One2go Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=51186 http://www.perfect365.com/partners/giveawayoftheday.html [email protected]$
Rajahal Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Huh? Why would I pay for a media player when VLC, XBMC, and the like are free?
mexicanmike Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 TMT is a great application for playback of BD and HDD discs. This or PowerDVD are almost essentials when it comes to playback of BD or HDD discs or disc images inside of Windows Media Center. Yes there are free tools out there, but none that work with the ease of TMT that I have found. I own TMT3 and just paid the 30 bucks for this program. I usually am not a fan of paying for playback software, but this was so cheap, and I use it so much, that I felt obligated to show my support for this developer.
One2go Posted December 16, 2011 Author Posted December 16, 2011 Huh? Why would I pay for a media player when VLC, XBMC, and the like are free? And they play back BD folder structures with menus, don't think so.
Rajahal Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Huh? Why would I pay for a media player when VLC, XBMC, and the like are free? And they play back BD folder structures with menus, don't think so. It looks like it is possible, though maybe not ideal: http://lifehacker.com/5621471/how-to-enable-blu+ray-playback-in-xbmc I haven't done this myself, this is just the result of a quick google search.
mexicanmike Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 TMT just lets you playback BD and HDD discs, folder structures and ISO images with no hassle. Much like VLC lets you playback almost anything without hassle. Are there better players than VLC?, Yes. Can one playback BD and HDD without TMT?, yes. TMT just makes it straight forward, easy and tmt5 supports 3d. Its simple, thats why people pay for it, much like some people pay for pre-built unraid servers, even though they can come here and pretty much get a step by step from the great support community.
Rajahal Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Fair enough, that makes sense to me. I just haven't used a Windows-based HTPC since I discovered XBMC/OpenElec.
HatchetMan Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 TMT is a great application for playback of BD and HDD discs. This or PowerDVD are almost essentials when it comes to playback of BD or HDD discs or disc images inside of Windows Media Center. Yes there are free tools out there, but none that work with the ease of TMT that I have found. I own TMT3 and just paid the 30 bucks for this program. I usually am not a fan of paying for playback software, but this was so cheap, and I use it so much, that I felt obligated to show my support for this developer. Exactly. TMT & PowerDVD are the ONLY PC software players that support BD menu playback. Neither XBMC nor MPC-HC will ever, so I have been told. $30 bucks for TMT5 is a smokin deal as it supports folder rips while PDVD requires the iso to be mounted.
tarataqa Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 Fair enough, that makes sense to me. I just haven't used a Windows-based HTPC since I discovered XBMC/OpenElec. Do they have cheap hardware now that allows passing HD audio over HDMI? That was one of the reasons I left HTPCs for PCHs and PBOs.
One2go Posted December 17, 2011 Author Posted December 17, 2011 Any ATI 5000 or 6000 card will bit stream HD audio over HDMI connector. I have a passive cooled ATI 6570 that does all that with ease.
One2go Posted December 17, 2011 Author Posted December 17, 2011 It looks like it is possible, though maybe not ideal: http://lifehacker.com/5621471/how-to-enable-blu+ray-playback-in-xbmc I haven't done this myself, this is just the result of a quick google search. /On Soapbox If anyone bothers to read the nonsense that guy put together you definitely don't want to try this unless you are a masochist. Try this for size: After extracting the BluRay folder to this location, you may have to tweak a few other settings. First, if you're on Windows, disable User Account Control by hitting the Start Menu and typing "User Account Control" into the search box. Click on "Change User Account Control Settings" and drag the slider down to "Never Notify". Good one a few other settings and tweaks, didn't say which ones & oh yes disable User Account control another bright idea. But then he comes up with this real brilliant idea that has no place in the UnRaid community: It's probably the best we're going to have for awhile, and it's certainly better than waiting a half hour or more to rip the disc to your computer (and then have to delete it later on if you don't want it). I've noticed it get a little choppy for a minute if you pause it or mess with XBMC at all, but it's a small price to pay to consolidate another one of your devices into your HTPC. He is now talking about optical media as in BD discs and choppy playback what a moron. The whole idea behind UnRaid is to have the content ripped to a server not optical media, I wouldn't need a server then. He thinks that is a small price to pay how much is his time worth must be less then $29.99 per hour. /Off Soapbox
squirrellydw Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 MakeMKV and Plex is all I need, oh and unRaid
GDub25 Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 I too use MakeMKV and Plex, but menu support from Plex would be an awesome feature. And I'm in the process of building unRaid now to complete the trifecta.
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