[GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

[Giles Orr]

On 25 July 2016 at 12:18, o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Giles Orr via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>> On 25 July 2016 at 10:47, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>> - BluRay support on Linux is ... limited.  You can probably use it for
>> backup, but you won't be able to play back commercial movies.  You
>> might use it under Windows.
>
> Well - - - I've never tried to watch a movie I just use mine for burning and
> reading CD roms, DVD roms and Blueray roms so there is some support!

My assumption (perhaps incorrect) is that most people see "BluRay" and
think "I can play movies."  I should perhaps have been clearer: BluRay
support in Linux appears to be pretty good so long as you're not
dealing with DRM, at which point it becomes pretty much non-existent.

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Giles
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