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Offline jer1956

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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2013, 08:11:46 PM »
"AV connectivity" doesn't sound like a universal  standard. It looks like something USB devices are explictly designed to  support.  There is no such function in a Med. 
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2013, 07:13:11 PM »
I have a LG BluRay Writer in an external chasis connected via USB to my 450X2 and it plays whatever I throw at it...  Original BluRays included, can't see why the 600/800/1000 wouldn't support it
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2013, 11:21:39 AM »
ooooo thats great news!  ;D Which Writer do you have???

That's what I want, a portable Bluray Writer that can be connected to my Mac or to my TV and Mede8er 800 3d...

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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2013, 03:16:05 PM »
Quote from: Mik3R on November 11, 2013, 11:21:39 AM
ooooo thats great news!  ;D Which Writer do you have???

That's what I want, a portable Bluray Writer that can be connected to my Mac or to my TV and Mede8er 800 3d...

Some off the shelf LG, nothing fancy...  Get a 5.25" external chassis for it and you're good to go...
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2013, 02:57:52 PM »
I got that samsung Bluray writer... didnt try with a BD yet cause I dont have one, but I tried a DVD disc and Mede8er recognises the disc (a new DVD icon appears next to the HD, USB and NFS), and when I select it, Med asks me if I want to play or open. If I select play, the screen turns black... no audio or video (with homemade dvd video). But if I stop and play again, Med asks me if I want to resume... With commercial dvd's says it cant play the files... unauthorised or something. What do you guys think this is? Mt Bluray is set to Region 2. Commercial DVD's are Region 2 too, but odd thing it doesnt play homemade dvd discs... If it plays ISO DVD's, should play Folder DVD's too...
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2013, 04:19:01 PM »
No where is a model number mentioned.

riaanstrydomza  descriptions makes it sounds like it's PC drive in an external  chassis, not just any LG USB BD writer.


Your description matches what we said should  happen as there is no support for retail disks in the player.

googling shows there are drives which  emulate USB hard drives. So  they  work without explicit USB optical drive drivers.   no  where does anything mention playing retail disk without the need for external decryption. That is such  a big seller it would be everywhere...but there is no mention of  it.   
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2013, 04:57:45 PM »
Exactly... equals to any ordinary usb external writer...

And how do you explain the homemade dvd discs arent watchable?


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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #22 on: November 19, 2013, 05:19:55 PM »
No...the hard drive emulation is a recent phenomenon.  It was created so  that you  could use optical  drives with Smart TV which only have drivers for hard drives or flash drives.   USB is not plug'n'play on such devices, as with media players. They have explicit inbuilt drivers for a handful of devices.  

I still have found no google reference to playing retail optical disk this  way without the decrption code being in the  host.  It would be in huge words on all references to  such player if it existed.   If it's in small  words in the readable disk list..then  the assumption is decryption is external using something like PowerDVD.  PowerDVD often appears as an app on Smart TV's.
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2013, 05:25:51 PM »
But Jer, Mede8er recognises the USB BD Writer as a DVD player... so it should be able to play a dvd disc, right?

Sorry about all these questions but I'm really confused about all this....
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #24 on: November 19, 2013, 05:37:53 PM »
Have to  tested the iso on a hard drive?  We need to  identify if the issue is in the media or because it's on the DVD drive.
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #25 on: November 19, 2013, 05:55:24 PM »
No, I havent.

Does it work???

Can Mede8er read VOB files? Cause in the tech specs says it can... but I tried and says unsupported...

That's what confuses me the most... If it reads the DVD, should play the DVD. Or even the VOB (at least the homemade VOB).

Right?
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2013, 07:27:36 PM »
It will play a DVD.iso..they thing you have to create to burn on a recordable DVD.
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #27 on: November 20, 2013, 10:42:30 AM »
OK, tested it again and it plays home made VOB's but cant read VIDEO_TS folder. But when I insert a commercial DVD, the message "cant play encrypted content" (or something like that) shows.

About USB BD Writer HD emulation, there's a trigger for the player to becomes one (press button for 3 secs) and unless I set the trigger, it's a regular computer BD/DVD/CD Writer/Player.

I'm trying to get a commercial Bluray disc to test on it... But I have no hope. I'll test it and post it here for future reference.

Guess I got stuck with a BD writer I dont need lol
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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #28 on: November 20, 2013, 05:45:04 PM »
Quote from: Mik3R on November 20, 2013, 10:42:30 AM
OK, tested it again and it plays home made VOB's but cant read VIDEO_TS folder. But when I insert a commercial DVD, the message "cant play encrypted content" (or something like that) shows.

About USB BD Writer HD emulation, there's a trigger for the player to becomes one (press button for 3 secs) and unless I set the trigger, it's a regular computer BD/DVD/CD Writer/Player.

I'm trying to get a commercial Bluray disc to test on it... But I have no hope. I'll test it and post it here for future reference.

Guess I got stuck with a BD writer I dont need lol

I have an LG BD writer installed in my HT PC. I shared it on the network and added as a shortcut in the Mede8er. It plays all commercial disks via the network. I assume Windows is dealing with the encryption.


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Re: BluRay Player
« Reply #29 on: November 20, 2013, 06:18:00 PM »
Quote from: francoisZA on November 20, 2013, 05:45:04 PM
I have an LG BD writer installed in my HT PC. I shared it on the network and added as a shortcut in the Mede8er. It plays all commercial disks via the network. I assume Windows is dealing with the encryption.


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You can  do  that with any player. It doesn't need HD emulation.
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