2016-05-15, 10:22
For the last couple of years, i'm been a Kodi user and recently upgraded my RPi-2 to a RPi-3.
About the only add-ons i use or have tried are for backing up my configuration, the language preference manager and the texturecachemaintenace cleanup script (not an add-on as such).
So it's fair to say i don't stream at all.
I'm entertained enough watching films at the cinema once a week (for the last few decades) for that big screen experiance.
And when not watching a film at the cinema, i'm entertained enough at home watching my own rips i've made from my own extensive BD's and DVD's collection though on a much much smaller plasma TV.
DVDShrink, Decrypter, ifoedit, fixvts, pgcedit and RipIt4Me were used at variuos times when ripping my DVD's.
These have largely been replaced by MakeMKV and HandBrake once i started to rip my BD's.
Even though ripping ones own DVD/BDs is technically illegal, i do have a clear consciense as i have and still do pump massive $ into the movie cabal's bank accounts each year.
About the only downside is it takes time to rip the disks.
And today while browsing myce.com, i was a little dismayed but not surprised to hear that AACS-LA are still pressing to remove DVDfab from existance using every legal trick they can muster.
I'm just hoping that they do not kill all the other BD rippers that exist as the AACS-LA wage their futile war which only serves to alienate their own paying customers.
What was interesting to read today was that XBMC got a mention via a VidOn add-on that uses the decryption engine of DVDfab, presumably to play encrypted DVD's and BD's.
This peeked my interest as ripping stuff is sometimes a chore ii'd rather not have to do.
Maybe i'd prefer to use .nfo stubs and insert a disc into a usb BD drive connected to my RPi (or a PC) and have it decrypt the disc on the fly and simply play via the DVD/BD menu.
So my question are:
1) what is the state of encrypted DVD and encrypted BD playback (playing a dics with menus) using Kodi and some legit (from Kodi's prespective) add-on?
2) is the Vidon box the only Kodi based player out there that can play DVD/BD menus from discs themselves and does it come with all the crap banned add-ons i have no interest in?[/u]
About the only add-ons i use or have tried are for backing up my configuration, the language preference manager and the texturecachemaintenace cleanup script (not an add-on as such).
So it's fair to say i don't stream at all.
I'm entertained enough watching films at the cinema once a week (for the last few decades) for that big screen experiance.
And when not watching a film at the cinema, i'm entertained enough at home watching my own rips i've made from my own extensive BD's and DVD's collection though on a much much smaller plasma TV.
DVDShrink, Decrypter, ifoedit, fixvts, pgcedit and RipIt4Me were used at variuos times when ripping my DVD's.
These have largely been replaced by MakeMKV and HandBrake once i started to rip my BD's.
Even though ripping ones own DVD/BDs is technically illegal, i do have a clear consciense as i have and still do pump massive $ into the movie cabal's bank accounts each year.
About the only downside is it takes time to rip the disks.
And today while browsing myce.com, i was a little dismayed but not surprised to hear that AACS-LA are still pressing to remove DVDfab from existance using every legal trick they can muster.
I'm just hoping that they do not kill all the other BD rippers that exist as the AACS-LA wage their futile war which only serves to alienate their own paying customers.
What was interesting to read today was that XBMC got a mention via a VidOn add-on that uses the decryption engine of DVDfab, presumably to play encrypted DVD's and BD's.
This peeked my interest as ripping stuff is sometimes a chore ii'd rather not have to do.
Maybe i'd prefer to use .nfo stubs and insert a disc into a usb BD drive connected to my RPi (or a PC) and have it decrypt the disc on the fly and simply play via the DVD/BD menu.
So my question are:
1) what is the state of encrypted DVD and encrypted BD playback (playing a dics with menus) using Kodi and some legit (from Kodi's prespective) add-on?
2) is the Vidon box the only Kodi based player out there that can play DVD/BD menus from discs themselves and does it come with all the crap banned add-ons i have no interest in?[/u]
