apple sells digital content and is centered on digital media, not physical disks. They've nearly completed moving away from disks entirely. OP is simply wanting to use an external Blu-ray reader with a Mac, I think. That puts you in the realm of 3rd party apps.

 

[Craig]

wow, that sounds farking awful...
Thanks for the info gents.

 

[cdamm]

OP is simply wanting to use an external Blu-ray reader with a Mac, I think. That puts you in the realm of 3rd party apps.

thats what i think too.

and Rot is right. VLC is the best one to use.

 

[bloodhokuto]

I use MakeMKV to rip my Blu Rays, then I watch the MKV files via VLC or XBMC.

MakeMKV is free - kinda, it seems perpetually in beta and you get updated keys - you can buy it, but I'm not sure why when its been free forever on this basis. It does get updated and I have only had 1 BluRay that I couldn't rip.

http://www.makemkv.com/

http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053 <- The key code is updated here.

There are some programs out there on the Mac that allow you to play BluRays from the disc, but I've never tried them.

I'm pretty much sure you can burn to blu ray too on the Mac if you wanted.

 

[Borman]

VLC works perfectly for playing Blurays in OSX. I dont use it often, but it does the job on the occasion I need it to.

 

[Kristian Meller]

VLC, somehow, doesn't work for me. I use a program called "Free Mac Blu-ray Player", which does the trick for me.

 

[Kristian Meller]

http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053 <- The key code is updated here.

Fuck me! I had no idea about this. I love MakeMKV but hate the fact that the fucker runs out. No fucking way I'll pay €30 for a simple program like that.

I've even been able to convert an HD DVD to Blu-ray using MakeMKV and some Windows software. Pretty neat stuff.

 

[fake]

Yeah... OS X is shit... comes with the Apple DVD player.... that plays absolutely nothing and has less features than a midgets ass...

Yeah, they ship an OS that doesn't support hardware that's not included in any of their machines. Total shit. I mean, they're so lazy to not include a Blu-Ray codec. The licensing fee would be less than $25 per machine for Apple. It's so dumb that they don't just add another $25 to their machines' prices so that we can watch Blu-Rays on our machines that don't have Blu-Ray drives.

 

[Xian Xi]

Yeah, they ship an OS that doesn't support hardware that's not included in any of their machines. Total shit. I mean, they're so lazy to not include a Blu-Ray codec. The licensing fee would be less than $25 per machine for Apple. It's so dumb that they don't just add another $25 to their machines' prices so that we can watch Blu-Rays on our machines that don't have Blu-Ray drives.

I bought a Mini with no optical drive for a reason. If I want to use discs I'll use my PS3. I'm not paying more money for something I'm not gonna use.

 

[Kristian Meller]

I did the exact opposite because I wanted a Mini with an optical drive Had to hurry to find one once the new drive-less models were announced.