impossible to play a Blu-ray with Smplayer

[nickg001]

Hello
I have a USB Blu-ray player, which is recognized, but I can't play a Blu-ray with Smplayer. In nemu /open/disc/bluray from disk, nothing happens.

Thanks for the help.

Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon

[Hoser Rob]

Dealing with DVD or BT sources is a problem for media players in Linux in general. Try VLC.

[nickg001]

I I tried VLC and installed the corresponding packages and I have the same problem.
I get :

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mike@mike-OCTO:~$ vlc
VLC media player 3.0.16 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2)
[0000558499680580] main libvlc: Lancement de vlc avec l'interface par défaut. Utiliser « cvlc » pour démarrer VLC sans interface.
[0000558499729020] main playlist: playlist is empty
[00007fd5b4001130] libbluray demux: First play: 1, Top menu: 1
HDMV Titles: 2, BD-J Titles: 87, Other: 0
Error occurred during initialization of boot layer
java.lang.LinkageError: loader 'bootstrap' attempted duplicate class definition for java.lang.invoke.SimpleMethodHandle. (java.lang.invoke.SimpleMethodHandle is in module java.base of loader 'bootstrap')
mike@mike-OCTO:~$ 

[Hoser Rob]

What is the make and model of the BD player? Also go to system reports > system information and paste the complete text of that here. Always do this.

[nickg001]

cdrom : verbatin
info with vlc
the report is too long to be here

[Hoser Rob]

...the report is too long to be here

LIke hell it is. Just wrap it in <code> tags. You can;t get decent support without providing system details.

[MiZoG]

VLC alone cannot handle commercial blu-ray video discs. You need the MakeMKV + VLC combo!

This guide still works very well for me on Mint 22.x.

[motoryzen]

If that blu-ray player is a blu-ray burner drive..just rip the bluray movie using Makemkv ( can turn one or multiple titles/episodes also into individual video files ) to turn it into one simple to play video file

Use mpv player to play it....done

[nickg001]

well !.... If I have to do anything to play my commercial Blu-ray, it becomes "complicated". I also tried with makemkv and makemkv detected my Blu-ray but it got stuck when reading the disc.

[scjet45]

+1 for MakeMKV, or MakeMKV + VLC
I've never had any issues reading/ripping BD's, ... with MakeMKV unless the physical disc itself had issues, or one time, my internal LG WH16NS40 SATA BD-read/writer Drive was starting to go.

But yes, you should still post the hardware specs, make, model of your BD/DVD drive,..., as mentioned by others above.

[Hoser Rob]

I guess you do need MakeMKV. However, it will not read all BR (or DVD) disks.

DVDFab has a pretty good BR ripper but it's WIndows only and nonfree, though there's a free trial period. Maybe it would work in Wine?

[nickg001]

I followed MiZoG's guide:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/08/wat ... th-makemkv
but when I try to play the BR, I still get the error:

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mike@mike-OCTO:~$ vlc
VLC media player 3.0.16 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2)
[0000563babbdf580] main libvlc: Lancement de vlc avec l'interface par défaut. Utiliser « cvlc » pour démarrer VLC sans interface.
[0000563babc88020] main playlist: playlist is empty
[00007f0ec0001130] libbluray demux: First play: 1, Top menu: 1
HDMV Titles: 2, BD-J Titles: 87, Other: 0
Error occurred during initialization of boot layer
java.lang.LinkageError: loader 'bootstrap' attempted duplicate class definition for java.lang.invoke.SimpleMethodHandle. (java.lang.invoke.SimpleMethodHandle is in module java.base of loader 'bootstrap')
mike@mike-OCTO:~$ 

whem open makemkv I get this : MakeMKV v1.18.1 linux(x64-release) started
no more things

[Hoser Rob]

I can;t read that but, again, MakeMKV will not rip all disks.

[nickg001]

it's mean : MakeMKV v1.18.1 linux(x64-release) started
Well! on this guide they say yes https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/08/wat ... th-makemkv

I mean to read bR

[Hoser Rob]

I don;t give a tinker's damn what that blog article says. MakeMKV will not rip any and all BRs. Or all DVDs either. It's better at ripping disks in Linux than Handbrake but not perfect.

[nickg001]

so I have no solution ?

[Hoser Rob]

I did suggest the DVDFab BR decrypter. You'd need to use Wine (or perhaps a GUI for it like PlayOnLinux or Lutris). I have no idea if it works in Wine or not. Linux is very lacking in this area compared to Windows.

[MiZoG]

makemkv.com is currently down and app suddenly cannot read, rip and encode any disk, either Blu-ray or DVD.
It looks like makemkv in order to work requires connection to makemkv servers.
Can other makemkv users confirm my assumption?

[ugly]

I've never used MakeMKV. I've always played directly from the disc.

I haven't watched a bluray in a while, so this could be outdated. But this was the guide that I followed to get it working:

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=176924

[nickg001]

thanks the link, but it's a bit complicated