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Myra Krallman
So I recently bought a blu-ray drive since I started accumulating a bunch of movies and shows on the format, and I was wondering if linux/ubuntu can actually play them? If not it's fine I can just reboot into windows but I have vlc player, restricted extras and the stuff required to play dvds, and my ubuntu partition plays dvds just fine. I'm in Australia (region 4) if that changes anything
Open-source Blu-ray playback is a cat and mouse game, which involves constantly waiting for hackers to discover up-to-date keys to play more recent titles. But there is another option, involving partially proprietary closed-source software, which is (for the moment) free to use on Linux.
And just like that, VLC (You may have to mount it before reading from device - /dev/sr0 for example) and other players configured to use libbluray will be able to play any blu-ray disk, without any "no valid AACS key found" errors.
Films on Blu-ray ROMs are encrypted according to a standard known as AACS, which dictates multiple layers of encryption using multiple keys, including one physically printed on the disk, a volume id, which prevents one from burning working copies. (A very good explanation is given on Wikipedia here.) Each approved OEM Blu-ray player or drive is given a key, and each film has its own title key needed to decrypt and play the film. Each film's title key is encrypted using all currently valid OEM keys so any of them can decrypt it (in a process which also requires the physical volume id, which must be read by the drive).
There are no (as far as I'm aware) third-party applications in the Linux universe with official Blu-ray capability (i.e. having their own approved decryption keys). Therefore VLC et al. rely on a continuously updated database of leaked keys - both "title keys" that can be used to decrypt a specific film, or OEM keys which allow for decrypting the title key on any disk which in turn can be used to decrypt the film. The powers that be in Blu-ray land however take umbrage with this and revoke compromised OEM keys by not using them to encrypt title keys: meaning players or applications which use those keys will no longer be able to decrypt any Blu-ray released after revocation (though they can still play older ones). So those wanting to watch Blu-ray films on VLC or any other Linux software need to wait for some benevolent hacker to find and then publish a key that was still valid at the time the film was released. Blu-ray on Linux is essentially a cat and mouse game.
Note also that as the optical drive is actively involved in the decryption process, it too (as far as I'm aware) will have a key and so even your physical drive can become useless for newer films if its key is compromised, leaked and then revoked.
I have a Sony VAIO VGN-FW373J with built in blu-ray player and all I had to do to play blu-ray movies with my Ubuntu 14.04 was to install vlc, open it, chose the media / blu-ray and voila... works like a charm
I just hit 1036 movies today, I have been on this journey for just over three years, I currently have four plans through 3D blu ray rental! It was a sad day for me to watch Netflix dvd Service close its doors!
I bought a Pioneer external drive, Model BDR-XS07TUHD -blurayodd.eu/products/bdr-xs07tuhd/index.php It's plug and play, works both with my M1 iMac & M1 MacBook Air, no need to plug the Air to the main AC. It runs quietly and has a very good overall quality. It comes with an app to tweak some settings, to make the silent mode automatic etc.
The only free software that plays Blu-ray well is Leawo FREE Blu-ray Player Mac -ray-player-mac/ AnyMP4 Blu-ray Player for Mac works, but the free version has an obtrusive watermark. Any other app makes both my Macs crash: kernel panic, pink screen, shut down and reboot.
4K discs can be played by the Leawo software too, but in my case it doesn't work: the drive keeps "loading..." the disc. I have been assured it is a compatibility issue with the Pioneer drive, and it will be fixed in the next software update (later this month). In fact, MakeMKV reads 4K discs when inserted and can rip them, so I think it is indeed a software issue with Leawo. I'll update this thread when I know more.
Worse than that. I read a while back that it isn't just Sony, there are multiple patent owners that make up Blu-ray. Which is what Jobs referred to as a "bag of hurt". Too many patent/license holders to pay, so he just skipped it altogether.
