Comment on Blu-ray players will soon be almost gone: Here's what to do
__nobodynowhere@startrek.website 5 days ago
I don’t own a Blu-ray player, but I do own a Blu-ray drive with flashed firmware for ripping Blu-rays
Comment on Blu-ray players will soon be almost gone: Here's what to do
__nobodynowhere@startrek.website 5 days ago
I don’t own a Blu-ray player, but I do own a Blu-ray drive with flashed firmware for ripping Blu-rays
Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
You had to flash the drive firmware to rip blue-rays?
__nobodynowhere@startrek.website 5 days ago
The firmware allows you to completely bypass the DRM scheme. You can definitely rip HD Blu-rays without it, but 4K UHD Blu-rays have an updated DRM scheme and you can’t (or couldn’t at the time I bought the drive) rip those without modified firmware.
Additionally, the ripping process is quicker with the modified firmware.