Misc Help with Blu-ray rips and AACS

[Jayro]

Ah malware builds, aight!

They're false-positives, and my source is trusted, don't worry.

 

[linuxares]

@Ryab do you run Windows btw?

 

[Kwyjor]

A few have been mentioned that will correctly play the menus. Not sure if VLC still needs a bunch of extra rigamarole to play the menus properly, but I assume so since the latest comment stating it still works is less than a month old.

Oh, neat. That's good to know.

(What's so important about "Bellsoft Java"? I've never heard of that before.)

 

[AkikoKumagara]

This function here creates a copy of the file structure of the disc, and optionally also strips out encryption of A/V content.
I just make lossless MKVs of the video content, but this is what @linuxares would have been referring to above, since it's essentially a proper image of the disc when made this way. Then you just need to worry about how to play it/what to play it on.

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After trying several things in my test, I found that you must go to Open Disc (even though "Open Folder" is an option, it doesn't work), then select your Blu-Ray backup folder from there for VLC to work with it. Plays just like the disc if you do this. To get the menu to look correct in VLC, I had to switch to OpenGL for the video renderer.

 

[Ryab]

@Ryab do you run Windows btw?

In this instance yes. But I normal do run Linux.

Post automatically merged: Oct 8, 2023

This function here creates a copy of the file structure of the disc, and optionally also strips out encryption of A/V content.
I just make lossless MKVs of the video content, but this is what @linuxares would have been referring to above, since it's essentially a proper image of the disc when made this way. Then you just need to worry about how to play it/what to play it on.

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Post automatically merged: Oct 7, 2023

After trying several things in my test, I found that you must go to Open Disc (even though "Open Folder" is an option, it doesn't work), then select your Blu-Ray backup folder from there for VLC to work with it. Plays just like the disc if you do this. To get the menu to look correct in VLC, I had to switch to OpenGL for the video renderer.

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See this exact thing works for most of them. But I have 1 specific set of discs that either crashes VLC, loads to a black screen, or displays a bunch of corrupted video. I have confirmed that the tracks are very much not corrupted.

 

[linuxares]

In this instance yes. But I normal do run Linux.

Post automatically merged: Oct 8, 2023

See this exact thing works for most of them. But I have 1 specific set of discs that either crashes VLC, loads to a black screen, or displays a bunch of corrupted video. I have confirmed that the tracks are very much not corrupted.

Well if you use Windows or Linux. MakeMKV sounds like your best bet. And then use K3b to make blurays on Linux. Imgburn on Windows.

 

[Jayro]

Just fire up a copy of AnyDVD HD and make an ISO image of the disc. That would be 1:1 and with no encryption.

 

[Ryab]

Well if you use Windows or Linux. MakeMKV sounds like your best bet. And then use K3b to make blurays on Linux. Imgburn on Windows.

That is exactly what I've been doing. Most of the discs rip perfectly and run fine. But there is 1 specific set of discs that just either crash the player, load to a black screen, or just display corrupted pixels. I have verified that the files are not corrupted too.

 

[linuxares]

That is exactly what I've been doing. Most of the discs rip perfectly and run fine. But there is 1 specific set of discs that just either crash the player, load to a black screen, or just display corrupted pixels. I have verified that the files are not corrupted too.

Which disk is it?

 

[Ryab]

Which disk is it?

All 4 discs of the Japanese AIR anime. These were made at the same time as the Kanon disc set by the same manufacturer and they work fine. These were imported and I am doing this on a Region A drive.

 

[linuxares]

All 4 discs of the Japanese AIR anime. These were made at the same time as the Kanon disc set by the same manufacturer and they work fine. These were imported and I am doing this on a Region A drive.

http://fvonline-db.bplaced.net/

Can you follow the instructions and see if it helps?

EDIT: For Arch - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray

 

[RedColoredStars]

That is exactly what I've been doing. Most of the discs rip perfectly and run fine. But there is 1 specific set of discs that just either crash the player, load to a black screen, or just display corrupted pixels. I have verified that the files are not corrupted too.

Have you tried any of the other players mentioned to see if it's a fault with VLC or VLC's configuration that is preventing those specific discs from playing? Did you try re-ripping them with DVDFab or AnyDVD HD to be certain the ap was properly removed?

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Oh, neat. That's good to know.

(What's so important about "Bellsoft Java"? I've never heard of that before.)

Bellsoft is just an OpenJDK distribution. Like how Linux has multiple distributions, so does Java outside of Oracles version.

https://www.baeldung.com/oracle-jdk-vs-openjdk

I tried Bellsoft and Oracles Java 21 and neither worked. Java 8 from both worked, although navigating the menus was pretty laggy in full screen. On a side note, DVDFab's "PlayerFab" played the menus without a separate Java install and also had no lag when navigating the menus.

 

[Kwyjor]

Bellsoft is just an OpenJDK distribution. Like how Linux has multiple distributions, so does Java outside of Oracles version.

It wouldn't have surprised me if some insanely subtle discrepancy had crept in somehow.

On a side note, DVDFab's "PlayerFab" played the menus without a separate Java install and also had no lag when navigating the menus.

I guess you "have" to buy their $80 product for that functionality, though?

 

[RedColoredStars]

I guess you "have" to buy their $80 product for that functionality, though?

Edit: Yeah. The "free" version locks all the good functions out after however many days. I did find a free 1 year key offer online that worked, but there are other options available for the latest PlayerFab 7.0.4.3.

Also, word of caution to anyone using a cracked/activated version. I would steer clear of using the Amazon, Hulu, Netflix, etc. options as people have gotten account bans on their streaming services for it. Plus you don't know where your passwords might be going. Just keep it completely blocked in your firewall.