AACS Keys - A program revealing all AACS Keys needed to decrypt (HD DVD and Blu-ray)

[hddvdwatcher]

Seems to issues with Transformers. Is there a new mkb?

C:\Program Files\aacskey>aacskeys.exe f
aacskeys v0.2.8


Could not find a Processing Key or Device Key resulting in the Media Key.

Aborting...

[MoFoQ]

yea...I get the same issue with aacskeys and Transformers HD.
However, I think I got the Volume ID:

40000921200710300020202020200000


And DumpHD says the id for the disc is

9767A81F1194DD5AEFDE5E38595D011DF8C5F3CD

[nmeli15]

where can i find 0.2.2 and 0.2.4 aacskeys ,thanx

[nmeli15]

Issues with TRANSFORMERS hd with aacskeys

[omegahelix]

Issues with TRANSFORMERS hd with aacskeys

Yeah, just post your MKB v4 key and I think somebody will be able to fix it pretty quick for you.

[bcrabl]

Yeah, just post your MKB v4 key and I think somebody will be able to fix it pretty quick for you.

Are you an oracle?

[omegahelix]

Are you an oracle?

Me? No. I wish. I thought nmeli15 might be though since he's the one insinuating that the fault lies with aacskeys.

Anyway, I suppose I might as well try to actually contribute to the topic since I've broken my cone of silence. I've tweaked the last availble aacskeys source that I could find (0.2.6) to compile on my gentoo box for anyone with interest. The binary is compiled with gcc 4.1.2 and glibc 2.6.1 for those who would like to use it with dumphd. If there's more up to date source available, I would be very interested.

aacskeys-source-0.2.6 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ujb3to)
aacskeys-bin-0.2.6 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/mzh0je)

[KenD00]

aacskeys 0.2.9

Almost 2 months ago arnezami gave me his current aacskeys 0.2.9 source to test it with DumpHD and the permission to do with it what i want if he doesnt find the time to release it. Well, i think after 2 months now its time for a release ;).

I fixed some bugs, made it run under linux and now theres a library version that can be used with DumpHD. The download includes precompiled executables and libraries for windows and linux, full sourcecode is included. And before people start complaining its not working for them, there is no MKBv4 Processing Key or Host Certificate included, aacskeys still does not support MKBv4!

Download it here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/n5nps8
http://rapidshare.com/files/70353380/aacskeys_0.2.9.zip.html

:rolleyes:

[Switchback]

How do you use this program? I am trying to rip Cars Blu Ray to my hard drive and am having trouble.

[SvT]

How do you use this program? I am trying to rip Cars Blu Ray to my hard drive and am having trouble.

This is the 3th time I read about your problem please stick to your original post.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1076164#post1076164 :)

[fenton06]

ok, I have to admit I am getting VERY frustrated trying to get this program to work. I finally got DumpHD to find it in the directory, go all that sorted out, finally. Now when it calls aacskeys.so, it says that libcrypto.so.0.9.8 cannot be found.

Ok, so i made a symbolic link from libcrypto.so.0.9.8b to libcrypto.so.0.9.8, thinking it would pacify the issue. No such luck, now it complains about version information. WHAT THE HECK IS THE PROBLEM?! If someone could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated. I also tried to install openssl0.9.8, no dice there either.

I am not meaning to come off as an ass, but I am getting really frustrated.:(

I am also running Fedora Core 8 64 bit if that matters. I compiled my own aacskeys.so library, but don't even get me started on trying to compile he actual aacskeys program itself.:mad:

[KenD00]

You are using a 64 bit Linux, maybe you have a problem with mixed 32 bit and 64 bit code. Ensure that all required programs are in the same bit depth, these are in particular Java, the OpenSSL library and the aacskeys library!

I finally got DumpHD to find it in the directory, go all that sorted out, finally.

Should be enough to execute DumpHD with the included script file, this sets the lookup path for the library.

I compiled my own aacskeys.so library, but don't even get me started on trying to compile he actual aacskeys program itself.:mad:

What's not working?

:rolleyes:

[fenton06]

I can find the aacskeys library that I compiled in your wrapper, it is just the aacskeys program I am ahving problems with. I tried two things, using the precompiled, and compiling my own, thinking that might sort out the 64 bit problem. I have 64 bit Java, and 64 bit aacskeys library that i compiled, I believe it is the aacskeys program itself.

