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How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - JeroenED - 2023-02-27
Hi,
I perfectly aware that the question to read encrypted blu-ray disks can easily be answered by googling the question. And I have to confirm that this mostly works. However, I don't think this is a 100% legal way to achieve this. There are already DMCA-warnings on the linked page itself.
So my question is: What does it take to have a perfectly legal blu-ray player in kodi? And not less important: what would be the cost (in Euros) for it?
A reason I'm asking (besides principle arguments) is because most blu-rays I have are movies from my home country and they take very long to be captured in the VUK database. Having a legal certificate would circumvent this, I think.
Thanks for the answers.
Jeroen
RE: How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - izprtxqkft - 2023-02-28
as yet i have not found a solution for kodi to directly read or play blu-ray discs in a compatible blu-ray drive for a pc
in most instances it can only play the resulting backup from the disc, i dont believe discussing the methods used for making a backup are appropriate for this forum however
in some instances i have heard of people using the external player in playercorefactory.xml ( https://kodi.wiki/view/External_players ) in order for kodi to start another player which is able to but still not able to itself
creating backups of discs for personal use is legal in some of the EU but you need to check your local laws or consult proper legal representation for advice, of which none is available here
(note: retaining backups of discs which you no longer own or backups of discs that your friends own is definitely not acceptable)
RE: How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - JeroenED - 2023-02-28
Hi,
Indeed external players are a possibility. I personally was more thinking about getting my own (personal) host certificate from the official license office which I could use in libaacs. (That's why I made the reference to the cost)
However, is this even possible for a private person (and how and where?) and can I just get 1 of them? Or is there a way around for this (Like going to the Sony factory and ask if they can sell me one).
I thought I might not be the only one who thought about this? Or people who actually did this?
RE: How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - pkscout - 2023-03-01
I do not believe it is possible for an individual to purchase a host certificate. The system is setup assuming all individuals are pirates and should never be trusted. To the media conglomerates, selling you a host key just means you can decode and post anything you want.
I think you would need to start a hardware company, acquire a license that way, and then never sell any hardware. I suspect the cost of that will be, to say the least, prohibitive. I mean, if you have several hundred thousand US dollars laying around, it might be possible.
RE: How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - JeroenED - 2023-03-01
Hi, thanks for the answers. Good to know that there is a possibility to have it legally. Just pity it requires to own your personal gold cave and that all individuals are considered pirates.
To ask some conglomerate might help but requires to break rule 1 of social sciences: Do not trust anyone (Yes, made that one up. But hope you get the gist).
Too bad. Maybe some conglomerate reads this a might see a business opportunity. Also since we can already break the codings using some publicly available tools.
Thread can be closed as resolved!
RE: How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - jjd-uk - 2023-03-01
The only completely legal way to have software playback is with a licensed software player such as PowerDVD however that necessitates using Windows as the OS.
How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - enen92 - 2023-03-01
Makemkv should also work (as a replacement for libaacs and libbdplus) in linux but to be honest I never gave it a go.
https://www.makemkv.com/libmmbd/
RE: How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - izprtxqkft - 2023-03-01
(2023-03-01, 23:02)enen92 Wrote: Makemkv should also work (as a replacement for libaacs and libbdplus) in linux but to be honest I never gave it a go.
https://www.makemkv.com/libmmbd/
true but this is more an os option than a kodi one - i dont think it works on arm for example
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=67420 - abandoned
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=350646
https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/499-solved-building-makemkv-within-le
RE: How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - jjd-uk - 2023-03-02
Those methods aren't licensed however so fall into a legally grey area, and will depend very much on local copyright laws whether they can legally be used. Although even if illegal by the law where you are, I don't recall ever reading about any prosecutions for users breaking the disc encryption.
RE: How to read encrypted blu-ray disks the 100% legal way - izprtxqkft - 2023-03-02
i doubt theyre going to bother a whole lot, their major targets are distributors for now, as long as it never leaves your local network i expect it to be fine
... but im not a legal professional so dont listen to me