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submitted 2 weeks ago by tkw8@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Tried to support the industry by buying a movie a watch a lot. Well, no more. If I need a pihole just to watch a movie I own, that's ridiculous.

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[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 66 points 2 weeks ago

Why is your Blu-ray player connected to the internet?

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 56 points 2 weeks ago

VLC on a Linux laptop. You think my Blu-ray player has the ability to take screenshots?

[-] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 46 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, and I assume you wrote this message on your blu-ray player and typed it with your remote

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You never heard of a capture card?

Can I introduce you to my friend MakeMKV?

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

MakeMKV handles my Blu-ray decryption for VLC

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago

HDCP is easy to bypass. Almost laughable really, there are tons of "Splitters" and Strippers on the market. I've also seem a few totally legal capture cards that can read it directly.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

You can crack anything if you are remotely motivated.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Never say never. Especially since we're only in the beginning of the AI era, AI de-compilation is starting to become feasible, AI cracking probably will too.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Empress called it quits after she went insane. I don't think we're doing to get Denuvo crackers for quite a while....

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Did you actually read what I said or did you assume I'd say something specific and then just respond to that without reading...

[-] magic_smoke 21 points 2 weeks ago

Does VLC report this? Kinda seems like the sorta thing that only works on actual players.

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 31 points 2 weeks ago

It tried to. I use an opnsense firewall which caught it. I copied my logs and submitted the domains to a popular dns blocklist and they’ve already been merged.

[-] B0rax@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] potatobro 31 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

I am sometimes surprised to find new things VLC can do, it's awesome.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

But for real, does it play blu rays? I was under the impression it did not and you had to get that $100 program.

[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

It does. Last time I did it, though, it required a couple of files to get going. Have a look here for info: http://fvonline-db.bplaced.net/

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

It does but I use makemkv for the Blu-ray decryption

[-] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not UHD discs. Those don't play on windows.

[-] AgentRocket@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not out of the box, AFAIK, but there is a plugin. I never got it to work though, because you also need some up-to-date certification file.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah it seems really strange. I know some Bluray players support Internet connectivity but unless they're also a Streaming box I don't see why people would connect them to the internet. Really it seems like the majority of people don't so not sure how useful this feature is.

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