Sometimes companies can get blindspots for a specific technology. With Apple, that blindspot is Blu-ray. They’ve never truly taken the format seriously, largely because it’s bound to physical discs that Apple dismisses as archaic and pointless. In fact, you can’t play Blu-ray discs on macOS by default. As a result, you’ll need to download third-party software to playback Blu-ray discs on your Mac. Fortunately, there are excellent, open-source options available. We will use VLC in this guide, which is frequently ranked as the best free video player. Other options also exist on the free and paid spectrum, like Elmedia. … Read more
How to Play Blu-Ray discs on Windows 10
If you have a Windows PC, you won’t be able to play Blu-rays without help. Windows removed Media Center and pulled support for the software in Windows 10, making it more difficult to play the discs on your computer. Instead, you’d have to pay $15 to spin your favorite flicks by buying the Windows DVD player app from the Windows Store. Is there a way to play Blu-ray discs on Windows 10? The short answer is yes, but you’ll have to do a little work first. We’re going to show how to use a third-party media player and a program that can convert the files on… Read more
New Vulnerabilities in VLC Allow Hackers to Access Your Computer
If you have VLC media player on your computer, you must immediately upgrade to its latest version, 3.0.7 and above. There are two new exploits that are allowing hackers to use the vulnerable older versions of VLC to crash your system and remotely execute their codes. The modus operandi is very typical. After you unsuspectingly download an AVI or MKV attack file, it will give the hackers full control of your computer whenever you play a video on VLC. These attack files can originate from video torrents as well as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Sound dangerous? Well, it… Read more