Technology @lemmy.world szlwzl @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

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Is this a shock? If you want to own your media you need to have the raw video. This can be though getting DRM-free media or buying DVDs and blurays. (Be careful of bluray has they are infected with DRM)
- Speaking of, would anyone happen to know where one may buy digital movies/tv shows without DRM? Up to now I've opted to simply buy DVDs/blurays and rip them, but if there's a more straightforward digital option without DRM, I'd be all for that.
  
  Here is a list: https://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/video
  
  Its not long but its something
  
  Thanks! Something's certainly better than nothing!
- get an MakeMKV compatible BluRay drive and you're golden, no need to worry about any crap BluRay DRM with it (at least to my knowledge)
  
  Well you are just passing the responsibility to makemkv. If only I could figure out how to buy a license
  
  makemkv beta (which it has been for god knows how long and will be for what seems like almost forever) is free. There's a new beta key in the forums every time the old one expires (iirc it was a 3 month window)
  
  I know but I would like to support there work
  
  Can confirm, just bought & copied Loki UHD 4k. Disney can cry all the way to the bank.
- coming from the Apple ecosystem yes
  
  Lol apple users are really that stupid.
- FYI: Blurays get their decoding key off the internet. This is why all bluray players were bundled with Netflix and the like to entice you to hookup the player to the internet.
  
  Don't believe me? Get a new bluray player, don't connect it to the internet and try to play your discs.
  
  This just simply isn't accurate. There are often extra features that require an internet connection. And there are also some blu-ray movies that might require some form of internet connection to watch but the vast majority of consumer blu ray movies require no internet connection to watch them.
  
  The first blue ray player I ever had didn't even have wifi or an ethernet port...
  
  I have a bluray player with no internet capability what are you on and can I have some
  
  I've never owned a dedicated Blu-ray player but I've been watching them on my Xbox for years and this got me curious so I disconnected it from the Internet and grabbed a few discs to test.
  
  American History X, Mad Max Fury Road, and John Wick 3 with Blu-ray package release dates of 2009, 2015, and 2020, respectively. All three Blu-rays play just fine with no Internet connection. Unfortunately I don't have anything newer to see if this is a more recent change.
  
  Back when I actually used a Blu-Ray player, it did take an update to play certain discs.
  
  I don't bother with them anymore. DVD is sufficient quality and rips to files easily for low-profile additions to my library
  
  DVD is sufficient quality
  
  Delusional. Also DVD has region locks as well.
  
  It really is. I have a ton of movies even lower res than DVD, like 480x272 (because way back in 2008 I wanted to be able to play them on my PSP which couldn't handle anything bigger...) and they're perfectly watchable. But of course I grew up on broadcast TV and VHS, it's all uphill from there.
  
  Yeah. Literally just watched "The Terminator" - which I legally bought on DVD and ripped - on a 65" OLED TV streamed from my Plex instance and it was perfectly fine. I do watch higher-res stuff but honestly at couch-distance DVD quality is enough.
  
  As for region locks, my ripping software and drive couldn't give two shits about that.
  
  Yes, exactly. I'll notice the quality difference if I'm standing 3 feet away from the screen, but that's not how I watch movies.
  
  My blu-ray player has never been connected to the internet and works just fine.
  
  I've never hooked a bluray player to the internet. The last time I had a bluray player bluray was new and the player only supported a physical connection. I had to connect it to the internet to update it before it would play media.
  
  Now I just use the bluray reader in my server/computer to rip the media to jellyfin
  
  A few people have brought up their ability to play newer discs - what are the odds that some Blu-Rays may contain updates bundled in?

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