[mythtv-users] State of blu-ray support?
Nick Rout
nick.rout at gmail.com
Wed Nov 13 18:44:15 UTC 2013
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:10 AM, HP-mini <blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-11-13 at 20:16 +1000, Anthony Giggins wrote:
>> On 13 November 2013 19:21, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Simon Waldman
>> <lists at firecloud.org.uk> wrote:
>> > Hi list,
>> >
>> > The DVD drive in my Myth machine has just died, so I'm
>> questioning whether
>> > to replace it with another DVD drive or a blu-ray one.
>> > The most recent info I've found on google about Myth, linux
>> and blu-ray is a
>> > couple of years out of date, so...
>> >
>> > What is the state of things at present? Is it still a no-no
>> due to the
>> > encryption, or has that been solved?
>> >
>> > If blu-ray discs can now be played just like DVDs - insert
>> disc, press play
>> > - then I'll definitely go that route. If it involves a lot
>> of faff and
>> > preperation of the video first, I'll stick with a cheapo DVD
>> player :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=173474
>>
>
>> and if so does this mean that mythtv will now support 3D Blueray?
>>
>>
> The makemkv (>=1.8.5) libmmbd works fine with mythtv..
> Mythtv does not show any menus (XBMC can).
> BD playback in mythtv is excellent.
>
> Have played multiple recent aacs mkb v35 discs that were otherwise
> unplayable by direct means.
> The disk playback does start quite a bit slower than native libbluray &
> KeyDB etc
>
> BD with aacs mkd v28 or earlier were/are playable with the freely avail
> KeyDB file.
>
> I don't have a 3d capable display to test.
I don't believe 3D MVC (which is what you'll find on a bluray) will
work. There is no open source implementation of MVC AFAIK.
>
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