Mac OS X Lion & Blue-Ray

Is there any information whether Blue-Ray movies will playback at the forthcoming Mac OS Lion?
Because, believe me, I hate to find more reasons to turn my computer to Windows.

Virtualization, such as VMware Fusion or Parallels, doesn't
work because they do not support the "protected" video
path that is required by the Bluray spec. They employ
a virtualization of the video card and not access it directly.
You can however, install windows in a bootcamp partition
and install the player programs there, but this will require
leaving the MacOS.
There are other methods to get playback of the movies
themselves in OSX, but depending on country, the are
technically illegal, and therefor can't be discussed here.

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macs or mac mini work with blu ray external drives (BURNERS) even XL DISC CAPACITIES like 128GB?

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2881

When Mac OS will support blu-ray?

Looks like Apple is more concerned with multi-touch gestures than adding a simple feature - playing blu-ray disks on external drives. I am surprised that even an upcoming Mac OS Lion doesn't mention that. I guess I still have to use Windows PC as my media computer.

maybe they will. Here are 2 programs ont he Apple website (UK) which state:
'Copy CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs' & "Burn media files onto CD, DVD, Blu-ray discs"
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H4879ZM/A?fnode=NDQ4OTY4OA&mco=MTM3NDgyMzM £85.00
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H4880ZM/A?fnode=NDQ5MDg0MA&mco=MTM3NDgyMDI £125.00
If Mac can't burn to blu-ray then why promote and sell software that will let you do it?

Mac Pro 2008 Install Blu-Ray Internal ODD Port?

Hello everything together I has the LG GGW h 20 L Blu Ray and would like the burner to internal port to attach, but that unfortunately cannot be done. Toast detects the burner however it can only CDs and DVDs burning and no Blu-Ray, I have myself an PCI x Card bought with the SIL 3132 chip record, but
this does not want to function so correctly. What can I make? Greeting
from Frankfurt
My System Mac Pro 2008 2x2,8 2 TB HD end 16 GB Ram

The PCI card might be causing your issues. There are 2 SATA ports on the Mac Pro's motherboard that you can attach the drive to, but it can be tricky trying to reach them. Also, make sure you have the latest version of Toast. The minimum requirement is version 8, but version 9 is recommended.

Do mac mini 2014 support blue ray

I have a Super slim usb2.0 slot-in dvdrw. the seller tell that it support blue ray but I can not see it in my mac mini.Can somebody help?

What is the exact model number an manufacturer of the drive?
If the drive itself is functional, a Bluray disk should at least mount
and be visible in the finder.
Of course, as IIIaass has pointed out, you will need to purchase
player software to view the movies. In addition, when it comes to
playing BluRay movies, some USB 2 drives work and others don't
depending on the software.

Bought Mac Pro in San Francisco and I'm now located in remote area in China. Need to know does a Mac Pro 15 play Blue Ray Disc from History Channel. My unit rejects them.

Bought a Mac Pro 15 in San Francisco, but I'm now located in a remote area of China. I would like to know if the Mac Pro 15 can play a commercially produced Blue Ray disc from the History Channel. My unit rejects them. Other disc by Pixar, Disney which are not designated Blue Ray work. I was told when I bought the Mac Pro it play

No they don't unless You buy an external BD-burner with Playback program (if they ever exist).
As it looks like Apple is leaving the DVD disk format too so Blu-Ray is not on the list as I read Mac Worlds and alike.
I use a PlayStation 3 - and it works very well.
Yours Bengt W

Does the Mac book pro take blue ray DVDs?

Does the MacBook Pro 13" have blue ray capabilities?

No.
You can buy an external drive, it will work for data only.
Movie playback requires you to buy software.

