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Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC

91 pointsby 01-_-yesterday at 6:44 PM24 commentsview on HN

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anonymousiamyesterday at 10:46 PM

Twenty years ago, I bought two Wii consoles for my family when they first came out. Being concerned about the rough treatment my family gave the discs, I eventually modded both of the Wiis so they could read normal discs, and I purchased a HP 410125-200 drive, which I used to back up the more costly titles.

https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-those-recommended-dvd-...

pipersweyesterday at 7:56 PM

I'm assuming this firmware also functions as a LibreDrive firmware for use with MakeMKV?

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mmmlinuxyesterday at 8:58 PM

Who uses a green X for not supported.

edit: (on the github readme)

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charcircuityesterday at 10:41 PM

This bypasses DRM which makes it illegal.

>for the purposes of game preservation and game emulation

Those purposes don't make breaking DRM legal either.

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