1) when i try to use the precompiled aacskeys:

./aacskeys: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have libcrypto.0.9.8b in /lib/libcrypto.so.9.8b and /lib64/libcrypto.so.9.8b, which is what I presume it is looking for.

Then I tried to create symbolic links named libcrypto.so.0.9.8 to solve the issue, but then I get:

./aacskeys: /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version information available (required by ./aacskeys)

I also tried to install openssl .0.9.8 to see if that would install the correct libraries...but no such luck.

2) If I try to compile aacskeys from source, this is what I get:
g++ -O3 -Wall -o bin/linux/aacskeys src/ioctl.cpp src/mmc.cpp src/cmac.cpp src/cmac_aes.cpp src/aacs_aes.cpp src/aacs_ecdsa.cpp src/aacskeys.cpp -lcrypto
src/aacskeys.cpp: In function ‘void calculate_processing_key(unsigned char*, unsigned char*, long int, long int, long int, long int, long int, long int)’:
src/aacskeys.cpp:609: warning: ‘mask_check’ may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/ccbgdKq5.o: In function `calculate_title_key_file_hash(unsigned char*, unsigned long, unsigned char*)':
aacs_aes.cpp:(.text+0x22a): undefined reference to `EVP_ecdsa'
/tmp/ccI36gEa.o: In function `aacs_group()':
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x34d): undefined reference to `EC_GROUP_new_curve_GFp'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x361): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_new'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x3c9): undefined reference to `EC_GROUP_free'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x3d1): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_free'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x407): undefined reference to `EC_GROUP_free'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x4f7): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GF2m'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x56f): undefined reference to `EC_GROUP_set_generator'
/tmp/ccI36gEa.o: In function `aacs_set_cert(ec_key_st*, unsigned char*)':
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x5b4): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_get0_group'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x62b): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_new'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x64c): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp'
/tmp/ccI36gEa.o: In function `aacs_key()':
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x6a2): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_new'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x6ba): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_set_group'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x6cd): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_free'
/tmp/ccI36gEa.o: In function `aacs_sign(unsigned char*, char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*)':
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x725): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_new'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x73d): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_set_group'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x749): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_free'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x7bc): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_set_private_key'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x7d7): undefined reference to `EVP_ecdsa'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x821): undefined reference to `ECDSA_do_sign'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x843): undefined reference to `ECDSA_SIG_free'
/tmp/ccI36gEa.o: In function `aacs_calculate_bus_key(unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*)':
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x8b2): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_new'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x8cf): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_set_group'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x8db): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_free'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x956): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_get0_group'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x9b0): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_new'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x9d5): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x9ea): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_new'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0xa05): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_mul'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0xa27): undefined reference to `EC_POINT_point2bn'
/tmp/ccI36gEa.o: In function `aacs_verify(unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*)':
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0xab8): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_new'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0xad0): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_set_group'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0xadc): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_free'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0xb41): undefined reference to `EVP_ecdsa'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0xb81): undefined reference to `ECDSA_SIG_new'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0xbcb): undefined reference to `ECDSA_do_verify'
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0xbd6): undefined reference to `ECDSA_SIG_free'
/tmp/ccI36gEa.o: In function `aacs_set_cert(ec_key_st*, unsigned char*)':
aacs_ecdsa.cpp:(.text+0x690): undefined reference to `EC_KEY_set_public_key'
/tmp/cc8AZmav.o: In function `main':
aacskeys.cpp:(.text+0x1eaf): undefined reference to `calculate_title_key_file_mac(unsigned char*, unsigned long, unsigned char*, unsigned char*)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [all] Error 1

Hope this helps some...it had been pretty frustrating to say the least...

[KenD00]

The wrapper library i made is obsolete now, the recent aacskeys 0.2.9 can be compiled as library itself.

I am a linux n00b, but i'm pretty sure the only problem why aacskeys doesn't work / can't be compiled is OpenSSL. Either your installed OpenSSL or your LD_SEARCH_PATH are messed up... or both :D. On my system i don't have a libcrypto.0.9.8b, only one without the b. But the linker / compiler doesn't look for this file directly, it looks for the file libcrypto.so, which is usually a symbolic link to a file containing the version number in its name.

So at first i would check if this link is broken. You said you already reinstalled OpenSSL, maybe there are still remainings of a old version which cause the problem? You could also try to set LD_SEARCH_PATH to contain the directory which contains the OpenSSL library at the beginning, maybe that helps.

But as i said, i don't know much about linux, your problem seems to be a general one, maybe you should ask in the linux section for help.

