Blu-Ray

[Rashkae]

On 14-01-04 12:42 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> I have done some research on how to play (and rip) a blu-ray disc with
> Linux/Ubuntu and so far nothing works.
>
> I have pulled down makemkv, handbrake, blu-play and none of them,
> separately or in combination, work properly.
>
> Makemkv takes hours to create a ton of files on my disk, it looks like
> it works, but it does not appear to produce either a single .mkv file
> or any usable stream files.
>

I use Makemkv, and have been nothing but pleased with it.  I think you 
just need to spend a bit more time with that program to figure it out.  
(with one exception, so far, the Expendables 2 BD had a very creative 
way of messing with the rip software.  I just downloaded that movie 
instead.)

The movie should be exported into a single mkv.  However, a BD disc has 
many more videos, all of which will get exported to their own file, 
unless you selectively choose which titles to export. (Previews, 
specials, even the background used by menus are actually video streams.)


If I plan to keep it, I use Handbrake to re-encode the mkv file makemkv 
exported, for space efficiency.  That's purely optional, however.