One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
I wouldn't outfit a computer with blu-ray (Sent from iPhone, so please accept my apologies in advance for any spelling or grammatical errors.)> On Aug 20, 2015, at 5:53 AM, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: > > One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 08/20/2015 07:04 AM, Hal Wigoda wrote:> I wouldn't outfit a computer with blu-ray > > (Sent from iPhone, so please accept my apologies in advance for any spelling or grammatical errors.) > >> On Aug 20, 2015, at 5:53 AM, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: >> >> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?Is that a personal preference, or are there reasons?
On Aug 20, 2015 6:54 AM, "ken" <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote:> > One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vsBlu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?>First of all, is this going to be your desktop or a server? If the later, can't see the point for blueray. One of the compelling reasons against is that only movies use it. Second, it has dmr crap in it that might require binary only spyware to work. Third, they behave like Android phones in that they keep pushing new releases but no firmware updates for older devices; you have to keep on buying new devices which only change from old one by having brand new spyware. If I were to read in my blueray movies - legal to do FYI - I would do so somewhere else or find external drive that can read it. On the positive side, blueray sounds cooler than DVD. _______________________________________________> CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
W dniu 20.08.2015 o 13:26, Mauricio Tavares pisze:> On Aug 20, 2015 6:54 AM, "ken" <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: >> >> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs > Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling > reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray? > First of all, is this going to be your desktop or a server? If the > later, can't see the point for blueray. One of the compelling reasons > against is that only movies use it. Second, it has dmr crap in it thatI used to use Blu-Ray as backup device. -- Over And Out MoonWolf
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 06:04:03AM -0500, Hal Wigoda wrote:> I wouldn't outfit a computer with blu-rayhttp://srobb.net/why.mp4 -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
On 08/20/2015 07:35 AM, Nicolas George wrote:>> Second, it [Blu-ray] has dmr crap in it that >> >might require binary only spyware to work. > DVD-Video has them too, the only difference is that the crypto in the DRM > for DVD is terribly broken."Broken" in the sense that data is corrupted or in the sense that the DMR is crackable?
> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs > Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling > reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?Get neither: nowadays an optical reader is just a relic of the past, making your laptop heavier and reducing (ever so slightly) your battery life. Stefan
I bought a BluRay for my Thinkpad and my Desktop. Very rarely use them, but on occassion I do. When I use them, I use them to rip movies via MakeMKV but honestly that is the only BluRay use they ever get. And mostly the desktop, the laptop doesn't have the memory to encode hi def in reasonable amount of time. Unless you want to rip movies, which may violate certain laws in certain geographical locations, there's not any point that I can see. On 08/20/2015 03:53 AM, ken wrote:> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs > Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling > reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 08/20/2015 10:27 AM, Alice Wonder wrote:> I bought a BluRay for my Thinkpad and my Desktop. > > Very rarely use them, but on occassion I do. > > When I use them, I use them to rip movies via MakeMKV but honestly that > is the only BluRay use they ever get. And mostly the desktop, the laptop > doesn't have the memory to encode hi def in reasonable amount of time.How much memory do you think would be needed to do that?> > Unless you want to rip movies, which may violate certain laws in certain > geographical locations, there's not any point that I can see. > > On 08/20/2015 03:53 AM, ken wrote: >> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs >> Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling >> reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?Congratulations, Alice. You're the sole nerd here to mention that this was possible. I've never ripped a flick before, but I could imagine doing it, so it's good to know it can be done with Linux. I'm suprised no one yet has mentioned authoring movies. Maybe the software to do this isn't available for Linux???