I contacted the AnyMP4 Blu-ray Player for Mac customer service and they cannot guarantee that their software can play 4K UHD Blu-ray Discs. I am unable to find a software that can play 4K discs on a Mac. If anybody knows about any option, please say so. I'd like to be sure before buying an external UHD Blu-ray reader, because they are much more expensive than standard Blu-ray ones, which I now know work fine. Thanks.
Thanks for your reply. It does not seem that the Asus burner you suggest can read 4K UHD Blu-ray Discs, just the standard Blu-Ray ones. I saw the Archgon Star UHD External 4K-Ultra HD BD Player is plug & play for Macs, but the specifics note that "At the moment the only software that can play 4K UHD Blu-ray movies is Cyberlink PowerDVD for Windows and unfortunately there is NOTHING for Mac IOS." Does this hold true? It seems that AnyMP4 Blu-ray Player for Mac does read 4K UHD discs.
Use the free download button to get a demo before purchasing. I don't own any 4K movies, or I'd test it myself. I see it notes 4K playback as "simple". Which means it won't display the disk's menu screen, but just looks for the largest file on the disk and plays it.
The underlying problem is that Bluray is owned by Sony and they have not made a license available to Apple, so whatever you get - software or hardware - is a workaround. Roxio Toast is an excellent burner and reader but I don't know if the latest version does 4K, my older version does not.
One other piece of info: I found out that not all BluRay DVD's will play on my player. Some start and run fine while others just spin and no movie. So not very reliable. Non BluRay DVD's all work fine.
Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The name refers to the blue laser (actually a violet laser) used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs.
The BD format was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association, a group representing makers of consumer electronics, computer hardware, and motion pictures. Sony unveiled the first Blu-ray Disc prototypes in October 2000, and the first prototype player was released in Japan in April 2003. Afterward, it continued to be developed until its official worldwide release on June 20, 2006, beginning the high-definition optical disc format war, where Blu-ray Disc competed with the HD DVD format. Toshiba, the main company supporting HD DVD, conceded in February 2008,[9] and later released its own Blu-ray Disc player in late 2009.[10] According to Media Research, high-definition software sales in the United States were slower in the first two years than DVD software sales.[11] Blu-ray's competition includes video on demand (VOD) and DVD.[12] In January 2016, 44% of U.S. broadband households had a Blu-ray player.[13]
The information density of the DVD format was limited by the wavelength of the laser diodes used. Following protracted development, blue laser diodes operating at 405 nanometers became available on a production basis, allowing for development of a denser storage format that could hold higher-definition media, with prototype discs made with diodes at a slightly longer wavelength of 407 nanometers in October 1998.[14][15] Sony commenced two projects in collaboration with Panasonic, Philips, and TDK,[16] applying the new diodes: UDO (Ultra Density Optical),[17] and DVR Blue (together with Pioneer),[18] a format of rewritable discs that would eventually become Blu-ray Disc (more specifically, BD-RE). The core technologies of the formats are similar. The first DVR Blue prototypes were unveiled by Sony at the CEATEC exhibition in October 2000.[19] A trademark for the "Blue Disc" logo was filed on February 9, 2001.[20] On February 19, 2002, the project was officially announced as Blu-ray Disc,[21][22] and Blu-ray Disc Founders was founded by the nine initial members.
The first consumer device arrived in stores on April 10, 2003: the Sony BDZ-S77, a US$3,800 BD-RE recorder that was made available only in Japan.[23] However, there was no standard for pre-recorded video, and no movies were released for this player. Hollywood studios insisted that players be equipped with digital rights management before they would release movies for the new format, and they wanted a new DRM system that would be more secure than the failed Content Scramble System (CSS) used on DVDs. On October 4, 2004, the name Blu-ray Disc Founders was officially changed to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), and 20th Century Fox joined the BDA's Board of Directors.[24] The Blu-ray Disc physical specifications were completed in 2004.[25] The recording layer on which the data is stored lies under a 0.1 millimeter protective layer and on top of a 1.1 millimeter substrate made of polycarbonate plastic; Sony also announced in April 2004 a version using paper as the substrate developed with Toppan Printing, with up to 25 GB storage.[26][27]
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