[LINUX/MAC/WINDOWS] Blu-ray Disc support in XBMC? With menus and AACS/BD+ decryption?

tobi11 · 2011-04-28 16:42

Unencrypted Blu-ray support without menus is included since XBMC 10.0.
.iso's might not work, but you can unpack them.

**spiff** · 2011-04-28 16:52

read again - he said isos worked.

no, we can't play originals. they are riddled with crappy drm. those who have broken it, choose to profit on it rather than releasing the info to the community.

mrchrister · 2011-05-05 09:51

thanks for the explanation!
that's really a bummer...
Isn't it possible to somehow find out how makemkv is doing it? i mean at least i can play blurays like that...except without subtitles, audio track selection and menus (kind of all the feature that are nice about blurays)

-EaS- · 2011-06-24 02:29

Any news on the Blu-ray menu part of things?

What I gathered so far:

libbluray supports playback of Blu-ray's stripped of DRM ('ripped' blu-rays). Either in *.iso or folder structure form.
libbluray also supports the following two types of menus (or better 'authoring modes'): HDMV and BD-J (Blu-ray Disc Java)
XBMC supports playback of 'ripped' Blu-rays (either in *.iso or folder form) through libbluray
XBMC does not support the navigation ('menus') part of libbluray

Correct?

So since libbluray supports Blu-ray navigation, the absence of using menu's has to be xbmc's problem.

My question on this: Would enabling menu support (at least the more simple HDMV version), through libbluray, in xbmc, be just flipping some bits - or would it mean quite some work?

**davilla** · 2011-06-24 04:27

-EaS- Wrote:Any news on the Blu-ray menu part of things?

What I gathered so far:

libbluray supports playback of Blu-ray's stripped of DRM ('ripped' blu-rays). Either in *.iso or folder structure form.

libbluray also supports the following two types of menus (or better 'authoring modes'): HDMV and BD-J (Blu-ray Disc Java)

XBMC supports playback of 'ripped' Blu-rays (either in *.iso or folder form) through libbluray

XBMC does not support the navigation ('menus') part of libbluray

Correct?

So since libbluray supports Blu-ray navigation, the absence of using menu's has to be xbmc's problem.

My question on this: Would enabling menu support (at least the more simple HDMV version), through libbluray, in xbmc, be just flipping some bits - or would it mean quite some work?

it would be some work, patches welcome.

hoppel118 · 2011-08-04 18:07

Hallo,

when I try to git clone the libbluray I get the following:

Code:

# git clone git://git.videolan.org/libbluray.git

Cloning into libbluray...

git.videolan.org[0: 88.191.250.118]: errno=Connection refused

fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection refused)

Where is the problem?

hoppel118 · 2011-08-05 00:35

Ok, I found the problem. The git-protocol uses the tcp-port 9418, which was closed by my firewall.

Greetings

hoppel118 · 2011-08-17 10:50

Hey guys,

compiled libbluray from videolan-git and xbmc from opdenkamp-git with libbluray enabled. The following isn't possible:

automount bluray-iso (dvd-iso works fine)
rewind/fastforward chapters

If I mount my bluray-isos manual, I can watch the m2ts-files.

What is the problem? Are these features possible with opdenkamp-git or only with mario sitz ppa?

What about the standard xbmc-development-git? Is it possible with this?

Greetings

Hoppel

OlliLaukkanen · 2011-11-01 22:38

spiff Wrote:...no, we can't play originals. they are riddled with crappy drm. those who have broken it, choose to profit on it rather than releasing the info to the community.

Do you say that if you had the decryption keys you would implement native BD support?

yallah · 2012-01-02 00:03

ok but if i put anydvd hd in windows, BD is it working with menu in xbmc player?

waldo22 Wrote:Thomas,

XBMC Live suports the playing of unencrypted BluRay discs, and unencrypted folder rips as well.

The latest nightlies also support BluRay ISO rips in addition.

No XBMC builds support BluRay Menus yet, though.

This means that you can't just put a commercial BluRay in your drive and play it.

You can do that on the Windows builds, if you are running an on-the-fly decryption program like AnyDVD HD from Slysoft.

If you're using Linux or Live, though, you have to rip the BluRay to a media server first and play it over the network.

My media server runs Windows, so I'm able to run AnyDVD on my media server, share the BluRay drive, and play it over the network on any of the XBMC builds, even live and AppleTV.

Unless you're willing to run a Windows build on your XBMC machine and buy AnyDVD, I think you should return the BluRay drive.

-Wes

tobi11 Junior Member Posts: 31 Joined: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-04-28 16:42 Post: #101 Unencrypted Blu-ray support without menus is included since XBMC 10.0. .iso's might not work, but you can unpack them.
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mrchrister Junior Member Posts: 19 Joined: Oct 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-05-05 09:51 Post: #103 thanks for the explanation! that's really a bummer... Isn't it possible to somehow find out how makemkv is doing it? i mean at least i can play blurays like that...except without subtitles, audio track selection and menus (kind of all the feature that are nice about blurays)
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hoppel118 Member Posts: 53 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: Germany - Hamburg	2011-08-04 18:07 Post: #106 Hallo, when I try to git clone the libbluray I get the following: Code: `# git clone git://git.videolan.org/libbluray.git Cloning into libbluray... git.videolan.org[0: 88.191.250.118]: errno=Connection refused fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection refused)` Where is the problem?
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hoppel118 Member Posts: 53 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: Germany - Hamburg	2011-08-05 00:35 Post: #107 Ok, I found the problem. The git-protocol uses the tcp-port 9418, which was closed by my firewall. Greetings
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OlliLaukkanen Junior Member Posts: 30 Joined: Sep 2011 Reputation: 1	2011-11-01 22:38 Post: #109 spiff Wrote:...no, we can't play originals. they are riddled with crappy drm. those who have broken it, choose to profit on it rather than releasing the info to the community. Do you say that if you had the decryption keys you would implement native BD support?
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