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specialist ◴[] No.29703385[source]
I just want to control the viewing experience, not hoard warez.

Effortless rewind, skip filler (car chases, sex), play at x1.25 speed, etc.

aka the "Blu-Ray experience".

If that means I gotta bypass the DRM and download, so be it.

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Some shows have my complete rapt attention. I'll keenly watch (and rewatch) every single frame. Like Netflix's Maniac. OMG. So frikkin good. (So many other examples.)

Other shows, especially rewatching a series, I just want to focus on the character development, dialog, and plot points.

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m-p-3 ◴[] No.29704122[source]
I have the best possible experience by ripping my own Blu-Rays into my own Plex server, including all the languages, subtitles and commentaries. Easy to use, kids-friendly (no dirty fingers on discs), playable from anywhere, including offline with synced copies, and I don't pay a monthly fee to watch the content I already paid for.

I wouldn't go back to subscription-based services, even if that means I have to wait for a disc release. At least there's a market for used Blu-Rays so I don't have to pay a fortune.

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dijit ◴[] No.29704665[source]
Do you have a guide for doing this?

I think I killed my bluray drive but I'd consider buying another one if I can rip decent enough quality movies from them.

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jackson1442 ◴[] No.29704738[source]
Use MakeMKV to pull an MKV off the disc, then use Handbrake to compress it to a reasonable size. Relatively easy, just takes a bit.
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eatbitseveryday ◴[] No.29705409{3}[source]
I thought blu-ray decoding was not possible. I remember long ago the DVD keys were extracted but it became impossible for blu-ray, except with a modified blu-ray disk drive with an older firmware that enabled this.
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doublepg23 ◴[] No.29705451{4}[source]
I bought a “cheap” ($100 at the time) USB3 bluray player and it ripped discs fine - even on Linux. I believe MakeMKV has you install the necessary libraries for decrypting.
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1. eatbitseveryday ◴[] No.29705692{5}[source]
I think I read (on an Amazon review for a specific LG blu-ray product) that updates to the firmware of new devices happened in 2016 and no longer allowed reading 4K commercial films from that medium. I'd have to try and see how to do it today.