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    From Shurato@21:2/148 to All on Sat Jun 3 19:31:00 2023
    From what I've read, these are only playable on Intel 7th-10th gen with built-in intel gpu. Is this true? Is there any way around this?

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Shurato on Mon Jun 5 14:17:38 2023
    Re: UHD Blu-Rays and PCs...
    By: Shurato to All on Sat Jun 03 2023 07:31 pm

    From what I've read, these are only playable on Intel 7th-10th gen with built-in intel gpu. Is this true? Is there any way around this?

    I looked into this a few years ago, and from what I can tell, it's true. It's because of the tech stack Intel uses - Specifically, Intel's integrated graphics and SGX (Software Guard Extensions) enable an encrypted data path through the system, which is used by UHD Blu-Ray playback to try to prevent screen captures & other means to copy the video during playback.

    Unfortunately, it requires the right combination of hardware and drivers. And it means if you're using a dedicated (non-Intel) graphics card, UHD playback won't work. Although my PC could technically support it, the fact that I'm using an Nvidia graphics card means I can't play UHD blu-ray discs in my PC.

    AMD systems don't have all the same or equivalent technologies, which means UHD blu-ray playback is impossible on AMD systems.

    These days, I tend to rip my UHD blu-ray movies to copy them onto my Plex media server, so I'm more concerned about that than being able to play the discs on my PC.

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  • From hollowone@21:2/150 to Nightfox on Wed Jun 28 13:53:00 2023
    These days, I tend to rip my UHD blu-ray movies to copy them onto my
    Plex media server, so I'm more concerned about that than being able to play the discs on my PC.

    how about Macs? I never got curious about the details, I just got the library of recent UHD movies shared via Plex from my friend's collection, but I'm aware that he quite successfully rips the blu-rays, including 4k using his mac and external drive (I assume).

    All that then goes through Hand Brake to be optimized and then I luckily see it on Plex.

    I must ask him about the tools and complexity. I was not aware that the UHD BR disks are connected to the PC hardware specs for secure playback.

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