:rolleyes:

[sothis_]

on fedora 8 x86_64 you have to rebuild openssl yourself, since the original distribution packages aren't compiled with EC support.

[fenton06]

I tried to build it from source, but i still cant get it to compile, do I need to specify EC support? If so, how?

[sothis_]

I tried to build it from source, but i still cant get it to compile, do I need to specify EC support? If so, how?

not really. but openssl will install into /usr/local/ssl if you don't specify another prefix. when building aacskeys you need to specify in the makefile:

-I/usr/local/ssl/inlude -L/usr/local/ssl/lib

anyways, there was a little problem with a datatype in a functions parameter list in aacskeys, which may result in a compiler error on 64 bit systems. i built a binary which should run on the fedora 8 x86_64 box, it's statically linked against openssl. i haven't tested it yet, so please let me know if the build works :)

linkage (http://copai.de/index.php?/archives/16-aacskeys-fedora-8-x86_64-static-build.html)

[fenton06]

it seemed to open aacskeys now...but now i egt the following error in dumpHD:

Executing aacskeys: ./aacskeys "/dev/sr1" "/media/PLANET_EARTH_D1" v
aacskeys v0.2.9

Error opening Media Key File /dev/sr1/AACS/MKBROM.AACS


ERROR: LOADMKB errnr: -1

If I run the program w/o the /dev/sr1, i get this output:

./aacskeys /media/PLANET_EARTH_D1/ v
aacskeys v0.2.9

Current path: /home/benjamin/Desktop/dumphd_0.4
Processing key: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0
Encrypted C-value: ABAB2D12C4B7B5DF9F9960E968B8600A
Corresponding uv: 00000001

Decrypted C-value: 6210D9B91D0AB2FDAF25F24C274F58B5
Media key: 6210D9B91D0AB2FDAF25F24C274F58B4

Encrypted verification data: EE05029424A17031044697728FC19919
Decr verif data should be: 0123456789ABCDEF
Decrypted verification data: 0123456789ABCDEFB1629F02FAFB84D3

Could not find the underlying device of the given drive mountpoint, aborting.


ERROR: DRIVEDEVICE errnr: -2

[sothis_]

i am not sure, but if aacskeys doesn't support udf >= 2.5 itself (like anydvd on win xp) you have to wait until the kernel supports it :).
there's a patch, but if you don't want to compile a kernel on your own, you have to wait a few weeks. the patch will be most likely merged into the 2.6.26 tree (maybe even in 2.6.25, but i am not sure with that).

linux udf patches (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=300295&group_id=295&func=browse)

[fenton06]

I have applied the patch, it sees/mounts HDDVD's just fine

[KenD00]

You are using DumpHD with my wrapper library and the executable version of aacskeys, this doesn't work, the wrapper assumes another cli interface than aacskeys has. Do not use my wrapper library, it's obsolete, aacskeys 0.2.9 can be compiled itself as library.

You need to compile aacskeys as library yourself because only a 32bit binary is included. For this you need the java 6 sdk, check the makefile of aacskeys and change the path to point to your jdk location, if necessary. Then a "make lib" should do it. Copy the resulting libaacskeys.so into the directory of DumpHD, the executable binary is not required anymore, but the ProcessingDeviceKeysSimple.txt is!


./aacskeys /media/PLANET_EARTH_D1/ v

Try it without the trailing "/", if its still not working show me the contents of your /proc/mounts.

:rolleyes:

[fenton06]

ok, so I tried this with 2 discs using dump HD, and the first one I tried was the Bourne Identity.

I seem to have figured out the problem with the libaacskeys.so, as it tries to find the key...but I am getting no activity from the drive, and no key is found. Here is what I get, but when I go to close it it asks whether or not I want to close as an operation is running.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/fenton06/Screenshot-DumpHD04.png

So I try the second disc, Plaent Earth Disc 1. This is found in the key database, but I already have it decrypted, I am just trying multiple discs to try and get DumpHD working. When I try to open this disc in dumpHD, it closes(crashes), and the command line shows:

java: symbol lookup error: ~/Desktop/dumphd_0.4/libaacskeys.so: undefined symbol: EVP_ecdsa

[KenD00]

java: symbol lookup error: ~/Desktop/dumphd_0.4/libaacskeys.so: undefined symbol: EVP_ecdsa


I have the impression that your OpenSSL is still not running properly, this is a linker error. And are you sure this happens when the disc is found in the database?? Your screenshot still shows an error in the database behind line 190. When you try to decrypt Planet Earth, does the log say "Disc found in key database". Because, if there is no bug in DumpHD i missed, aacskeys gets NOT executed if the disc is found in the database. But maybe this crash happens because of your broken OpenSSL.

