
Macgo uses some open source components, but it is not clear exactly how they decrypt and provide playback of commercial discs. With the latest update, though, playback is smooth and the picture looks great and works as advertised on everything I’ve tried it on, including the Mac mini and MacBook Air. Some of the early trials with Mac Blu-ray Player didn’t go well for me, as I had incredibly choppy video-even on a Mac Pro with plenty of horsepower and graphics power. No Internet connection? This is what you’ll be seeing. After the application scans the disc, it begins playback. You must be connected to the Internet for the application to decrypt the disc for watching (a point brought up when this was discussed in OWC Radio, Episode #57). )ĭownload & install the Mac Blu-ray Player application from Macgo.Īfter inserting a Blu-ray disc and launching the Mac Blu-ray Player application, you will be prompted to select your disc or a backed up. Fortunately, OWC just happens to sell some. How does it work?įirst you need a Blu-ray drive.

Mac Blu-ray Player from Macgo is a movie player that plays back Blu-ray movies from the original source discs. Until now, though, doing so required ripping the movies to your hard drive and playing them that way. Lots of people want to watch Blu-ray movies on their Macs.
