[mythtv-users] Status of blue ray playback on .24-fixes

[Raymond Wagner]

On 12/22/2011 07:11, Brent Bolin wrote:
> Does MythTV playback blue ray disks from the front end optical drive?

See this page on the wiki....
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/High_Definition_Disk_Formats

The current setup requires manual definition of the key database, and 
only works with AACS, not BD+ discs.  Beyond that, AACS group keys are 
only available for discs around two years old.  Anything newer will 
require a drive with a hacked firmware to allow the individual key to be 
pulled out.

> Because of the size of blue ray media it's not something I want to store.

Why not?  The m2ts on the average bluray is going to be 20-30GB.  While 
hard drive prices are currently artificially high, once they drop back 
down to more typical prices by the middle of next year, you're looking 
at less than $1/disc for storage.