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Questions tagged [blu-ray]

Questions relating to blu-ray hardware and burning

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Where is the VLC logfile for errors?

I tried to open a blu ray with VLC, but I got this error message: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details. For further information I have to read a log from VLC, but I can not find any log, I only found with…
sharkant
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Can linux play blu-rays?

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,…
wolfguy
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How can I watch Blu-ray discs?

I've got a Blu-ray drive and I'd like to be able to use it to watch movies under Ubuntu.
Kees Cook
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How can I convert a .m2ts to .mkv?

Does anyone know of an application that allows me to convert an m2ts file to mkv or some other format? Preferably something that allows me to convert it directly, rather than convert the whole Blu-ray disc. hddump didn't work because it doesn't…
Thomas Boxley
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Playing Blu-ray using VLC

I've been searching for a way to play Blu-ray using VLC on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit and all of them tell me that I've to somehow rip the disk into .mkv format then play it. But today, I found a page with directions on how to play Blu-rays directly on VLC.…
Kevin
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Any way to easily rip blu-ray disks?

I've seen the documentation on Blu-Ray Restricted formats here but I'm looking to see if anyone has come up with an easy solution yet? Also it would be awesome if someone knows of any type of program that provides mkv compression.
wajiw
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Is blu-ray writing support reliable yet?

Blu-ray writers have reduced in price a lot recently, but there are few success stories on the web about writing blu-ray disks using Ubuntu (and the same goes for GNU/Linux in general). Are any of the new low-cost blu-ray writers supported? Can…
Croad Langshan
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Missing AACS configuration file" error when playing blueray movies

I'm on ubuntu 20.10, and I keep getting this error code whenever I try to play a bluray movie in VLC media player Missing AACS configuration file I don't know what to do, and I was wondering if anyone has encountered this problem and how to fix it,…
how to ubuntu
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Is there an easy way to watch Blu-ray in Ubuntu 16.04?

I have tried to get it to work in the past with no success. makemkv
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How do I play HD video without it stuttering?

I want play a Blu Ray Video from my hard drive with Boxee, but it chokes all the time. I've tried to play it with others video players but it is the same. I think that is a 10gb .mkv file with 10Gb. Stuttering video with VLC , mplayer, and the…
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DVDs not mounting in Ubuntu 20.04 - works fine in Windows

I have an Hitachi LG-WH16NS6 SATA DVD and Bluray drive mounted in an OWC Mercury Pro external USB 3 caddy. When I connect the device to my machine and try to insert a DVD under Ubuntu (20.04 LTS), the disc spins and the drive tries to read it but…
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Can I install ubuntu from a blu-ray disc?

I only have blank blu-ray discs around , if i burn the iso to one of them would i be able to boot from it and install ubuntu? I would rather not burn the disc without being sure, they cost quite a lot around here.
Chriskin
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Burning Blueray disk with growisofs stopped at 'WRITE@LBA=b02ea0h Error'

I successfully burned several Blueray Disk with this command: growisofs -allow-limited-size -Z /dev/sr0 -r -speed=4 -J -V "Backup 01" /home/default/Documents/Backup/ But when I tried to burn an BD50 dual layer, it stucked at 52.27% with this…
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Cannot play Blu-Ray discs with VLC, Getting the error 'BD+ decoding library does not work'

When I put the disc in the tray and try to play with VLC I get this error, "Blu-ray error: Your system BD+ decoding library does not work. Missing configuration? Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///dev/sr0'. Check…
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Playing BluRay discs

Things i Have tried. Playing Blu-Ray and HD DVD Video MakeMKV and DumpHD do not work. Playing Blu-ray using VLC Can linux play blu-rays VLC error. Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for…
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