[mythtv-users] Blu-Ray player? Myth capable?

[Phil Bridges]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Mark Hutchinson <mark at onnow.net> wrote:
> Ben Coates wrote:
>  >
>  > I'm about to do the same and purchase a Blu-ray drive to play Blu-ray
>  > movies on my main myth box.
>  >
>  > What I'd like to know is - how to play Blu-ray discs in linux...
>  >
>  > If anyone has any recommendations for what's supported under linux (or
>  > what to avoid), I'd be very grateful.
>  >
>  >
>  > On 2/25/08, *Mark Hutchinson* <mark at onnow.net <mailto:mark at onnow.net>>
>
> > wrote:
>  >
>  >     I have read the wiki and such on Blu-ray, but still have some
>  >     questions.
>  >
>  >     I purchased an LD Blu-ray/HD-DVD player.  With UDF 2.5 patched
>  >     into the
>  >     kernel, it is seen fine.
>  >     I also have a Winblows box with AnyDVD that can see and play this fine
>  >     with PowerDVD.
>  >
>  >     My goal is to be able to see the Blu-Ray DVD I have purchased in
>  >     MythTV.
>  >     Does anyone know a way to rip to avi or mpeg or anything so as to be
>  >     able to view in myth?
>  >     They are in m2ts files now ( about 30 of them in some cases )
>  >
>  >     Thoughts?  Advice? What might work?
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>  The best way would be to simply have Mplayer or Xine be able to play a
>  blu-ray disk.  I dont think this works now though. Mplayer SVN can play
>  .EVO files, but I have had no luck trying to convert blu-ray to EVO.
>  There must be some simpler way.  If there were an equivilent to PowerDVD
>  in the Linux space, maybe.
>  Any one else have ideas?  Ways to convert etc....  I own these movies, I
>  just want to see them in Myth.  I am even willing to convert in Windows
>  to get this done first, then transfer.
>

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD