I’ve been looking into developing for Blu-ray which means I’ve had to soak up a bunch of new technologies including: BD-J, BD-Live, BD-ROM, BD-R/RE, HDMV, HAVi, DVB, MHP, GEM, Java TV, Xlets, and more.

Blu-ray development is a bit tricky because of this mix of free, semi-free, and non-free technology. Jared Boone has done a great job of describing this from the perspective of an individual developer. From www.earfeast.com:

Sadly, the Blu-Ray specifications are very expensive and there is no third-party documentation on the Blu-Ray specific APIs. I take this to mean there is no legal way to use the Blu-Ray specific APIs without purchasing a specification and/or license.

I’ve started collecting interesting Blu-ray development links on my bookmarks page.

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