HELP THIS M*A*S*H GRAMPA!
Apple idiot grampa from the 20th century needs tech help.
What I want/need:
play my blurays and DVDs on my iMac. With embedded subtitles.
rip said blurays and dvds to external drive so I can watch then whenever I want. With embedded subtitles.
Not spend a fortune in software to do this - will buy software if I need to, but only if it is necessary and/or just avoids many tears
a patient human who knows what they are doing and can talk me through this
cap'n dummy speak instructions to figure out how to do all of this-- seriously, talk to me like I am your 114 year old grandpa who just talks about M*A*S*H and remembers the days before the internet.
ideally not cry too much trying to do this.
(Yes I know this so all Steve Jobs’ fault that it ‘s really difficult).
I have:
the tech comprehension of a toddler in 1947
2024 M4 iMac (got it a month ago. Should be powerful enough for it)
Verbatim 43888 4k blu-ray and dvd player and ripper (cos that’s what people were recommending online).
The player did not come with software because they are dicks.
Have reached out to Verbatim mulptiple times to plead for help, they respond by all but telling me to get a PC.
Googled/looked on youtube for this. And it was beyond my comprehension, and basically said to download various softwares, which I have done, and still don't understand
VLC software (does not recognise blu-rays for playing, cannot figure out how to rip)
Handbrake software (not working. I used back in the stone age, tried both with dvds and blu-ray, it pixelated everything and did not embed subtitles, unwatchable)
MakeMKV software (cos that's what online sites said to get, can't figure out how to use it)
AnyMP4 mac blu ray player software (cos that's what online sites said to get, can't figure out how to use it)
I bought the Verbatim player on amazon and need to return it by the 8 February if it cannot do all of this. So if it's not possible, please let me know and I will return it asap.
If you help me figure this out and I can burn all my stuff off to an external hard drive, I will happily share some files in return with you (if you tell me how. Cos M*A*S*H Grampa). I have some less common/a few rare dvds that are not on streaming (which is why I want to rip them off onto a hard drive).
If you don't know how to help but do know someone who might, can you tag them? Thank you!
