Every Reason Not To Buy This, Ever.

[Jimmi G지지지]

Every Reason Not To Buy This, Ever.

There is better software for free. Better.


That's every reason to not buy this. I'll tell you what you need instead, for free.

To play your videos or audio, simply

Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC)
Get it with K-Lite Codec Pack http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
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Get it with CCC Pack http://www.cccp-project.net/

Alternatively many love VLC
Get it here https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

If you want to catalogue your video (and audio) library

Get Plex* here https://plex.tv/
*Note Plex is free but you can pay for extra features
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Get Kodi (formerly XBMC) here http://kodi.tv/about/

If you want a solid photo viewer (particularly RAW format)

Get IrfanView here http://www.irfanview.com/

Cyberlink said something about a cloud

Google Drive is here https://drive.google.com/
15GB Free Storage
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Microsoft OneDrive is here https://onedrive.live.com/
15GB Free Storage
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Dropbox is here https://www.dropbox.com/
2GB Free Storage and up to 16GB Free.

Think about giving up Blu-Ray and use alternatives

Use Google Play https://play.google.com/store/movies. Most of all the HD content can stream in 720p and 1080p now.
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Use iTunes https://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/movies/. View in 1080p.
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Use Amazon Instant Video http://www.amazon.com/Instant-Video/b?node=2858778011. Some content is begining to stream in 4K.

Not to mention all the subscription based streaming services.

If you want to watch Blu-Rays

It's more tricky but you can use VLC and Handbrake to do this. A good guide for this here http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/387352,how-to-dvd-and-blu-ray-ripping.aspx
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MakeMKV can rip it, but I'm unsure about the quality. It is here www.makemkv.com/*
*For some reason it might not load correctly. Just google MakeMKV.
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I knew someone who used DAPlayer* to stream blu-ray, but I never used it myself. You can find it here http://daplayer.en.softonic.com.
*It may not play blu-rays that have encryption.

If Cyberlink does anything else, besides waste your money, let me know and I'll find you a free alternative.

[frog]

I have yet to find a media player aside from cyberlink that plays 3D bluray + converts a wide variety of video and pictures from 2D to 3D.. including standard youtube videos. That in itself is why I would gladly spend the $ on powerdvd.

[Baker]

引用自 frog：

I have yet to find a media player aside from cyberlink that plays 3D bluray + converts a wide variety of video and pictures from 2D to 3D.. including standard youtube videos. That in itself is why I would gladly spend the $ on powerdvd.

yeah, this is the main reason I use it too, for 3d
I also use for watching TV recorded with win7 media centre on my win8 machine.

[Cantdoublejump]

really you just saying install 20 different software programs to achieve what one program does??

[JohannZA]

I would be willing to pay €20 to €30 for this software. Which seems a reasonable price (in my opinion).

Honestly, I can see this software having value and could imagine using it on a regular basis. But a hundred Euro, or even fifty Euro, seems too much considering I would still need to buy the Blu-Ray drive.

[MadDoggyca]

引用自 Johann：

I would be willing to pay €20 to €30 for this software. Which seems a reasonable price (in my opinion).

Honestly, I can see this software having value and could imagine using it on a regular basis. But a hundred Euro, or even fifty Euro, seems too much considering I would still need to buy the Blu-Ray drive.

buy the bue-ray drive and get the software bundled for free

[JohannZA]

I wonder if they'd be willing to provide a Steam key to someone who's registered the software bought elsewhere.

Has anyone tried?

引用自 MadDoggyca：

引用自 Johann：

I would be willing to pay €20 to €30 for this software. Which seems a reasonable price (in my opinion).

Honestly, I can see this software having value and could imagine using it on a regular basis. But a hundred Euro, or even fifty Euro, seems too much considering I would still need to buy the Blu-Ray drive.

buy the bue-ray drive and get the software bundled for free

In my experience, there is no guarantee that you'll get the full software, or indeed any software at all, when buying an optical drive for your PC. I do get your drift though.

[MadDoggyca]

引用自 Johann：

I wonder if they'd be willing to provide a Steam key to someone who's registered the software bought elsewhere.

Has anyone tried?

