[MPlayer-dev-eng] what happened to the blu-ray support

[Alexander Roalter]

On 06/27/2010 06:15 PM, compn wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:51:03 +0200, Alexander Roalter wrote:
>> On 06/27/2010 12:13 AM, Benjamin Zores wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Alexander Roalter <alex at roalter.it> wrote:
>>>> Ages ago (it seems) there was a patch by Jonathan Nell that enabled
>>>> basic blu-ray playback from the medium with a known VUK., but I just
>>>> wanted to know the status. I was able to plug in the patch in the first
>>>> place with almost no changes to the current svn, and was able to play my
>>>> 2001 space odyssey BD with it (since the key is known).
>>>
>>> There were a lot of different patches and revisions for BD support actually.
>>> Some were using the now called libbluray, other were using some proprietary libs
>>> and some patches used to work, were reformatted and then never worked
>>> ever again.
>>>
>>> So would you mind being more specific (or resend) the patch you're
>>> referring to ?
>>
>> It was the very first patch, mentioned here:
>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.mplayer.devel/53790/focus=55229
>>
>> I know there have been made some improvements on it, but basically,
>> playing 2001 works - albeit rough..
> 
> vlc says libbluray will be moving to git in a week or so. hopefully.
> 
> could we commit both patches? then we can test libbluray against
> something (even if it only supports a small amount of non bd+ discs).
> 
Playback with a local key database (à la .dvdcss) would not require
libbluray, is this correct (leaving out bd+)?
Does someone know if libbluray is able to provide a patched stream
(bd+-wise), which should also not be a problem, if the VUK would be
known? Or am I missing something here?

Lastly, of course, means to gather the VUK would be needed somehow, but
leaving out this, I don't think there should be legal hurdles for simply
providing playback for a known key...

In the current key database, there are for some BDs other keys
published, which are not VUKs (apparently), does anybody know IF these
are needed or at least what they are needed for? From my (very basic)
understanding, the VUK should suffice...

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Cheers,
Alex