Stream Blu-ray to Apple TVs/iPads/iPhones with iTunes on Mac

Mac solution: Backup DVD/BD disc to iTunes for Apple TV 3/iPad Air/iPhone 5S
Description: Want to rip DVD/Blu-ray discs movies to iTunes supported formats for all Apple TVs, iPads, iPhones? Some of you may have not figured out a proper way to convert DVD/Blu-ray to iTunes on Mac. Simply follow this article to import DVD/Blu-ray movies
to iTunes.
Good news for Mac users! Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac 3.7.0 is released!
"I want to put my library of disks in iTunes. I searched "best BD Ripper Mac Review" on google and choose Pavtube for its better reviews. When I used it for a while, I really appreciate its much more intuitive interface than CloneDVD2 which I
used before. Until now, it always works well to rip my discs for my Apple TV 3."
This is one of the customers that tell us how he uses Pavtube to rip his library discs. However, to some whom not familiar with Pavtube, do you want to rip DVD/Blu-ray discs movies to iTunes supported formats for Apple TV, iPad, iPhone? Do you want to figure
out a proper way to convert DVD/Blu-ray to iTunes on Mac as well? If so, please read on and it will be an easy to make it possible with the help of Pavtube.
What Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac can help you
Backup Blu-ray and DVD movies on Mac.
Make 1:1 copy of Blu-ray/DVD movies.
Convert discs to MP4, M4V, MOV, AVI, MKV files for Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, iTunes,
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Editing videos with simply usage.
PS. Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac also has windows version: Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper (Guide).
How to Convert DVD and Blu-ray discs to iTunes for Apple TV 3, iPad Air, iPhone 5S
Step 1. Load Blu-ray/DVD movies.
Download the program, and then click "Load file" icon to load the Blu-ray and DVD movies to your program. (If the files are blu-ray, you need a Blu-ray drive first.)
Step 2. Select output format.
Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac has a number of presets for Apple TV, iPad and iPhone. Just choose the suitable format.
For Apple TV 3:
For iPad Air:
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@Chris:
I was just referring to the visual graphics (you know, the fireworks, stars and other stuff that reminds me of the 70's....) that you can play on the screen when iTunes is playing music?
I noticed that these effects are not just randomly chosen, they are in fact synchronized to the beat and intensity
of the music, and that struck me as rather cool......

My mac mini will not read a blue ray dvd, how can I fix this?

What can I do to make mac mini play a blue ray disc ?

Hi
There is NO Mac till yet that has a Blu-Ray player. And the difference between DVD and Blu-Ray are enormous
DVD has a red laser and can only read 4,7Gb SL or about double on DL DVDs.
Blu-Ray has a blue laser and can store in between 25 to 50Gb.
You need a Blu-Ray player - I bought a PlayStation 3 as this is a very good BD-player as well as Game consol.
(No I've no good (fun) games to it - it's just my digital/BD-player)
BTW - No as far as I know of - the miniMac can not be up-graded with a Blu-Ray Player - Any one that knows better
please correct me.
Yours Bengt W

Blu-ray future Mac Book Pro

Hi,
Am just preparing to move from powerbook 17' to a new 17' mac book pro. (key use TV Productions) However my question is should I wait until blu-ray drive availble for it? Does anyone know anything about this as an imminent development or timeframe?
Also can you use ram from powerbook (i have 2gb) in a new macbook pro?
Many thanks
Johnny

As the above poster said speculations are not welcome in these forums however this was announced on March 10th:
The Blu-ray Disc Association announced today that Apple has become a member of the consortium's Board of Directors.
"Apple is pleased to join the Blu-ray Disc Association board as part of our efforts to drive consumer adoption of HD," said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. "Consumers are already creating stunning HD content with Apple’s leading video editing applications like iMovie HD and are anxiously awaiting a way to burn their own high def DVDs."
Blu-ray is a next-generation optical disc format being developed for High Definition video and high-capacity software applications. A Blu-ray disc will be able to hold up to 50GB of data (double layer).
During the MacWorld Expo SF Keynote speech Steve Jobs described 2005 as "the year of High Definition Video" and introduced HD video support into iMovie and Final Cut Express. Sony also demonstrated a HD Video camera at the keynote speech. The missing link has been the consumer's ability to export HD video off their Mac. It appears Blu-ray will be the technology and we can expect iDVD and burning support in the future.