Have you tried to use the executable version of aacskeys with these discs? Does this work?

How did you get the aacskeys library to compile, have you used the posted precompiled OpenSSL library? I think something is really wrong with your OpenSSL stuff, you should try to remove ALL remainings of it, check if your distribution contains an OpenSSL package, remove it, make uninstall all tarballs you have tried and get a fresh one and do a new configure, make, make install run.

:rolleyes:

[fenton06]

I get the error when I remove the keydb.cfg so I can see if the aacskeys is working, if it finds it we are home free.

I will try the executable version of aacskeys with the discs...

EDIT: When i run the executable on Bourne identity I get this:

./aacskeys /dev/sr1 /media/BOURNEIDENTITY v
aacskeys v0.2.9

Error opening Media Key File /dev/sr1/AACS/MKBROM.AACS


ERROR: LOADMKB errnr: -1

Different command for Bourne:

./aacskeys /media/BOURNEIDENTITY v
aacskeys v0.2.9

Current path: /home/benjamin/Desktop/aacskeys_0.2.9/bin/linux

Error opening Media Key File /media/BOURNEIDENTITY/AACS/MKBROM.AACS


ERROR: LOADMKB errnr: -1


Planet earth:

./aacskeys /dev/sr1 /media/PLANET_EARTH_D1/ v
aacskeys v0.2.9

Error opening Media Key File /dev/sr1/AACS/MKBROM.AACS


ERROR: LOADMKB errnr: -1


Planet Earth different command:

./aacskeys /media/PLANET_EARTH_D1/ v
aacskeys v0.2.9

Current path: /home/benjamin/Desktop/aacskeys_0.2.9/bin/linux

Processing key: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0
Encrypted C-value: ABAB2D12C4B7B5DF9F9960E968B8600A
Corresponding uv: 00000001

Decrypted C-value: 6210D9B91D0AB2FDAF25F24C274F58B5
Media key: 6210D9B91D0AB2FDAF25F24C274F58B4

Encrypted verification data: EE05029424A17031044697728FC19919
Decr verif data should be: 0123456789ABCDEF
Decrypted verification data: 0123456789ABCDEFB1629F02FAFB84D3

Could not find the underlying device of the given drive mountpoint, aborting.


ERROR: DRIVEDEVICE errnr: -2

[KenD00]

Do not use aacskeys with 2 path parameters, no /dev/sr1 stuff, only the mountpoint like /media/BOURNEIDENTITY, and that without a trailing "/". The 2 path stuff comes from the very first experimental linux versions, now aacskeys can get the device itself, but for this to work there must be no "/" at the end of the path.

Something i forgot, do you run aacskeys with root rights? On my machine i cannot access any file from the hd-dvd if i don't have root rights, please use sudo to run aacskeys. Strange enough, it looks like Planet Earth could be read without root rights (there was only the mistake with the trailing "/") while Bourne couldn't.

:rolleyes:

[fenton06]

aha...I will try using sudo, thanks fro clearing everything up!

Trying to run aacskeys with sudo:

sudo ./aacskeys /media/BOURNEIDENTITY v
Password:
aacskeys v0.2.9

Current path: /home/benjamin/Desktop/aacskeys_0.2.9/bin/linux


This is what it says for a good while, my CPU is pegged at 100%, but nothing in the command line...is there any idea on how long it should take?

Hmmm...it works with both of my planet earth discs....seems to be a problem with Bourne Identity...

[KenD00]

Hmm, this is really strange, there should be no CPU load after the output of the current directory, aacskeys just opens some files on the disc and reads them into memory. But maybe, for some reasons, it cannot read from the disc. Can you read files from Bourne Identity? Try to open the file AACS/MKBROM.AACS in a hex editor (or text editor if you have none), does this work?

:rolleyes:

[fenton06]

oddly enough, I can't actually browse the directories of th disc. I can only mount the disc, but the programs can read the disc. I am not quite sure why, but thats what happens. I am not to concerned anymore, I found the key in the keydb thread. If i find any more problems I'll post them.

