#tech help needed

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).

Basic background: So the computer I play overwatch on was given to me by a friend. He took an old computer and rebuilt it, then upgraded the hell out of it and gave it to me for Christmas. Enough background, let me explain what’s going on:

There’s something wrong with the audio back on this thing. No, it’s definitely not my headphones, as I’ve tried five different headphones and earbuds on it. They all work fine when plugged into my phone, but my computer really screws with it:

Unless the cord is pulled down at a specific angle, the headphones either only work on one side or not at all. It takes me a solid few minutes to find the correct angle on this thing, and then I have to tie the cord to something heavy for it to work. Sometimes, even this won’t help and I only get one side working. I really want to participate in voice chats in overwatch, but it doesn’t seem to think I have a mic plugged in. Even if the mic is on the side of the headphones that is working, it ignores it. This computer doesn’t support Bluetooth, so I can’t do that.

If someone knows what’s going on, and if you know how to fix it, please help!

If anyone else is having a similar problem, please reblog until someone who knows what’s happening sees it and helps solve the problem.

How do you set up a reactive PNG on OBS that doesn't require you to have Discord open?

For the record, I only use OBS because my PC tries to die if I use anything else, I'm broke so I can't afford programs you need to pay in order to use, and if I can avoid having Steam open all the time I'd like that. Sorry for the restrictions, I didn't know anything about the proper specs for a PC when I bought this one and was told that these were the best specs it could have for gaming because no one seemed to understand I wanted to use it to stream and game, so it barely runs OBS as it is and any additional programs either make the frames lag to hell or get my PC to jump dangerously close to 90°C. Also it keeps telling me that there's an internal fan problem but every time I take it in, I get told there's no issue.