Macgo Mac Blu-ray Player User manual

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Mac Blu-ray Player
User’s Guide
For Mac OS X

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CONTENTS
1. What is Macgo Mac Blu-ray Player······································ - 1 -
1.1 Main Features··································································- 2 -
1.2 System Requirements ······················································- 2 -
1.3 Support Equipments ························································- 2 -
1.4 Installing & Registering ····················································- 2 -
2. Using Mac Blu-ray Player ···················································· - 3 -
2.1 Media Panel·····································································- 4 -
2.1.1 Preferences······························································- 4 -
2.1.2 File···········································································- 9 -
2.1.3 Controls ·································································- 10 -
2.1.4 Video·····································································- 11 -
2.1.5 Audio·····································································- 11 -
2.1.6 Tools ······································································- 12 -
2.1.7 Window·································································- 13 -
2.1.8 Help·······································································- 16 -
2.2 Open Buttons·································································- 16 -
2.3 Playback Controls ··························································- 20 -
3. Frequently Asked Questions ············································· - 21 -
3.1 Before purchase·····························································- 21 -
3.2 Registration & Update ···················································- 22 -
3.3 Technical Help································································- 22 -
3.4 Payment·········································································- 24 -

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Welcome to Macgo Mac Blu-ray Player
Want to play Blu-ray movies? Mac Blu-ray Player makes it easy.
1. What is Macgo Mac Blu-ray Player
Macgo Mac Blu-ray Player is the first Blu-ray player software for Apple Mac, which can
successfully play Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray Menu, ISO files, and BDMV folder, as well as on iOS
devices. It outputs video at up to 1080p HD quality without loss of data and frame, and
allows full preservation of all audio tracks, subs streams, chapter markers and videos,
along with DTS5.1, you can enjoy fantastic home cinema entertainment. As the best
universal media player in the world, Mac Blu-ray Player can play any format of movie,
video, audio, music and photo. Since it newly upgraded, it can support Blu-ray on Apple
mobile devices, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch via its technical breakthrough - Airx.
Multi-language supported, SHD audiovisual quality, ultrafast speed, user-friendly
interface, and easy-to-handle operation let Mac Blu-ray Player provide the extraordinary
Blu-ray enjoyment to all users.

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1.1 Main Features
The first Blu-ray player that can support both Mac & PC system
Splendid Blu-ray/DVD enjoyment
Outstanding universal performance and all media formats supported
Support playback of Blu-ray or DVD movies in ISO image format
Powerful High-Definition video player and hardware acceleration available
DTS5.1 guarantees super high quality of output
Support Blu-ray on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
Share movie or video information with friends anywhere and anytime
1.2 System Requirements
Mac Blu-ray Player:
Mac OS X 10.5+ to 10.10
Intel Core2 Duo 2.4GHz processor or higher recommended
512 MB RAM or higher recommended
250 MB of free disk space.
An internal or external Blu-ray drive
USB≥ 2.0 or FireWire≥ 400
Internet Connection
1.3 Support Equipments
Mac: MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro (Mac OS 10.5-10.9)
Mobile devices:
iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, 5S, 6, 6 Plus
iPad 1, 2, 3, 4, mini, Air
iTouch (iOS should be 3 or later)
1.4 Installing & Registering
1.4.1. Installing Mac Blu-ray Player
Step 1: Download Mac Blu-ray Player
Step 2: Click and drag Blu-ray Player.app icon into the Applications folder.
Step 3: Now you can run the Blu-ray player software on your Mac and play a Blu-ray
with it.

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Note: A watermark will show when you play Blu-ray with the trial version. Once you buy
and register the player, it will disappear.
1.4.2. Registering Mac Blu-ray Player
Step 1: Download Mac Blu-ray Player
Step 2: After buying the Blu-ray Player software from the website, you will receive an
email with a registration code in it.
Step 3: Run Mac Blu-ray Player on your Mac computer. Input your email address and
the registration code into the boxes.
Step 4: Click on the “Register” button, and you will successfully register. Press "OK"
button to continue to play Blu-ray movies on your Mac computer (Mac OS 10.5 - 10.10).
Now you have successfully registered and can play a Blu-ray movie with it.
2. Using Mac Blu-ray Player
a) Media Panel
b) Open Buttons
c) Playback Controls

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2.1 Media Panel
2.1.1 Mac Blu-ray Player: Preferences
Click to enter into the general panel, where you can set language, theme,
full-screen control panel style, background, snapshot save path
1) Choose the language you want to display in the main interface.

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2) Choose where you would like to save the snapshots.
Click to enter into playback panel, where you can make some settings before
playback.
1) Under Behavior, if you tick the first option, the program will automatically run the disc when you
insert one. Choose the second one means if you have already insert a disc, it will automatically run
the disc playback once you launch this App.
2) Under Forward/Backward, you can adjust the time length through when you want to
Forward/Backward the video.The upward button will extend the step length and the downward
button will shorten it.

