How to Play Blu-ray Movie in Linux

It's possible to play Blu-Ray films under Ubuntu 8.10 or later version.

1. Download and install the following supporting softwares.
   • Xbox 360 HD-DVD player (as the HD DVD drive, please log into Gnome and then plug in the player).
   • Upgrade to UDF 2.5 file system driver.
   • MPlayer.
   • FFMPEG.
   • DumpHD (Decrypt Blu-ray disc if necessary).
   • Sun-java6-bin package.
2. Search for keydb.cfg file, which contains the decryption keys required to your film. You can find Blu-ray keys here.
3. Insert an Blu-ray movie disc into your Blu-ray drive. The disc contents should appear on the Gnome desktop.
    
4. Run DumpHD to decrypt the Blu-ray disc. Ensure you have a large amount of disk space available:
   
   sudo ./dumphd.sh
   
   
   Select the Blu-ray disc source (It is a directory beneath /media/Film Name and a directory like /tmp to save movie contents. You could enter next step once FEATURE_1.EVO has started decrypting.
5. Now is to play Blu-ray movie from hard drive. Specify the video codec to use:
   
   mplayer -vc ffvc1 "/tmp/King Kong/HVDVD_TS/FEATURE*EVO"
   
    
   Now, you could enjoy Blu-ray Movie in Linux system.

If your Blu-ray disc still doesn't work, it may be BD+ protected, please follow this recipe: How to Remove Copy Protection from Blu-ray Discs.