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Originally Posted by Alecthar 
I agree with you in principle (Blu-Ray disc playback on PC sucks and it shouldn't) but I think the advantages of ripping your Blu-Ray discs goes beyond just the ability to play them back with fewer issues. My HTPC, for example, doesn't even include an optical drive. For my usage, .mkv copies of the movies are more portable and fit better with the way I use my HTPC (spends almost all of its time with XBMC up). I vastly prefer having all my movies in my XBMC library, rather than sorting through my binders o' discs looking for them.
I agree with you in principle (Blu-Ray disc playback on PC sucks and it shouldn't) but I think the advantages of ripping your Blu-Ray discs goes beyond just the ability to play them back with fewer issues. My HTPC, for example, doesn't even include an optical drive. For my usage, .mkv copies of the movies are more portable and fit better with the way I use my HTPC (spends almost all of its time with XBMC up). I vastly prefer having all my movies in my XBMC library, rather than sorting through my binders o' discs looking for them.
I'm starting to think that is the way to go. I have the space for it, so why not back'em all up and play that way? Even though I specifically bought a blu-ray drive for my HTPC so that I could play whatever I want all the time... Bastards!
Let this be a lesson to the greedy corporations behind the blu-ray DRM: I tried to go legit, I tried to do everything the way they wanted. But it just didn't work. In order to be able to play these discs easily, they are practically forcing people to 'pirate'.
I know, a backup of a disc that you own is not pirating. But it is certainly the first step towards pirating.
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