[mythtv-users] Blu-Ray player? Myth capable?

[Mark Hutchinson]

Phil Bridges wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Mark Hutchinson <mark at onnow.net> wrote:
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>> Ben Coates wrote:
>>  >
>>  > I'm about to do the same and purchase a Blu-ray drive to play Blu-ray
>>  > movies on my main myth box.
>>  >
>>  > What I'd like to know is - how to play Blu-ray discs in linux...
>>  >
>>  > If anyone has any recommendations for what's supported under linux (or
>>  > what to avoid), I'd be very grateful.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > On 2/25/08, *Mark Hutchinson* <mark at onnow.net <mailto:mark at onnow.net>>
>>
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>>> wrote:
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>>  >
>>  >     I have read the wiki and such on Blu-ray, but still have some
>>  >     questions.
>>  >
>>  >     I purchased an LD Blu-ray/HD-DVD player.  With UDF 2.5 patched
>>  >     into the
>>  >     kernel, it is seen fine.
>>  >     I also have a Winblows box with AnyDVD that can see and play this fine
>>  >     with PowerDVD.
>>  >
>>  >     My goal is to be able to see the Blu-Ray DVD I have purchased in
>>  >     MythTV.
>>  >     Does anyone know a way to rip to avi or mpeg or anything so as to be
>>  >     able to view in myth?
>>  >     They are in m2ts files now ( about 30 of them in some cases )
>>  >
>>  >     Thoughts?  Advice? What might work?
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>>  The best way would be to simply have Mplayer or Xine be able to play a
>>  blu-ray disk.  I dont think this works now though. Mplayer SVN can play
>>  .EVO files, but I have had no luck trying to convert blu-ray to EVO.
>>  There must be some simpler way.  If there were an equivilent to PowerDVD
>>  in the Linux space, maybe.
>>  Any one else have ideas?  Ways to convert etc....  I own these movies, I
>>  just want to see them in Myth.  I am even willing to convert in Windows
>>  to get this done first, then transfer.
>>
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> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD
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This does not work for many titles.  Blu-ray disks maybe not at all.  
This was on HD-DVD.