Ever wondered about using BluRay on macOS? Yeah, me too. So, I stumbled upon this oddball BluRay drive that's trying to be everything at once DVD writer, USB hub, Card Reader. Figured it'd be interesting to see how it fares, especially since Apple and Microsoft aren't too keen on supporting BluRay movie playback directly. Let's dive into what turned out to be quite the journey.

0:00 Intro
1:08 BluRay is convoluted
2:19 Supported codecs
2:51 Umbrella format
4:07 macOS and understanding Blu Ray movies
5:01 Tutorial: How to play BluRay movies in macOS
7:45 Travel Break
8:34 Weird Blu Ray Drive
10:28 USB 3.0 is a lie
11:03 Testing out media formats
12:12 Benchmarking USB 3.0
13:04 Dumb Experiments
14:27 A word about cheap Blu Ray drives
15:52 The Oregon Trail

What's in This Video?
The Weirdballs Device: A BluRay drive that's also a DVDRW, USB hub, and SD card reader, all for $56.
Road Trip: Decided to test this thing out while hitting spots on the Oregon Trail.
Mac Playback Tutorial: Getting BluRay movies to run on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, and yes, it's a bit of a process.
The World of Codecs: Quick chat about why BluRay offers better picture quality.
BluRay Explained: Breaking down the different types of BluRay discs out there.
Testing Time: Throwing everything but the kitchen sink at this drive, including PS3 games and a PowerMac G4, because why not?


Fun fact: The export of this video to ProRes 422 was 40 GB, and uploaded it directly to YouTube.


Links

Tutorial:
https://blog.greggant.com/posts/2024/...

Sources:
https://aacsla.com/whatisaacs/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance...
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