The state of BluRay movies on Linux

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 10:12 am Post subject:

beandog,

/dev/svg* ?
I have /dev/sg* but I don't have udev and similar things to do any autoblackmagic to 'help' me.

For those that like the background, /dev/sr* is a block device. Its used for reading and writing data by the block :) which means data inside the the filesystem only.
/dev/sg* is a character device for raw control of the drive. Software can tell the drive to seek anywhere, then get the data back from the corresponding /dev/sr*
The filesystem is not used.

As CD digital audio totally lacks any filesystem, its the only way to play audio CDs.
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beandog · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:49 am Post subject:

beandog · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:42 am Post subject:

I've updated the Gentoo wiki Blu-ray wiki page with the latest up-to-date information. If you need help, open a new topic in the Multimedia forum.
Added:

Ripping Blu-rays with ffmpeg (ffmpeg -playlist 800 -i bluray:/dev/sr0)
Getting VLC playback with menu support (install libbdplus and dev-java/openjdk-bin and set user-vm in eselect java-vm)
MakeMKV man pages here - http://bluray.beandog.org/makemkv/man/
Where to get MakeMKV registration keys, here https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053

Get latest KEYDBs here: http://fvonline-db.bplaced.net/

If you need to crack a Blu-ray to get a key added to KEYDB.cfg, use FindVUK in Windows.
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Maffblaster · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2022 6:48 pm Post subject:

Zucca · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 7:39 am Post subject:

I'll report how my BluRay ripping goes when I have built my new home server.
I do hope the situation is now better.
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vasettoo · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 11 Nov 2012 Posts: 97

I've successfully managed to play encrypted bluray of Sade - Bring Me Home, using KEYDB file in 'aacs' folder with Kodi. Before it wasn't possible to watch and circumvent the encrytion. Thank you for the tip, @beandog!

pa4wdh · l33t Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 811

In case anybody is still in doubt about bluray support:
I needed a new optical drive and decided to go for a bluray drive since they are relatively cheap now. My first use case was reading audio CD's and it does that just like a non-bluray drive does.
So far i have 1 original bluray disk, and using the information on the wiki i was able to play it with mplayer and vlc, and have been able to save the contents to file with bd_splice, so thanks for all the hard work and good documentation.

I do have one question:
Now i used a KEYDB file from the internet and my bluray disk was included so everything works. Are there open source tools available for when a disk isn't included?
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