Best Free Blu Ray Software For Mac 2017

13-05-2021

Best Free Blu Ray Software For Mac 2017

Best Blu-Ray, UHD, 4K Copy & Ripper Software 2020 Compare Chart. 2020 Update: Really the only solution you should be looking at is DVDFab Blu Ray Copy. This is the only software in the world that is continually being updated.Plus they do UHD and 4K plus have a Cinavia removal tool.

How to Play Blu-ray on PC or Mac with 10 Best Free and Professional Blu-ray Player Software January 06, 2020 16:36 Posted by Kevin Miller to Play Blu-ray As a Blu-ray disc can hold 25GB, 50GB, 100GB and even 128GB storage, which is the best choice for storing high-definition video up to 1080p and 4K. Blu-ray Disc is a good format for video enthusiasts looking for picture and sound quality. But many Mac users have complained that they could not play Blu-ray movies on Mac because Apple does not support Blu-ray natively playback. Even if it has an external Blu-ray drive, Mac can not play Blu-ray movies with Quick Time or other media players from the original source discs.

Even though some people believe that the use of optical media like DVDs and CDs are becoming less prevalent in today’s world, this stuff are still considered as one of best storing media, especially the Blu-ray disc. It also brings an excellent watching experience when playing on TV or other devices. If you're looking for free Blu-ray burning software which can help you burning videos or photos to Blu-ray disc, you are on the right page now. This article lists the top 6 Blu-ray burning software for Windows and the most recommended tool, Wondershare DVD Creator, to convert videos/photos to Blu-ray disc with customization features.

Part 1. Recommended Blu-ray Burning Tool to Burn Video to Blu-ray Disc

Before learning the free Blu-ray burning software, I'd like to highly recommend the all-in-one Wondershare DVD Creator, which supports burning videos in any format to Blu-ray discs including BD-RE, BD-R, BD-50 and BD-25 on Windows. Aside from the basic burning function, Wondershare DVD Creator provides additional toolbox to make photo slideshow, edit video, copy dvd, and more other built-in functions to make your Blu-ray disc more attractive. It can be used on Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista version and create DVD on Mac OS.

Wondershare DVD Creator

· Burn videos/photos to Blu-ray/BDMV/DVD/ISO file with super fast speed and high-quality output.
· Customize DVD menu with 100+ template design and parameters such as background images, music, text, and others.
· Built-in tool to edit video to Blu-ray disc with Crop, Trim, Add Watermark, Apply Effect, etc.
· Best free Blu-ray burning software alternative provides additional functions such as Photo Slideshow Maker, Video Editor, DVD to Video, DVD to DVD, etc.
· Supported OS: Mac OS X 10.13, 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6, Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista.

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Video Tutorial of How to Burn Video to Blu-ray Disc with the Best DVD Creator

How to Burn Video to Blu-ray Disc with Wondershare DVD Creator on Windows

Let's learn how to create a Blu-ray disc within following simple 4 steps with Wondershare DVD Creator on Windows.

Step 1 Choose the Blu-ray Project

Download, install and launch Wondershare Blu-ray Creator on your Windows computer, and select Create a Blu-ray(BDMV) Disc option from the initial interface.

Step 2 Add and Edit Videos Burn to Blu-ray

Click the ' + ' icon in the center of the interface, then you can browse and import videos present on your PC. Another way to import files is dragging and dropping videos directly to the program.

A list of video thumbnails will be displayed on the left panel, for video editing, click the pencil-like icon on the thumbnail and a Video Editor window will open. You can crop/trim/rotate videos here, or apply effects, add watermarks, and make other changes on your video.

Step 3 Make Customization on Blu-ray Disc Menu

For Blu-ray disc menu customization, click the Menu tab and choose a menu template design from the right column. Hit the icons upon the active window, you are allowed to change background picture, edit background music, add text, create chapters, and make other adjustments.

Step 4 Preview and Burn Video/Photo to Blu-ray Disc

Check your creation by clicking the Preview tab. Feel free to go back and make changes if anything not satisfing you. If everything is okay, move to the Burn tab and choose Burn to disc option, select Disc Label, Burner, TV Standard, Folder Path,and other Burning Settings. Finally, click the Burn button to start burning videos to Blu-ray disc on Windows. You can also save your creation as BDMV files for later burning.

Follow the steps above and try to create your Blu-ray disc on Windows with lots of features.

