Playing/Ripping Blu-Rays

Ripping

In order to rip Blu-Rays install MakeMKV from the AUR:

yay -S makemkv

MakeMKV requires the sg (SCSI generic (sg) driver) kernel module to be loaded in order to recognize the drive:

# load the module temporarily
sudo modprobe sg

# load the module on each boot
sudo echo sg > /etc/modules-load.d/sg.conf

In order play Blu-Rays install the following packages:

sudo pacman -S libbluray libaacs

Additionally, a KEYDB.cfg file is needed. Download it from the FindVUK Online Database

Extract the ZIP to ~/.config/aacs/:

ATTENTION: You may need to rename the keydb.cfg file to KEYDB.cfg (lower to upper case) for tooling to find it.

unzip keydb_eng.zip -d ~/.config/aacs/

After that use any Blu-Ray capable playback software, e.g. vlc bluray:///dev/sr0 to play back Blu-Rays.