On 8/26/2022 12:30 PM, William Unruh wrote:
OIs it possible to play from the DVD player onto my laptop screen? The
player has HDMI outputDIgital Out coaxial, Lan(100) output. My laptop
has dongles for HDMI or lan via the USB-C port. Usually HDMI goes out of
the laptop to a display, but I of course want into to display on the
computer screen. Is that possible?
bdp-s1500
Interface Input and Output Terminals
HDMI Output (1 rear) <=== armed with HDCP bitstream encryption (TV does HDCP)
HDMI has digital audio for the TV set to extract.
Coaxial Audio Output (1 rear) <=== S'PDIF optional audio (plug to AV receiver)
USB Input (1 front) <=== USB stick input for non-Hollywood files
Ethernet Connection (1 rear) <=== police state input (firmware updater)
A biscuit in a basket. If one of the table legs is short,
placing this fine unit under the short table leg, will
steady the table. We can't do deCSS with this.
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HDMI output is normally protected with HDCP, and *especially*
when Hollywood content is involved. A BD player uses the
most functional version of HDCP, not the "cracked" version.
This means the bitstream on the HDMI cable is encrypted.
When a naive capture card tries to capture the HDMI stream,
the result is "colored snow".
(The reason these adverts refer to "capturing HDMI from a camera",
is because camera HDMI lacks HDCP and transmission is in plaintext.
Which works for this style of capture. I could take the output of
my Canon point and shoot camera, which has an HDMI, and connect
it to this thing, and it would work. There are a ton of these to
investigate... and read the reviews for hints.)
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1455743-REG/iogear_guv301_hdmi_to_usb_c_video.html/overview
In many adverts, they do not address the lack of HDCP keys on the capture card. It is illegal to have HDCP keys on such cards, and devices will be stopped
at the border and cannot enter the country, if found that way.
On occasion, people discover the Chinese making devices which
function as "HDCP strippers" and the fun goes on, until the
authorities are informed and shipments stop. There was a certain
"one HDMI in to two HDMI out" active buffering device (not a passive
diff to single ended adapter), which was functioning as an HDCP stripper.
This is good for the "cracked" version of HDCP.
A set top *DVD* player, the $50 kind sold ten years ago, may have a
fairly innocuous version of HDMI output. One of those strippers
would be enough.
A BD set top player (say, 4K capable), the HDMI/HDCP
versions are the "uncracked" ones. There might not be any
stripper at all available for them (dunno, haven't checked).
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This topic, may benefit from a BD external 5.25" drive with
USB output.
https://forum.videohelp.com/forums/47-Blu-ray-Ripping
Take a drive like this as an example. You check the reviews,
to get the "juicy details" the manufacturer missed.
https://www.amazon.ca/Computer-International-BW-16D1X-U-Powerful-Blu-ray/dp/B071VP89X1
Question: region free ???
Answer: Sorry, I am not sure about that. But there are
lots of software (such as DVDFab) which can copy all kinds
of discs to your computer whatever region is.
While Linux will have deCSS (libdvdcss) for ripping DVDs from such a player,
I don't know what the status is of FOSS versions of DVDFab
or its ilk for ripping a BD.
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Summary: Your mistake was buying that in the first place.
That goes with your TV set... and that's it.
And the absolute worst part of your purchase, is that
STB can receive a firmware update which *disables* the
keys on legally purchased media you own. So maybe a
BD version of "Casino Royale" stops playing. Whereas if you
used a separate drive and ripped the media, you would still
have the content. This rewards people who insist on buying
legit stuff, by having it stop working on them. Even if the STB
stops playing a title, save the disc in case you have other
optical drives at your disposal.
Paul
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