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Pi 4: Can it play blu ray rips

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:40 am
by Nagycsereui
I couldn't find an answer to this directly.

But can a Pi 4 blu ray play blu ray rips(from my own blu rays) without issues? With the pi 3 and older, it was too much. Is the pi 4 powerful enough?

Thanks in advance for any tips.

Re: Pi 4: Can it play blu ray rips

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:58 am
by Woodstock
Specifications say yes. Reality is, it might. Too many variables.

Re: Pi 4: Can it play blu ray rips

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:07 pm
by morbius
I have several Pi 3B’s running LibreELEC / OSMC and they play bluray mkv’s without breaking a sweat.

Re: Pi 4: Can it play blu ray rips

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:12 pm
by morbius
I might add that the 3B needs a licence for VC-1 playback, but that costs one cup of coffee. I don’t have a Pi 4, I understand they have dropped licence keys for MPEG and VC-1 ?

Re: Pi 4: Can it play blu ray rips

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:41 pm
by dcoke22
Play blu-ray rips how?

I have a Pi 4 that I use as a Plex server. As long as my client(s) don't need things transcoded on the fly, it plays blu-rays and 4k UHDs fine.

Or, do you mean playing a rip directly on the Pi with a display attached to the Pi as if it were a traditional PC? Or some other way?