Ripping

Linux can usually get the job done when it comes to liberating optical bits, but it can take some doing.

DVDs

• To retain original structure, dvdbackup with the -M option works.

Blu-Ray

• Acquire libbluray from the VLC project
• Acquire MakeMKV for Linux's most recent edition
  • 30-day shareware with binary blobs :/

dumphd

• Acquire dumphd (currently version 0.6) from the debian multimedia repository
• Acquire aacskeys (currently version 1.4.0) from the debian multimedia repository
  • Copy /usr/share/doc/aacskeys/ProcessingDeviceKeysSimple.txt to wherever you'll be ripping. Yeah.
• Acquire bdvmdbg (currently version 0.1.5) from the debian multimedia repository
  • bdvmdbg does not work with the gcj JRE. Sun Java 6 works for me (didn't try openjdk).
  • Ensure bdvmdbg, invoked by itself, successfully launches.
• Mount the disc as a UDF filesystem.

See Also

• High-Definition Disk Formats at the mythTV wiki