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Hi,

I saw some references to VLC 1.2 supporting Blu-ray and decided to give a try to latest nightly build:
- MacBook Air July 2011 with MacOSX Lion
- USB Blu-ray reader: MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ141AL
- VLC 1.2 from vlc-git-intel-20110924-0009.zip and vlc-git-intel64-20110924-0110.zip (same result with 32 or 64 bits versions)

Steps:
1/ launch VLC 1.2
2/ click on "Open media..."
3/ click on "Disc"
4/ Select Blu-ray title from menu (here "DEPECHE_MODE_DISC1")
5/ click "Open"
=> Playlist appears with yellow triangle on left of "DEPECHE_MODE_DISC1"
6/ double-click on "DEPECHE_MODE_DISC1"
=> Error message: "Your input can't be opened. VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///dev/rdisk3'. Check the logs for details"

I do not know if it is the current expected behavior at this stage with VLC 1.2 but I do have the hardware to make some tests if needed.

My 2 cents,

Patrice

Full log:
main debug: using interface module "macosx"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 146.373 ms - Total 146.373 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 146.373 ms)
main debug: playlist threads correctly activated
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: looking for services probe module: 5 candidates
main debug: no services probe module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.941 ms - Total 1.941 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.941 ms)
main debug: looking for services probe module: 5 candidates
main debug: no services probe module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.259 ms - Total 0.259 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.259 ms)
macosx debug: using future AR cookies
macosx debug: Found 1 capture devices
main debug: looking for services probe module: 5 candidates
main debug: no services probe module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.295 ms - Total 0.295 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.295 ms)
macosx warning: unknown disk type, no idea what to display
macosx warning: unknown disk type, no idea what to display
main debug: adding item `DEPECHE_MODE_DISC1' ( bluray:///dev/rdisk3 )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: Creating an input for 'DEPECHE_MODE_DISC1'
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: processing request item: DEPECHE_MODE_DISC1, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on DEPECHE_MODE_DISC1
main debug: DEPECHE_MODE_DISC1 is at 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'DEPECHE_MODE_DISC1'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path '/tmp'
main debug: `bluray:///dev/rdisk3' gives access `bluray' demux `' path `/dev/rdisk3'
main debug: creating demux: access='bluray' demux='' location='/dev/rdisk3' file='/dev/rdisk3'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matched "bluray"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.114 ms - Total 0.114 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.114 ms)
main debug: creating access 'bluray' location='/dev/rdisk3', path='/dev/rdisk3'
main debug: looking for access module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access module matched "bluray"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.124 ms - Total 0.124 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.124 ms)
main error: open of `bluray:///dev/rdisk3' failed
main debug: finished input
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play

It means the bluray modules isn't compiled in your version of VLC

Makes sense

I'll give a try at compiling my own version with bluray module... and will report my results.

Thanks,

Patrice

Great. COme on IRC!

Successfully built VLC 1.2 using the following: Tried the same with --enable-bluray and it failed (did not find how to activate auto-download/build of contrib/src/bluray). I downloaded and built independently libbluray and libaacs (and aacskeys and dumphd...) and started investigating more overall Blu-ray support on MacOSX independently of VLC...

It looks like the only solution to reliably read Blu-ray at this time is by using MakeMKV (non-free) to stream to VLC. Libbluray+libaacs seem to be insufficient with my current hardware (recent non-patchable Blu-ray reader revoking available keys).

I would be more than happy to help but it does not look like VLC will be able to play Blu-ray on my current configuration any time soon so there is probably no point in integrating the components since I can not prove it works at this time...

Am I wrong? Should I move the discussion to IRC ?

BTW: I do not NEED to play Blu-ray movies on this computer but I'm just curious about open support for Blu-ray...

Am I wrong? Should I move the discussion to IRC ?

Yes, to both

You would be my hero if you figured out how to get blu-ray support (menu's/the BDMV folder) on VLC!

I too am trying to get VLC 1.2 + libbluray working in OSX. I tried seeking help on IRC but no one was available, so I'll post here instead.

Here are the steps I followed so far.
These steps succeed in producing a build of VLC ostensibly with libbluray enabled, but when I try to play an unencrypted disk, I get "macosx warning: unknown disk type, no idea what to display" along with "main error: open of `bluray:///Volumes/TEST_DISK/BDMV' failed."

My test disk plays in commercial blu-ray players for Windows, so I do not believe the disk is faulty.

Any advice?

please share the full logs with playback of VLC.

Sure thing - wasn't sure if that was considered spammy so I withheld.

Here they are:

Looks to me like you are stuck at the same place: <no access_demux module matched "bluray"> seems to say that the bluray module is not built/loaded even with --enable-bluray and no error during compile.

Also on mine, vlc --list or vlc -p bluray do not list any bluray module.

My logs trying to read a local decrypted copy of a blu-ray disk follow. I'll try to spend some time on IRC.

Maybe there's a problem with the configure script if "--enable-bluray=/usr/local/lib" doesn't appear to work as advertised.

I wonder if it's a regression? Are older nightlies known to work?

No. --enable-bluray is not --enable-bluray=/usr/local/lib

This: ... generate a build with libbluray included as shown below: But trying to read a decrypted copy of a bluray disk (I own! using MakeMKV) does not work and generate the log below:

libbluray: First play: 0, Top menu: 0
HDMV Titles: 0, BD-J Titles: 0, Other: 0
libbluray debug: Selecting Title -536868872
libbluray error: cannot select bd title '0'
libbluray error: Could not set the title -1

Libbluray loads and finds no title/chapter to play... So it doesn't play...