[mythtv-users] blu ray rip playback

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

On 16 May 2012 16:30, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:
> I have some blu rays that I own which I want to rip to my network.
>
> Currently I'm using makemvk to rip all audio/subs/etc to an mkv.  This
> works well, with two exceptions:
> 1. if I want to keep the directors cut and the normal cut it takes
> twice the space
> 2. extras are gone (as are menus, but.... meh?)
>
> If I simply keep doing what I'm doing it doesn't actually annoy me.
>
> However, I remember that mythtv used to support playing a DVD file rip
> from a VIDEO_TS folder (with all the files that were on the DVD
> already decrypted), and wondered if it would do the same for blu rays.
>  I used makemkv to do a disk folder rip/decription, and was left with
> the blu ray structure.

myth can play bluray disk directly (or mounted ISO), provided the disk
isn't encrypted, or is encrypted with BDMV, which is only applicable
for a few years old bluray now (everything today is BD+)

A tool such as AnyDVD-HD, will let you rip a decrypted iso and you can
play it straight with mythtv