Blu-ray problem

[Peter Smout]

On 30/09/14 08:52, blind Pete wrote:
> wG|Agent M wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 2014-09-29 at 10:42 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>>> On 09/28/2014 07:53 PM, Bob wrote:
>>>> ** Reply to message from NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> on Sun, 28 Sep 2014
>>>> 17:47:07 -0700
>>>>
>>>>>>> I might be wrong, or my info might be out of date, but my
>>>>>>> understanding is that you can't play blu-ray discs on ubuntu /
>>>>>>> Linux.
>>>
>>> Sure you can. SMPlayer and VLC can play *non-protected* bluray videos.
>>> http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/04/smplayer-play-blu-ray-discs/
>>
>> But how many blu-ray movies are "non-protected"??
>>
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It looks like you are correct as no one has any suggestions on how
>>>>>> to get it working.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://help.ubuntu.com/>
>>>>> type 'bluray' in the search box.
>>>>
>>>> Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
>>>>
>>>> Using Ubuntu 14.04 and Firefox 32.0.3 and doing
>>>>
>>>> "https://help.ubuntu.com/"
>>>> "type 'bluray' in the search box."
>>>>
>>>> I get a message
>>>>
>>>> "Search Results
>>>> loading"
>>>>
>>>> So I used another operating system (OS/2) and looked at some of the 505
>>>> results
>>>> for the search.  I see the same procedures that I have already done (as
>>>> I have shown in a previous message) and which did not get Bluray
>>>> working.
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD
>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you know which one of those search results is the one that will get
>>>> Bluray working please post its URL.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Actually your issue appears to be with Advanced Access Content System
>>> (AACS) encrypted *protected* bluray video's... correct? If so you should
>>> be asking this on some other list as the practice is/can be construed as
>>> being illegal in multiple countries.
>>>
>>>
>> If all his software, blu-ray player, and blu-ray discs are bought  or
>> acquired legally how is it construed as illegal?
>
> You are assuming that the law makers are competent and sane.  That is
> not a safe assumption.  Many people who read this will hesitate to
> even answer your question.
>
+1

I hit the same brick wall 18mths ago, finished with me taking my blu-ray 
drive back to PC World and demanding my money back!

Ironically I found that I could rip the disk's, convert / compress the 
resulting file, and then presumably upload to an "illegal" download 
site and feed the very piracy the "competent & sane" law makers are 
trying to prevent ;D
(then of course I could d-l it onto my phone / tablet / laptop and watch 
the movie I had bought legally on the train!!)

One day maybe, the media we spend our hard earned on, will be available 
for  us to view on any device we choose, unfortunately for now if we buy 
a blu-ray disk we *must* also watch it in a manner the law makers deem 
fitting!

Rant over!

Pete S