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04-30-2009, 06:22 AM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Is there a blu-ray player out there yet?
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows if a blu-ray player for GNU/Linux systems has been released yet? (or in development)
I know of the copying to hard drive method, but that takes a long time, if you just want to watch a movie!
I don't really mind if it's proprietary software, or if i even have to pay for it, it's just a shame I have reboot into Windows to watch blu-ray, when I can do pretty much everything else under Kubuntu!
I know LinDVD doesn't support it (and their site is really outdated!)
Cheers
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05-01-2009, 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Ian_Hawdon
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows if a blu-ray player for GNU/Linux systems has been released yet? (or in development)
I know of the copying to hard drive method, but that takes a long time, if you just want to watch a movie!
I don't really mind if it's proprietary software, or if i even have to pay for it, it's just a shame I have reboot into Windows to watch blu-ray, when I can do pretty much everything else under Kubuntu!
I know LinDVD doesn't support it (and their site is really outdated!)
Cheers
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30 seconds of googling produced this result.
http://www.recipester.org/Recipe:Pla..._(**19689877**)
Google is your friend. There's loads of other things out there but this was the first solution I found.
cheers,
jdk
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05-01-2009, 05:19 AM
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Registered: Feb 2003
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Originally Posted by jdkaye
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Like I said, I know of the ripping to the hard drive method, that takes time, and you need about 50gig of temporary free space!
I tried Googleing the other day, and only heard a rumour that the Linux version of PowerDVD is supposed to support it, but it's not available for end users... so I ask "what's the point in that then?"
So it seems there is still no blu-ray player that streams from the disc itself?
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