#Macgo blu ray player doesnt work how to#
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Optical cables are great for sending Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound from device to device. HDMI ARC brings that simplicity back by letting you once again use a single cable for all your needs. That not only destroyed the simplicity of a single-cable connection, but it also meant you needed to press some additional buttons to get things working every time you switched to using your TV as the sound source. Before the advent of HDMI ARC, if you wanted to hear these sources on your receiverвЂ™s speakers instead of the ones built into your TV, you needed to run a second cable (typically an optical cable) from your TV back to your receiver. Some TVs have their own streaming apps or TV tuners. So far, so good.Д«ut not every source of video you might want to watch comes from an external device. If you own an A/V receiver, and you plug in your Blu-ray players, game consoles, or streaming device into it, the receiver will play the audio portion through your home theater speakers and send the video portion along to your TV. ARC: Audio return channelДЄs the name suggests, Audio Return Channel - which gives us the вЂњARCвЂќ in HDMI ARC/eARC - adds the ability for a TV to send audio backward along an HDMI cable to its source device. It wasnвЂ™t until a later revision of the HDMI standard (HDMI 1.4) that this began to change. The only exception to this is HDMI Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) - a very low-bandwidth set of commands that could be sent in both directions along an HDMI cable, so that a TVвЂ™s remote could control an A/V receiverвЂ™s volume, or the power button on an A/V receiverвЂ™s remote could turn off a TV. Audio and video traveled from a source device to a TV (or projector) and never the other way around. When it was introduced, that digital superhighway was limited to a single direction of flow. Everything you need to know about HDMI 2.1Д«efore we get into HDMI ARC/eARC, letвЂ™s quickly recap what an HDMI connection does: It can send digital video and audio from one device to another using a single cable.And since the technology is incredibly useful and has the potential to significantly simplify your entertainment system in a myriad of ways, weвЂ™re going to explain it all, including its most recent evolution, known as вЂњeARCвЂќ: Enhanced audio return channel. Fitbit Versa 3Д«ut despite its nearly universal implementation, not everyone knows what ARC is or what it does.

#Macgo blu ray player doesnt work how to#

IвЂ™m posting here if thereвЂ™s anybody who has had a related issue and knows how to resolve it or if there is anything that can be done to play 4k UHD discs on my MacBook Pro?

#Macgo blu ray player doesnt work driver#

Some after downloaded simply couldnвЂ™t play, and others popped a window that stated my driver isnвЂ™t 4k UHD friendly.ДЄfter contacting Pioneer regarding this issue, they said that they wouldnвЂ™t know how to resolve the situation. I went online and downloaded a few third-party software like DVDFab Player 6 for Mac, VLC Media Player, Quicktime, Leawo Blu-ray Player, Macgo Blu-ray Player Pro, Roxio, and others that at the end of the day NONE of them could support 4k UHD on my mac. The softwareвЂ™s site stated that it supports 4k resolution, but not 4k UHD discs.

#Macgo blu ray player doesnt work pro#

I then proceeded in purchasing the external drive from Pioneer and downloaded Blu-ray Player Pro (free version) for which it worked fantastic for DVD and Blu-ray formats. The software included with theВ BDR-XS07UHD is only compatible with Windows. To enable the playback and recording features, you would need to provide your own software.Д¬ompanies like Roxio and Leawo offer such programs.

#Macgo blu ray player doesnt work drivers#

The operating system will load generic drivers for basic operations. The drive will work as a Plug and Play device. вЂњThank you for contactingВ PioneerВ Electronics (USA) Inc. I proceeded and contacted Pioneer directly for more information regarding the playability of the external drive through my mac setup. I decided to call apple support directly and the representative said that Apple didnвЂ™t support any blu-rays or 4k UHD format and that I needed to acquire third-party software to play my 4k UHD and blu-rays.

Some sources affirm that the 4k devices would work flawlessly with third-party software, and others stated the exact opposite. I did some research before purchasing the Pioneer drive, and there seemed to be a lot of inconsistencies with the playability of external 4k UHD Blu-ray drives in general. The mac is set up with a 2.6 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 processor, 16 GB of memory (2x8 GBS), an Intel HD graphics 4000 1536 MB, the display is a 15.4 inch(1440x900), and a Solid-State SATA Drive of 1 TB.

#Macgo blu ray player doesnt work portable#

I bought theВ Pioneer BDR-XS07UHD 4K Blu-Ray Portable Burner & DVD PlayerВ Drive and currently own a Macbook Pro 15-inch, Mid 2012 edition running Catalina latest software update. I desire to watch my 4k UHD Blu-ray DVDs on my laptop.