[sothis_]

oddly enough, I can't actually browse the directories of th disc. I can only mount the disc, but the programs can read the disc. I am not quite sure why, but thats what happens. I am not to concerned anymore, I found the key in the keydb thread. If i find any more problems I'll post them.

mmhhhh, might be a bug in the current udf module for the kernel, or the disc is using udf 2.60 (dunno if this possible according to the HD-DVD and BD specs)

[fenton06]

meh...they decrpyt so I don't mind

[SimpleWhite]

Hello,
I'm noob in AACS decryptions. Could anybody please tell me what to do for rip any Blue-Ray discs and watch movie or rip and burn disc step-by-step?
As I understand I need to use aacskeys.exe for get decryption key? What do next?

Thanks you very much!

[mrginthehouse@hotmail.com]

nothink is happening when i run the aacskeys .

[Adub]

Can't help you. We need a lot more information. What exactly are you typing? What are you trying to decrypt? What drive are you using, etc.

[odin24]

This is my first time trying this approach at ripping a BD. I was able to retrieve the VID using DumpVid, do I then use this number with aacskeys to retrieve the CPS key? I'm using aacskeys v0.2.9

I enter; directory\aacskeys [drive letter] ["n", or, "s", or "v"] [Vol ID]

I then get this error;

Could not find a Processing Key or Device Key resulting in the Media Key.

Aborting...

ERROR: PROCESSMKB errnr: -2

Also, I'm not sure how to determine if the BD falls under the MKBv3 status as mentioned earlier in this thread.

Thanks.

[KenD00]

I was able to retrieve the VID using DumpVid, do I then use this number with aacskeys to retrieve the CPS key?

Yes, if your drive has been upgraded to MKBv3 or later this is the way to do it.

Unfortunately your disc seems to be MKBv4 or newer, there is no known Processing Key for these discs so you are currently out of luck (with aacskeys).

To check the MKB version of the disc, open the file AACS\MKB_RO.inf in a hex editor and look at offset 0x08, the next 4 bytes are the version number.

:rolleyes:

[odin24]

Yes, if your drive has been upgraded to MKBv3 or later this is the way to do it.

Upgraded? Is this through firmware provided by the manufacturer or am I missing something? I just purchased my BD drive not too long ago so I'm fairly new at this... can you tell!

To check the MKB version of the disc, open the file AACS\MKB_RO.inf in a hex editor and look at offset 0x08, the next 4 bytes are the version number.

I've never used hex editor, could you reccommend one? Preferrably noob friendly if possible. Just point me in the right direction and I'll figure out thie rest

Thanks for your help KenD00,
O!

[KenD00]

No, the revokation lists inside the BD drive get updated whenever a disc with a newer MKB version is authenticated by a software player (or aacskeys) to decrypt the disc, maybe already when the disc is inserted into the drive.

For a start about hex editors, maybe this can help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_editor.

Perhaps AnyDVD HD is the better solution for you, its also the only program which currently can decrypt MKBv4 or later discs :(.

:rolleyes:

[odin24]

No, the revokation lists inside the BD drive get updated whenever a disc with a newer MKB version is authenticated by a software player (or aacskeys) to decrypt the disc, maybe already when the disc is inserted into the drive.

For a start about hex editors, maybe this can help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_editor.

Perhaps AnyDVD HD is the better solution for you, its also the only program which currently can decrypt MKBv4 or later discs :(.

:rolleyes:

Yeah, I've since aquired AnyDVD HD... a fabulous proggy might I add. However, this sorta stuff interests me and I'd like to learn all about it eventually.

Thanks again,
O!

[kkloster21]

I have been reading several threads around here, trying to figure out a way to play blu-ray movies on my computer. I have an Intel core 2 quad Q9450 and i am running linux (Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, 64-bit version). I have a LG GGC-H20L blu-ray drive. The more i read, the more confused i get though.

I was able to apply the UDF 2.5 patch. I am able to get dumpHD running but i can't get the aacskeys library compiled for my 64-bit OS. (i think i am having a problem similar to fenton06 with my openssl installation) I was able to use a the precompiled binary version of aacskeys that sothis_ did. It only worked for one movie though. the other discs i tried did the same thing as fenton06 in his post #276 - it just sits there and doesn't do anything. i'm assuming that's a problem with the disc MKB version (and it probably updated the revocation list in my BD-ROM drive).

for the one disc i was able to decrypt and dump, i could watch all the special features (as separate .m2ts files) but i could NOT view the main feature (the actual movie). it started up and i could see and hear the MGM lion roar but then the picture stops moving (but the sound continues). i've read about other people having this problem also and read about some people having to mux the audio and video streams (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=123282&highlight=dumphd&page=3) - is that necessary?

