Cinavia Fix?

[Jonatan]

It would be kinda neat if you could install bd-rom into hdd bay

[90312]

Good information, thanks for sharing SuperFist. An alternative to "infected" players and a darn good media player to boot!

[SuperFist]

Okay, sounds good. Just ordered a USB 2.0 to IDE SATA Converter Cable with Power Adapter for 2.5 3.5 inch Hard Drive DVD Drive CD Drive from Newegg.com to use with one of my blu-ray drives in my rig. Heck, there's no way I'll ever need to burn 2 blu-rays at one time (even though I did that to test my rig after I built it and it held up like a champ ).

I just wanted to post back my experience of using my internal blu-ray writer with the AIOS Media Center and it works wonderfully with Cinavia infected titles (oooh... that's what the eject button is for on the remote!). The device shows up under the file system as DVD and you just need to press PLAY. However, I felt like I was stealing from my baby (my custom built PC) so I put it back in there and I'm ordering a dedicated internal BD-ROM optical drive strictly for the AIOS.

[Jonatan]

I hate to chime in with this, but hard drives fail a lot sooner than optical media. Anyone espousing a hard drive only method of backup has probably not experienced a hard drive crash (yet.)

No i have not had hdd failure but if i do its ok becuase i have a safe fail

Also, the remote for my set top dvd player works far better than the one from the WDTV media player I tried, and also far better than remotes for mini computers that are often used as media centers. I returned the wdtv because as far as I'm concerned, the file system sucks. The remote for my sony-380 is much handier than those that come with mini computers or media players, too.

Really i have harmony300 &650 loving them way better than any sony bd remote

so far it hasn't failed to play anything - hopefully a software circumvention will be found before my player fails.

hoplfuly you do need upgraded firmware with new tittel hiw does hulu,netflix,youtube work on your sony
Well for me i can play cinavia infected tittle and still use netflix,huluetc not to mettion my sweet remotes

[GregiBoy]

Yeah, I disagree too.

I still have hard drives that I bought in 2005 going strong (and they cost me a fortune then) whilst I have replace 4 optical drives in that time.

I suppose the OP makes 2 copies of his disks too...

[Chetwood]

I hate to chime in with this, but hard drives fail a lot sooner than optical media.

[ciation needed]

Anyone espousing a hard drive only method of backup has probably not experienced a hard drive crash (yet.)

Or they had backups/RAID.

Also, the remote for my set top dvd player works far better than the one from the WDTV media player I tried

Really? Mine just works as it should.

[martythebrit]

Unless your a glutton for punishment you'll use a raid setup for the movies or have a second hard drive with the same content as your media player hard drive, in case of a crash. No one wants to rip TB's of movies for a second time, at least not me.

[Jerrinfla]

).good luck finding one. Might be able to find a used over priced player


Usb sticks much more portable

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Just hope they dont need firmware upgrade or die

Imo
Mediaplayer or htpc would be a much smarter choice
for one do the math on those optical disc that "will" fade over time say cheapos @$1 a disc or a 2tb hdd for around $120
Dont have to worry about cinavia.
Anx the big plus is how media player catalogues your media with cover art fanart, actors years,plot,time, trailers etc.
So lets see i can spend $100 on a disc player or a best media experience via media player or htpc and before any coments come about hdd room all my mkv rips under 2 gigs and look excellent on my 50"

I hate to chime in with this, but hard drives fail a lot sooner than optical media. Anyone espousing a hard drive only method of backup has probably not experienced a hard drive crash (yet.)
Also, the remote for my set top dvd player works far better than the one from the WDTV media player I tried, and also far better than remotes for mini computers that are often used as media centers. I returned the wdtv because as far as I'm concerned, the file system sucks. The remote for my sony-380 is much handier than those that come with mini computers or media players, too. So far it hasn't failed to play anything - hopefully a software circumvention will be found before my player fails.

[SuperFist]

Does it come with an enclosure for the drive? If so that should work fine.

Nope. Those LG drives are fairly huge and look like they're in an enclosure as it is. I'll just leave it that way on top of the AIOS with some attached little rubber feet.

[90312]

Does it come with an enclosure for the drive? If so that should work fine.

[SuperFist]

Me either really, but curiosity got the best of me. So I checked it out with Wrath of the Titans DVD backup disc that went kaput in the PS3, the AIOS saw the drive as a DVD drive with the pretty symbol and the whole shot. And played the disc perfectly. I unhooked it and put it away satisfied.

Okay, sounds good. Just ordered a USB 2.0 to IDE SATA Converter Cable with Power Adapter for 2.5 3.5 inch Hard Drive DVD Drive CD Drive from Newegg.com to use with one of my blu-ray drives in my rig. Heck, there's no way I'll ever need to burn 2 blu-rays at one time (even though I did that to test my rig after I built it and it held up like a champ ).

[90312]

Me either really, but curiosity got the best of me. So I checked it out with Wrath of the Titans DVD backup disc that went kaput in the PS3, the AIOS saw the drive as a DVD drive with the pretty symbol and the whole shot. And played the disc perfectly. I unhooked it and put it away satisfied.

[GregiBoy]

Only one way to know and that is buy one, I suppose, but I'm afraid I will not even bother!!

I don't need to worry about it.

[90312]

Interesting but I think it unlikely since the whole Cinavia thing is in the audio decryption.

It's my understanding newer production Blu-ray component drives will be or are already Cinavia enabled in firmware regardless of interface (SATA, eSATA, USB, et al).

I could stand to be corrected on that, tho.