Part 2. Other 6 Free Blu-ray Burning Software for Windoes Users

The following list contains the top six free Blu-ray burning software for Windows. Enjoy the convenience they bring for you.

BurnAware Free is software that allows ease of use, has simple interface, and provided different options that will help you complete your burning projects. It will allow you to make data disc, audio disc, copy images and video DVDs. It also offers additional features like generation of the CD-Text Information. However, this software lacks a disc option. Yet, it can provide you excellent burning software and can support 100GB capacity in Blu-ray disc, which backed up its drawbacks.

This software will allow you to add replay gain in your audio disc and lets you burn HD- DVDs, CDs, DVDs and Blue – ray disc. It supports different language interface, making it a great option for users from different countries. Once your burning process is complete, it will perform verification in your data to ensure its integrity. It will also allow you to create bootable disc for windows in case some problem arise. Aside from that, this also offers tools that will make the process of erasing disc, play audio files, import M3U, and CD printing faster and easier. You also need to be aware about its promotional software that is not essential.

It is another good software that offers 100 % DVD/ CD utility burning that will help you burn images of ISO, folders and files of different media like BD-R/RE DL, DVD-RAM, HD-DVD-R/RW, and many more. It also supports buffer of some under run technology and very reliable when it comes to high quality of burning data. This tool is use also for making backup for some important data and works perfectly for Windows 7, XP, Vista, 2000/ 2003 and 2008 server.

This kind of free burning disc has the ability to burn CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc of some images files and other folders or files. It also comes in audio ripping functionality that rips audio CD to WMA, FLAC, APE and MP3 audio files. It can create image file from disc, which will serve as best backup for your PC. Furthermore, it will also allow you to copy disc if you want to have duplicate copy then erase rewritable disc if you desire to delete your content. Thus, it also supports the UDF file system, Joliet and ISO 9660 for your file optimization.

This free software has the capability to burn different kinds of files like image, videos and music to CD, DVD and Blu-ray disc. Another additional feature of it is that it will provide you extra tools in creating bootable disc if you want to reboot your PC for some emergency cases. It will also allow you to create your own movie from your collection of video.

It will offer you free applications that will allow you master the burning HD-DVD, Blu-ray, DVD and CD. It also supports the DVD video, extract movie only, and remove the advertising and trailer from original DVD. It can also offer you DVD9 up to 2 DVD-R support of conversion. Moreover, it is very compatible with file system of ISO9660 such as Unicode extensions and Joliet that implies disc burning wherein it can be read to most types of PCs.

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Since the late '90s, Macs have welcomed DVD movies. Pop a disc in your drive, watch Apple's DVD Player app open, and enjoy the show. Simple. But DVDs' high-definition successors, Blu-rays, never got the same warm reception. Today, the right third-party hardware and software will let you play Blu-ray discs on your Mac. But, uh … maybe you shouldn't?

Tell us how you really feel, Steve

Steve Jobs famously hated the licensing hurdles and hefty fees Blu-ray imposed. With his characteristic taciturn restraint, he publicly called the format a 'bag of hurt' and likened the groups behind it to the Mafia. Apple never built Blu-ray drives into Macs, and eventually ditched optical drives altogether to focus on selling movies through iTunes.

But some Mac users still need to burn their own Blu-rays or read data off BD discs, so there are plenty of third-party Blu-ray drives available for the Mac. And once those drives became available, a few enterprising companies who did (presumably) pay up for the keys to decrypt Blu-ray discs released Mac apps to play regular Blu-ray movies with those drives.

Unfortunately, searching for mac Blu-ray player online gets you a lot of highly suspect sites with creatively translated English, each pitching their own totally not-at-all-questionable video player that may or may not actually play Blu-ray discs. But there are a few options respectable enough to make it into the Mac App Store. We'll discuss those in a moment, but first, let's talk about another app that sounds like a good idea, but really isn't.

Blu-rays on VLC

VLC is a justly beloved open-source video player — free, robust, and able to play tons of different formats. With the right tinkering, Blu-ray can be one of them. But playing Blu-rays on VLC is like free-climbing a skyscraper without safety equipment: Sure, it's technically possible, but it's also incredibly difficult, full of drawbacks, and almost certainly a bad idea.

For starters, the site I originally used to find the right files that would supposedly enable Blu-ray playback on VLC is, as of this writing, no longer capable of establishing secure connections. (Which is why I'm not linking to it here.)