引用自 MadDoggyca：

buy the bue-ray drive and get the software bundled for free

In my experience, there is no guarantee that you'll get the full software, or indeed any software at all, when buying an optical drive for your PC. I do get your drift though.

useally on the box, ad, etc it will tell ya if software and what type is bundled...

only time u dont get software with a drive if u buy a OEM drive.

[JohannZA]

引用自 MadDoggyca：

引用自 Johann：

I wonder if they'd be willing to provide a Steam key to someone who's registered the software bought elsewhere.

Has anyone tried?



In my experience, there is no guarantee that you'll get the full software, or indeed any software at all, when buying an optical drive for your PC. I do get your drift though.

useally on the box, ad, etc it will tell ya if software and what type is bundled...

only time u dont get software with a drive if u buy a OEM drive.

Yes, that's true.

Still, I'd very much like to get the Steam version. But certainly not at the price they have it listed for.

[MadDoggyca]

引用自 Johann：

引用自 MadDoggyca：

useally on the box, ad, etc it will tell ya if software and what type is bundled...

only time u dont get software with a drive if u buy a OEM drive.

Yes, that's true.

Still, I'd very much like to get the Steam version. But certainly not at the price they have it listed for.

wait for the major sale then

[My1]

引用自 ghml：

引用自 Sam：

There is nothing illegal with reverse engineering technology

Actually, reverge engineering is against the Terms of Use of Blu-Ray Disc format, with can be enforced by law since it is a copyright patent.

http://www.blu-raydisc.info/

That's the exact reason why VLC doesn't natively play encrypted Blu-Ray Discs. To not make the software illegal.

not in europe. also VLC states that according to french law (where they are based) opening DVDs the way they do is not illegal, also the CSS standard is just broken and weak.

@MadDoggyca sadly an OEM drive without extra software was until now the only option for a 9.5mm laptop BD Drive.

[Ishayu]

引用自 zero suit fox~：

no ones forceing you to buy it you know that right?

Wish you were right about this. I just went out looking for a BluRay USB drive because I needed it to install a game which, for some reason, had come on a BluRay.

It was impossible for me to get a drive for under 900kr. This was even the case online, because the truth is that BluRay USB players usually aren't that useful without software to play it.

I burrowed a friend's Harry Potter collection to test out my new drive with movies, assuming it would just work, and here is the result:

Unfortunately, I own a Mac, so I'm just screwed. Went on Windows to install this and jesus ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ christ it's bad. The image quality is awful because it's a retina screen and the program doesn't scale right, and before I could even watch the video I had to go online and download an update because of AACS. It was a massive, massive pain to even find out I had this software. Usually these driver DVD's have nothing useful, but here I eventually found out why all these USB players were so expensive: They all come bundled with this ♥♥♥♥. In my case, PowerDVD 12.

BluRay isn't losing to streaming, it's losing to its own DRM. It's just inconvenient and difficult to use. I've never heard anyone recommend to me to buy a BluRay, and now I know why.

[My1]

well there is a bluray player software for mac. and it's also available for windows AND it's a LOT cheaper than powerdvd especially when that thing goes on sale.
december 2014 they gave out a free year of usage, followed by a sale later where I shot this thing for 27 Euros or so.

sadly it seems to have a problem with a few blurays but then I have my PS4

[AwesamLinux]

引用自 frog：

I have yet to find a media player aside from cyberlink that plays 3D bluray + converts a wide variety of video and pictures from 2D to 3D.. including standard youtube videos. That in itself is why I would gladly spend the $ on powerdvd.

WinDVD Pro 11 is fully licensed, can play 3D blu-ray and convert 2D to 3D video. It is not however a general purpose media center like what PowerDVD is nowadays, but that is a very good thing in my opinion. I already have other software that I use for displaying pictures and playing music.

I hate the bloated mess that PowerDVD has become (and ugh the Metro like interface is ugly), so if I need full Blu-ray support for now I'm sticking with WinDVD Pro.

[JAIR BOLSONARO]

NO free software play blu rays.

[Botan]

引用自 -SoL-YuriBrazilU2：

NO free software play blu rays.

Lewl this thread still going on.
There this free piece of software if you don't care about blu ray menus (Leawo blu ray player)
I'm just waiting for my blu ray drive to arrive at my place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVtI8cnNXdo