[mythtv-users] Can MythTV play blu-rays?

[Paul Gardiner]

On 26/06/2012 20:13, Ronald Frazier wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I assume you somehow have AnyDVD set to auto-export only the main title so
>> none of the special features / menus are available to Myth, correct?
>
> AnyDVD sits as a device driver between the drive and software, and
> transparently strips off all of the protection mechanisms. So to the
> software, the disc appears as the complete file hierarchy minus the
> DRM. It would then be up to the software to determine and playback
> individual tracks. Myth picks one track to play by default (not sure
> how it chooses...first track, longest track, etc), and then you can
> use the myth OSD menu to switch between tracks.

So we want AnyDVD for linux. That would be a really clean solution. I
wonder if the MakeMKV people are working on a device-driver mode of
operation.