When it was up and running, its sparse instructions didn't seem to work, and I had to go digging for another site's advice to get VLC playing even sort of nice with Blu-ray. Then I had to separately install Java to have any hope of getting Blu-ray interactive menus working.

Even after all that, VLC wouldn't play most discs I tried with it, ominously warning me of revoked certificates and other things that sound like they involve well-paid lawyers. And when it did play discs, it refused to let me skip past the annoying preview video tracks before the movie; sometimes, trying to do so just dumped me back at the beginning of them.

VLC works great for lots of things. Blu-ray playback isn't one of them. Just don't do it. Especially when you've got another free and far more legitimate option waiting for you in the Mac App Store.

Leawo Blu-ray Player

The two currently available Mac Blu-ray apps come from Chinese companies. Shenzhen-based Leawo's is by far the cheaper – as in, it's free – and while it's perfectly adequate, you definitely get what you pay for.

I tested Leawo's player with a selection of discs from every major studio (plus Criterion, for you cinephiles out there), ranging from titles I bought back in 2009 to discs released in 2018. They all played just fine, with a crisp picture and clear sound. Leawo's menus let me easily switch audio and subtitle tracks, and jump between different video files on the disc with a Playlist option. And unlike hardware Blu-ray players, it's not region-locked, so you can watch discs from all over the world.

But bones don't get much barer than Leawo's offering. It doesn't support Blu-ray menus at all; if you want to view special features, you'll need to guess at their location from the Playlist menu. If you're dying to watch, say, The Sound of Music's pop-over interactive commentary with sing-along mode, Leawo's app will not be one of your favorite things.

The app takes a solid minute (I timed it) just to load a disc, a process that requires multiple un-intuitive menu clicks, and whoever ported it into Mac didn't bother to change the drab Windows-like interface.

If you just want to watch Blu-rays on your Mac, Leawo will definitely do that. It's perfectly serviceable. It doesn't seem to install spyware or bother you with ads. But there's a better (and considerably more expensive) choice if you want a more robust experience.

Macgo Blu-ray Player Pro

Hong Kong-based Macgo's Blu-ray Player Pro usually sells for a whopping $79.95, though you can watch for frequent sales that will knock the price down to a still-lofty $39.95. On the App Store, with a 'family' license to run on multiple Macs, it'll cost you $64.99. (There's a marginally cheaper non-Pro version, but like Leawo's app, it doesn't fully support menus, so why bother?)

For that price, you'll get an experience nearly identical to popping a disc into any regular Blu-ray player. Macgo's app played my test discs flawlessly, with full support for menus and a virtual remote that even mirrored the what-are-they-even-there-for red, blue, green, and yellow buttons on the average Blu-ray remote. Its interface isn't Mac-like, but it's clean, intuitive, and unobtrusively minimal.

Discs loaded quickly — 15 seconds, tops – and played the same pre-roll ads and trailers they would in a hardware player, though thankfully, I could skip them just as easily as I would elsewhere. The app offers hardware acceleration for smoother playback, though aside from loading speed, I didn't notice a difference in quality between it and Leawo's app. Macgo's app even supports BD-Live online features, though you'll have to go into the Preferences to turn that feature on; it's switched off by default. I couldn't tell or test whether Macgo's app was region-free, but I'd be surprised if it weren't.

The only shortfall I found in Macgo's app, besides its price, was its lack of support for 3D or 4K UHD Blu-rays. I'm sure that's a dealbreaker for some folks, but most users probably won't lament it.

Maybe just don't

In hindsight, Steve Jobs may have been right to keep Blu-ray drives out of Macs. On a laptop screen, you may not be able to fully enjoy the HD splendor of a great Blu-ray picture. (And hauling around an external drive plus discs would make the experience a lot less portable.) Desktop Macs with big screens already have Netflix, iTunes, and lots of other less noisy and expensive ways to watch HD movies.

For the same $120 - $180 you'd shell out for Macgo's app and a good external drive, you could buy a decent Blu-ray player to hook up to your big-screen TV. (Reputable names like Sony and LG offer region-free players you can score for $100 or less with a little comparison-shopping.)

If you don't own a TV or a Blu-ray player, do own a Mac, already own an external Blu-ray drive for some other purpose – like ripping the Blu-ray discs you own for your personal digital collection – and really, really want to watch Blu-rays specifically off the discs, you'll likely be pleased with Macgo's app, and reasonably satisfied with Leawo's.