it's difficult to map the software landscape of all the tools that you guys have created. I have seen awhitehead's list of tools here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=123282&highlight=dumphd
but it's tough (i think) for newer people like me to know how to use those tools together to just be able to watch a blu-ray movie on a (linux) computer.

i'd like to be able to watch blu-rays on my computer. but i'd also like to see a sort of "User's Guide to Watching Blu-ray Movies on a PC" available - a step by step guide to help new or experienced PC users get blu-ray going on their machines. I would love to write this guide myself, but first i need to know how to do it myself. I think what guys are doing (writing software tools and making them available to everyone) is awesome. i'd like to contribute in any way i can if possible.

[setarip_old]

@kkloster21

Hi!I have a LG GGC-H20L blu-ray drive.i'd like to be able to watch blu-rays on my computer.Is there some reason you can't play and watch your original Bluray discs on your system?

[kkloster21]

Maybe i should have said "i'd like to figure out how to watch blu-ray movies on my computer."

I've tried a few of these programs (DumpHD with aacskeys) and i haven't had much luck. i guess with the newest blu-ray discs, the MKB version is updated, rendering a lot of this software ineffective. (it seems this way from what i've read here - is that incorrect?)

[setarip_old]

Maybe i should have said "i'd like to figure out how to watch blu-ray movies on my computer."Sorry, perhaps I'm a bit slow today, but I still don't understand, if as you've stated, you have a Bluray drive as part of your system, why can't you simply play your original Bluray discs on your computer?

[kkloster21]

As i understand, retail blu-ray movie discs are encrypted with AACS encryption. I don't know of any linux compatible media players that can decrypt and play these movies on the fly. It's possible that such a program exists and i just don't know about it. does anyone here know of any linux media players that can playback blu-ray movies straight from the disc?

[Gusar]

@setarip_old: He's running Linux. So it's not just plopping in the disc and starting PowerDVD.

@kkloster21: Playing Blu-ray movies in Linux is not easy. A patched MPlayer and only a patched MPlayer can play the movie, if you can decrypt it. That's a big if though. You're basically limited to movies for which the VUK is available in this (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120988) thread. If no VUK is available, you're pretty much screwed unless you also have Windows on your machine.

[setarip_old]

Sorry, I missed the Linux-only limitation.

Be that as it may, these most recent posts are mystifying to me. Perhaps someone can explain why you would purchase a Bluray drive for a system on which you can't play Bluray discs?

[kkloster21]

Thanks Gusar. so a patched MPlayer is the only thing that can do it... I was able to watch some of the special features (after being dumped by DumpHD) in VLC though, as i said i wasn't able to watch the movie itself. VLC won't play decrypted movies?

[kkloster21]

@setarip_old: I just built the computer and i wanted to put in a blu-ray drive at time of build. I figured there would be a way to make it happen, even if it takes a few weeks or months and some work on my part. if its absolutely impossible to do on linux then i can always dual boot with windows but, i'd prefer not to have to do that.

[setarip_old]

@kkloster21

(I promise, this is the last question I'll ask you about this)

Thanks for taking the time to respond ;>} - But, yet again, although I know it's not important to you that I understand, perhaps you can explain what you mean by:if its absolutely impossible to do on linux then i can always dual boot with windows but, i'd prefer not to have to do that.If you have Windows available on your system, once again, you can certainly effortlessly play your original Bluray discs on your system...

[kkloster21]

@setarip_old: no worries about the questions! :) I don't have windows installed on my system now but if that's the only way to watch blu-rays on my computer then i'll setup a dual boot configuration.

@Gusar: any idea where i can find that mplayer patch? i looked around for it and couldn't find anything.

[Turtleggjp]

@setarip_old: no worries about the questions! :) I don't have windows installed on my system now but if that's the only way to watch blu-rays on my computer then i'll setup a dual boot configuration.

You can thank the studios and their paranoia about piracy for that. There are so many rules and restrictions with the HD discs, that an open environment like Linux could never be trusted with such precious material (even Macs are not good enough). Therefore, the only official players that you will see will be for Windows (because it's so darn secure and robust!! :rolleyes:). Eventually, I'm sure that open source projects like MPlayer will have the ability to playback complete HD disc structures, but it may not be for a year or two or more... They may even have the ability to decrypt on the fly by then! For now though, you will most likely need to either watch the disc in Windows, or do some processing to it in Windows (decrypting, transcoding, etc.) before it can be played in Linux.