BR menu support for playback with VLC - Mainly for BD+

[adeso]

Hello,

I wish to access BR Bonus and serie discs on BR and the only easy way is to go through menu.

So far I noticed following:
=> AACS BR Menu: MakeMKV + VLC works pretty well
=> BD+ BR Menu: MakeMKV + VLC does not work at all

Any idea on what could be done to improve the situation?

Thanks to the support team!

[d00zah]

I don't use VLC, but I'm fairly certain it's a limitation of the VLC player.

A quick 'google' yields:

Can VLC play blu ray discs?
You can download the latest version from VLC official website. However, for legal reasons, AACS and BD+ DRM libraries and keys still are not shipped. That means only Blu-ray disc with AACS libraries exposed are supported.

Of course, things change over time.

[adeso]

VLC + MakeMKV works perfect, I'm just asking regarding BD+ menu!

[yorgo]

As d00zah posted, VLC is not a licensee to AACS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_ ... ent_System) for playing back Blu-Ray discs therefore cannot officially use BD Menus, have access to AACS libraries/keys, etc, therefore one cannot use VLC or any other non-licensee such as MPC-HC to play back a ripped disc as if it were an actual disc, with menus.

[adeso]

Please try VLC + AnyDVD you will see that VLC can play BR, not an issue!

It's also possible with MakeMKV (instead of VLC) but for some obscure reasons, menu are not well supported

[d00zah]

MakeMKV does not support menus because, as the title 'MakeMKV' implies, it is designed to create a .mkv from a/each title on a disc.

That said, the other product works at the driver level, 'on the fly', allowing it to circumvent certain protections. Different design.