BluRay Playback On Ubuntu

By , Published January 6, 2010

Setting up BluRay playback on Linux can be a pretty complicated affair with only certain drive models working correctly and reliance on hacked firmware to get things going.

The MakeMKV project have come up with a far simpler solution which they admit isn’t perfect and that it “….is still a far shot from proper native support for blu-ray playback” but call it “…a nice workaround that is easy enough for any home user to get working.”

Sounds good… but what’s the catch?

Well you still can’t shove in a disc and have it play. Instead MakeMKV “streams” the disc content to a receptive player, such as VLC.

Thankfully I don’t have a BlueRay player in my PC yet, so i can’t verify the simplicity or benefit of this move but if you try it out let us know how you get on!

Tutorial @ http://themediaviking.com/software/bluray-linux/

Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

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  • Anonymous

    None of this stuff works. I only was able to get dvd’s to play and the bluray need a aacs key there is none to be found. OMG Ubuntu Bluray players not supported as followed LITE-ON,LG,SONY,or PANASONIC NOT SUPPORTED. WTF!!!! Stuck with just DVD’s give me a brake. Bluray’s as low as $10 and using Ubuntu prohibits its use thanks.

  • Anonymous

    By the way i have a Lenovo t61 three custom build desktop PC’s. And Ubuntu on all systems. Dual boot on all if Bluray’s become functional. Without weeks of chasing my tail to get stuff to work, then i can tell windows to go to hell. MAKE IT EASY. I’m just tired of the software drama. Six years of ubuntu and still a fight im tired im done.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_G4QG3633IJFBER4IJSXGQM4M3Q Bob

    Hi,
    I have recently googled regarding this topic and thanks for your post.
    Just to contribute my 2cents back, I have successfully installed MakeMKV v1.6.14 following the instructions on their site.
    I am using LinuxMint11 64bit. One thing though, the support for Bluray seems to be a 30days evaluation. Just right I would say, try before you buy :).
    Just make sure that you download both ‘source’ and ‘binary’ package and unzip them into 2 different folders and run the ‘make’ commands twice. First in the ‘source’ folder and again in the Second folder. Yes, use the CLI terminal prompt to do this.  After that, I created a launch icon.
    To use:
    1. Launch MakeMKV
    2. File -> Open Disc -> your Bluray Disc Name
    Wait for the Disc is read – lots of message then ‘Operation successfully completed’
    3. File -> Stream
    Lots of message then – Streaming server … http://192.168.x.y:51000 or http://localhost:5100 …….  UPnP server….
    NOTE: you should access this as http://localhost:51000/stream/title0.ts
    4. Run VLC
    5. Media -> Open Network Stream
    6. Network URL is: http://localhost:51000/stream/title0.ts
    Note: If from another PC in your LAN use: http://192.168.x.y:5100/stream/title0.ts
    7. Next time you may just select: Media -> Recent Media -> http://….. in VLC.
    Enjoy :)

  • Fabio Veronese

    @ LivewireInc

    You’re not right man… I did it with my Sony Optiarc drive flawlessy. Maybe if you look for a detailed dummy-proof ubuntu-specific guide you might look here:

    http://linuxsolver.blogspot.com/2011/02/bluray-on-ubuntu-without-rip.html

  • Fabio Veronese

    @ Bob

    “One thing though, the support for Bluray seems to be a 30days evaluation. Just right I would say, try before you buy :).”

    This can be easily avoided with a workaround, or just keeping the software updated.

    check here:

    http://linuxsolver.blogspot.com/2010/09/make-mkv-updates.html