Export to Blu Ray Folder Adobe Elements 10 MAC

I´m trying Adobe Premiere Elements 10 for "MAC",
i haven´t Blu-Ray Burner in MAC.
When i try to Export a Proyect to Blu-Ray only have
Option to Write Directly to Blu-Ray Disc (i want to
export to Folder for after copy and go to my PC
which have a Blu-Ray Writer.
I don´t undestand because i can export to DVD Folder
and not to Blu-ray Folder.
I have asked to one friend that have Adobe Premiere/Encore
and he can to Export to Blu Ray Folder.
How i can to Export to Blu Ray Folder?
I need some Fix or Update?
Thanks

Welcome to the forum.
Other programs can be used to do what you want, either from inside PrE, or in a stand-alone.
Now, I do not know what might/might not be available for Mac, and some searching might be required, but users have recommended Phantom Drive, and another utility, with a similar name, that eludes me this AM. Those utilities basically tell PrE that a folder on the HDD is really a BD burner, and then PrE just goes about burning to that, thinking that it is burning to a BD burner. I am sure that something like that exists for the Mac.
Good luck,
Hunt

Creating a HDTV disk playable on Blu-Ray player - possible?

I want to distribute movies created in iMovie and exported in Quicktime HD (.MOV) format by burning them onto a Blu-Ray disk suitable for viewing the video on standard Blu-Ray disk players like my LG BD270 Blu-Ray player to view them on HDTV. I purchased and setup an ASUS Blu-Ray writer, which my iMac (Mavericks OS) recognizes. I'm using Aiseesoft's Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac to convert the .MOV file to a file format suitable for viewing on a Blu-Ray disk. I've tried two file formats: 1) HD MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4) and 2) HD H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video (*.mp4), Everything seems to function properly. However, when I try playing the Blu-Ray disks on the Blu-Ray player, i get the spinning CD symbol for a moment that turns into "DATA". There are four icons that appear. The video icon is greyed out. Most frustrating. Perhaps I'm missing a step or using the wrong format???
Any ideas?

It turns out that the Blu-Ray disks were properly written. The problem was due to the fact that the Blu-Ray player used was not capable of handling the new file formats. Playing the disks on a modern Blu-Ray player showed no problems. Thus the combination of Aiseesoft's Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac and the ASUS Blu-Ray Writer works with my iMac.

Internal Blu-ray drive upgrade.

