Comments on: ripping blu-ray discs on linux … and windows, and ps3

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:08:56 +0000

Yah, that's what I'm quickly learning. We could use some OSS tools to step up to the plate.

By: Gusar

Gusar — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:18:05 +0000

The problem is BD+. Open source software can only handle early forms of that. Later versions can only be handled by AnyDVD and MakeMKV. Also, there's no libdvdread-like library media players could use for simple watching directly from disc, without ripping first. You have to use MakeMKV and it's streaming feature.

By: Marco DR

Marco DR — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:07:12 +0000

Actually, there is a way to play bluray directly in Linux with MakeMKV. It involves streaming. You can decrypt on-the-fly by selecting "stream server" in MakeMKV. It opens a stream in your localhost (port 51000) and then you just need to access it with a browser or, better, with your favourite mplayer frontend. Works very well for me.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:42:13 +0000

Ah, thanks for heads up, fixed.

There's actually more stuff in the works, I haven't covered everything, and from what I know, you *can* rip them using Linux only with dump_hd (also on the doom9 forums). I just don't have the disc drive, so all my attempts at accessing the data haven't met with any success.

By: Mike Lothian

Mike Lothian — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:40:56 +0000

Out of interest did you find a way of simply playing a bluray from linux without ripping first?

I've got an American PS3 and some of my blurays are now region encoded to the the UK.

I ended up using a spare hard drive installing windows and using the bluray software that came with the drive just to watch the Proposal on valentines day

I'd have been so much easier just downloading an illegal copy. Grr

Any way enough moaning from me, if any one has a quick was of watching a bluray on linux please let me know

By: Gusar

Gusar — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:07:40 +0000

The "direct link" for MakeMKV is wrong, it points to slysoft.

It's too bad that open source efforts to rip Blu-ray discs seem to have dried up. But MakeMKV at least has a Linux version.

By: Michael Croes

Michael Croes — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:47:00 +0000

You can use tsMuxer to get seperate streams from (m2)ts files. The Linux command line version is quite a pain to use, but you can create meta files using the GUI which are reusable for the command line...

Either way, I'm interested in where this is going. I also have a PS3, and I have a Samsung TV which can play movies over DLNA, so ripping bluray discs would be really very nice. I just wouldn't want to do it on windows though, that's a too high price to pay.

Thanks for all the information so far, I hope you'll figure most of this out!