General Discussion - Playing/playback/watching Blu-ray movies with VLC Media Play tutubebe99 - Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:05 pm Post subject: Playing/playback/watching Blu-ray movies with VLC Media Play
Playing/playback/watching Blu-ray movies with VLC Media Player
Playing Blu-ray movies on Mac is not as easy as on a Windows PC, because there is no Blu-ray playing software developed for Mac like the Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 designed for Windows. As we all know, Blu-ray discs storage movie files in the form of M2TS streams, and VLC Media Player for Mac is able to play such a kind of file type, that is to say, to play Blu-ray movies with VLC Media Player for Mac, you just need remove copy protections embedded in the commercial BD movies. With Pavtube Blu-ray to VLC Media Player for Mac, you can easily achieve this goal. It can not only decrypt BD encryptions, but also convert the Blu-ray M2TS files into a wide range of media formats, like MKV, MOV, WMV, AVI, etc. The following guide will elaborate the steps of how to use the Mac VLC Media Player Converter to realize playing Blu-ray movies with VLC Media Player for Mac.
Step-by-step instruction:
How to play Blu-ray/DVD movies with VLC Media Player for Mac?
Step 1: Free download Pavtube Blu-ray Playback for Macsoftware, install and run it
Once run the Mac Bluray DVD Playback, click “BD/DVD Folder” to load Blu-ray movie files from the external BD drive that connected with your Mac computer.
Step 2: Remove Blu-ray copy protections
There are two ways to get unprotected M2TS files.
Solution 1: Using “Directly Copy” to get m2ts files.
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format”, and then follow “Copy”> “Directly Copy”.
Solution 2: Using “Full Disk Copy” to remain Blu-ray originals, including m2ts streams, commentary, trailers and more.
Once the Blu-ray movie files are loaded via “BD/DVD Folder”, please click “Full Disk Copy” icon, and then click “Start” button to begin copying the entire Blu-ray disc.
By the way, if you have quite a slower Mac, VLC player may not play the m2ts smoothly, in that case, we suggest you to convert Blu-ray to other video format that is supported well by VLC player. Just click on the pull down menu of “Format” to select a suitable format from the multiple output format presets.
Step 3: Click “Convert” button to remove Blu-ray copy protections
If you are using “Directly Copy” function, please do remember clicking the big button “Convert” to start removing Blu-ray copy protections for playing Blu-ray DVD movies with Blu-ray DVD Playback for Mac tool.
When the copying task is finished by Pavtube Mac Blu-ray Playbacktool, you can click “Open” button at the bottom of the main interface to get the ripped output Blu-ray files with ease. Now just open the ripped BD files with VLC Media Player for enjoyment.
PS3 is more than a game console and Blu-ray Disc player. It could play high-def videos from external devices, such as Video iPod, Sony Memory Stick, CF Card, SD Card, Mini SD Card, Hard Disk and USB Flash Drive. So you can backup your beloved Blu-ray Disc to HDD and play Blu-ray movies from media server instead of original Blu-ray Discs. In this way the fragile Blu-ray Discs are protected from scratches and you do not have to hunt for the one you want in dozens of BDs and DVDs.
Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper software helps to bypass AACS and BD+ protections and crack blu-ray region code restrictions, rip the blu-ray movie to compatible-videos to play on PS3. The best part of is, the updatedBlu-ray Ripper software enable you to take advantage of NVIDIA’s GPU acceleration to improve the ripping speed to 3-4 times faster. Find a detailed guide of ripping Blu-ray to 1080p H.264/AAC MP4 file on an 1GHz Dual Core desktop for streaming to PS3 below.
In order to rip Blu-ray to PS3, please make sure you have these tools: PC running Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 with a NVIDIA CUDA ready graphics card; an BD drive for reading Blu-ray contents from BD; and Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper (click to download a trial)
Detailed guide: How to stream Blu-ray movies to PS3 at fastest speed?
Step 1: Run Pavtube Blu-ray to PS3 Converter
and load BD files to it,You can click “BD/DVD ROM” or “BD/DVD Folder” to load Blu-ray movie files into the app. When movie is loaded, check if the CUDA button is activated.
Step 2: Select H.264 HD output format for PS3
Click on the drop-down list at the opposite side of “Format”, and then choose “HD Video” > “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)”. The format generates 1080p HD MP4 video with AAC 5.1 audio for PS3 playback. To cut down file size, click “Settings” and set bitrate to “4000” or below.
Step 3: Start ripping Blu-ray to PS3 supported H.264 HD MP4 at 1080p
Click “Convert” button to rip Blu-ray to PS3, once the ripping task is finished by Pavtube Blu-ray to PS3 Converter, you can click “Open” button at the bottom of the main interface to get the output MP4 files for PS3, and to stream Blu-ray movies to PS3.
Tips:See how much CUDA has fastened Blu-ray ripping speed on my slow desktop
1. Ripping Blu-ray Alice In Wonderland with CUDA ON:
Ripping time- 3 hours and 8 minutes
Generated file size- 7.07GB
2. Ripping Blu-ray Alice In Wonderland with CUDA OFF:
Ripping time- 12 hours and 5 minutes
Generated file size- 7.05GB
By implying CUDA acceleration the Blu-ray ripping speed is 3.87 times faster than that CUDA is disabled. The acceleration rate may be different based on the computer you use for BD to PS3 conversion. You can try the Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper software and compare by yourself. Learn more information about CUDA acceleration as you like.
Types of files that can be played by PS3
Memory Stick Video Format
- MPEG-4 SP (AAC LC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile （AAC LC）
- MPEG-2 TS（H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, AAC LC）
MP4 file format
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (AAC LC)
MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2)
MPEG-2 PS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, AC3(Dolby Digital), LPCM)
MPEG-2 TS（MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AC3（Dolby Digital）, AAC LC）
MPEG-2 TS（H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, AAC LC）
AVI
- Motion JPEG (Linear PCM)
- Motion JPEG (μ-Law)
AVCHD （.m2ts / .mts）
DivX
WMV
- VC-1（WMA Standard V2）