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3) Under Playback Memory, if you tick “remember the played position of video files”, the program
will auto play the video you played last time. If you choose the second one, when you run Mac
Blu-ray Player, it will bring up a popup window that reminds you the position of the video you
played last time. And if you don’t want to be reminded, you can “Clear Playback Memory”.
4) Under Miscellaneous, you can see “play/pause” on the screen if you tick the first item “Show OSD”.
Also you can choose “Enable volume adjustment by touchpad” if you need.

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Click to enter into video panel, where you can enable Deinterlace, set Aspect
Ratio and choose Hardware Acceleration function.
1) If you have high standard about the video, you can tick “Enable Deinterlace” to improve the clarity.
2) You can set the right aspect ratio here to fit your screen.
3) It can help to lower the CPU usage of your Mac, accelerating Blu-ray playback on Mac by ticking
“Enable hardware acceleration”.

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Click to enter into audio panel, where you can set audio output and effects
here.
You can tick “use S/PDIF when available” (pass through) function when you have own device to
decode audio such as DTS HD / Master.
Click to enter into subtitle panel, where you can set subtitle display parameters
and text subtitle settings.
Here you can change subtitle font, size, color and align.

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Click to enter into Blu-ray panel, where you can choose playback mode, set
some navigation parameters before Blu-ray playback.
1) There are two playback modes: quick play mode and Blu-ray menu mode. You can change the
playback mode here.
2) Under Navigation, you can select the first item “Show navigation panel before playback if
available” if you want to see the simple menu before play the disc. Also you can uptick "Sort
Titles" to see the whole movie include the special features:
2.1.2 File
You can open and close files in many ways here. You can open the file in the same
window or in a new one; view recent files; eject disc; or close.

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2.1.3 Controls
Item
Hotkey
Description
Play
Space
Play media playback
Stop
Space
Pause media playback
Previous
Command+Left
Return to last chapter on the movie disc.
Next
Command+Right
Jumps to next chapter on the movie disc.
Forward
Shift+Command+Right
Backward
Shift+Command+Left
Volume Up
Command+Up
To manually adjust the volume, hover your
mouse over this button and then use the
slider to increase or decrease the volume.
Volume Down
Command+Down
Mute
Click to mute the volume; click again to turn
mute off.
Navigation
Panel
Command+P
Visually display elapsed playback time. Click
along the slider to jump to different
moments in the movie. Click and drag the

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slider to use Instant Seek to quickly browse
and find specific scenes within your movie.
Title
Select the title to play.
Chapter
Select the chapter to play.
Fullscreen
Command+F
Stop playback of media.
2.1.4 Video
Item
Hotkey
Description
Half size
Command+1
Set the screen size for media
playback.
Normal size
Command+2
Double size
Command+3
Fit to screen
Command+4
Aspect Ratio
Set the aspect ratio of the
screen
Deinterlace
Select the degree of
deinterlace.
Video Track
Set the video track for media
playback.
Subtitle Track
Select subtitle track for
media playback.
2.1.5 Audio
Audio track and channel can be selected here and you can choose audio device as well.

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2.1.6 Tools
In this chapter, you can enable AirX, Snap the screen (or press Shift+Command+S
simultaneously), check file associations or updates, and make registration.
1) You can set Mac Blu-ray player to your default player by clicking “Check file associations”
2) Then it will come up with a pop up window:

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3) You can choose some files’ format which you want to play with Macgo Blu-ray player, then click
“Make Mac Blu-ray player my default player”.
4) Also you can click “check for updates” to check and update to the latest version.
2.1.7 Window
In this chapter, you can click to show playlist ( or press Shift+Command+P ) and click
again to hide it; make adjustments of brightness, saturation, contrast, gamma and hue;
customize or default background; or minimize the playback window.

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1) If you want to hide the panel on the right of the screen, please just click “Playlist”, the panel will
disappear.
2) Here you can check the media information of the disc you play.

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3) Here you can set the brightness, saturation, contrast, gamma and hue under adjustments.

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2.1.8 Help
1) If you have any question about the software or its playback, you can search for it by clicking Mac
Blu-ray Player help.
2) If you meet the "fail to open/play" error, please tick the debug mode then send the log file to us.
3) If you meet disc decode problem, please tick the Disc sampling mode, and movie sampling mode,
and then send the produced file to us.
4) If the playback is unsmooth, please tick the performance test and then sent the screenshot about
the device I/O speed rate to us.
2.2 Open Buttons

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1. How to watch a Blu-ray file with Mac Blu-ray Player?
Download and install Mac Blu-ray Player on your Mac.
Click on “Open File” and then select the video file you want to start playing.
Wait for a bit, and the file will be played for you directly. You can make some
adjustments on the main menu, or you can directly choose “Play” and enjoy your
movie time.

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2. How to watch a Blu-ray disc with Mac Blu-ray Player?
Connect the Blu-ray drive. You can buy one in store or from Amazon online. The USB of
the driver should be above 2.0. Then connect the drive to a Mac via a USB connection.
Download and install Mac Blu-ray Player on your Mac.