Hi, as the ongoing saga of desiring a Blu-ray Read & Write drive in a Macbook Pro 17" is still a painful bag of hurt for many people including myself, I still can't help try and track down a suitable possible solution and likely contender.
I previously had upgraded the MacBook Pro's internal 2.5" Hard Disk Drive after having learned at the time that the internal cleareance of my early 2009 unibody MBP 17" allowed a capacious maximum form-factor 'thickness' of 12.5mm instead of the usual 9.5mm for an internal HDD. This was an extremely rewarding piece of info and allowed me to grace the MBP with a 1TB HDD inside, which is absolutely fantastic especially when using space for Bootcamp and of course dealing with Hi Definition video files using FCS, in which you can 'never' have enough space for (transcoding into Apple Pro Res can turn out some seriously huge files). The now fitted internal 1TB drive has now enabled the MacBook Pro 17 to become mobile once again and not fully relying on external drives.
Except Blu-ray.
I'm personally not keen on attaching an external Blu-ray drive which is why I initially got a MBP for mobility and therefore still looking for an eventual compatible internal version. The irony is that Final Cut Studio can edit and process Hi Definition Media, albeit without proper large optical-disc storage media to store it on and FCS's Compressor will even transcode it to Blu-ray format and burn on output to Blu-ray disc (even has a Blu-ray New Batch template). Toast 10 & 11 Titanium deals with Blu-ray (via it's Blu-ray plugin). Therefore it continues to be a painful legacy that the MBP is devoid of one.
My question is this, if upgrading the internal Super-drive to another optical drive, what are the exact dimension restriction and therefore the allowed thickness form-factor for a slot-loading optical drive on it's 'own' and with it's securing bracket/bezel. Is the bracket/bezel a standard fixture that will de-assemble and be re-used with a new replacement, or would any replacement drive come with a new suitable on affixed.
Any thoughts on the following two likely contenders. The first drive by FastMac Reads & Writes Blu-ray, the second drive by Sony Reads Blu-ray only but both makes read & write DVD's (no doubt Sony has a writeable slot-loading version somewhere buried within one of their Web Site because I had a Sony Laptop about 4 or 5 years ago that burned Blu-ray). The FastMac drive looks promising if the company is legit:-
http://store.fastmac.com/product_info.php?products_id=338
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/3245/2512/-/18658441/Sony-BC-5640H-Slot-Loading-Sli m-Blu-Ray-Combo-Drive/Product.html
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tGtqxbfqWNsJ:www.sony-optia rc.eu/products/bluraydrivesnotebooks/bc5640h.html+Sony+BC-5640H&cd=1&hl=en&ct=cl nk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk
It doesn't matter if for at least the immediate time being, it may not be actually possible to play Blu-ray movies within OS X lacking the kernels for it. If a compatible drive was found, then the rewards are:-
Storing massive amounts of data (up to 50GB on one disc). Fantastic fro backups and archiving.
Being able to FINNALLY output edited Hi Def video/movies from Final Cut Studio onto a Blu-ray disc and then playing that on a dedicated external Blu-ray player elsewhere.
Booting-up in Bootcamp for attempting to play-back Blu-ray movies using windows drivers, software and built-in OS kernels. (I'm not a Windows person, but can't deny it can save the day where some things are concerned)
Future-proofing; if one day soon Apple smiles on us all and releases a system OS update that enables 'full' Blu-ray support (or some other upgrade)

I have noted that on numerous wish lists for Mac enhancements has been Blue Ray capability. I looked at the Fast mac web site and the specifications were impressive. When I saw the price, I had to have the Heimlich maneuver performed. This is not to dissuade you or anyone else to purchase one. It simply is a reflection of my cheapness ex. for me SSD are overpriced for the value received but I take no issue for those who but them.
What I find to be very peculiar is the issue of apparent compatibility with only pre-unibody MBPs. We know that these MBP are slower than the subsequent generations. Blu-ray vidio files are huge. To load, tranferr, edit and compile these such files is best served with a fast processor. To install this on an older MBP seem like simultanously taking a step forward and a step backward.
Your list of virtues has merit but I have to take exception with your 'Future Proofing'. Apple has a habit of going down the road less traveled. If and when they integrate Blu-ray capability in their MBPs, it does not follow that the Fast Mac drive will be the same or have software compatibility.
I have both a pre-unibody MBP and a unibody MBP. I have changed the optical drive on the old machine and I have just looked inside the newer one (when I upgraded the HHD). They both APPEAR to be identical but I suspect there may be subtle physical differences. Hence this may be the reason why it can be installed only pre-unibody MBPs. (I can be bribed to take the both out and compare them!)
I would suggest to contact the technical department at OWC and find out if they are familiar with this product and what opinions they may have. I have dealt with them on several occasions and they seem knowledgeable.
Ciao.

How to play Blu-Ray Discs

Obviously no current Mac offers a stock Blu-Ray drive. But once you buy a 3rd Party Blu-Ray drive how do you go about actually playing movies? Will Apple's DVD Player play them? Do you need a 3rd party application?

Once they start enabling DHCP on movie disks you'll
need a new graphics card and monitor, as well as
player software.
I think you may be getting confused here - DHCP is the protocol used to automatically assign your machine an IP address when you connect to the network.
With regards to the OP question, You will need to use separate software with the 3rd party Blu-Ray drive to play movies

Why can't I play Blu-ray Disc on MacBook Pro?

why can't i play bluray disc on macbook pro?

thank you babowa & it's a shame that Mac won't support blu-ray when they're so ahead of the game with most everything else..

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