On 9 December 2011 17:55, James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@???> wrote:
> On 4 December 2011 21:40, John Cooper <lug@???> wrote:
>> On 04/12/11 21:24, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>>>
>>> I now have a Blu Ray drive for my Linux machine.
>>> DumpHD does not work on any modern titles due to an out of date host
>>> private key.
>>> MakeMKV does seem to work, but it is a binary blob and not open source
>>> and you have to pay for it past 30 days trial.
>>
>>
>>
>> Probably best to buy the license and then run it though handbrake
>> (http://handbrake.fr/) to create an mp4
>>
>> http://crackednoodle.com/2011/01/blu-ray-ripping-linux-how-to/
>>
>
> makemkv has many good features.
> 1) Lossless
> 2) has a command line only version so I can script it.
>
> I still have a gripe regarding makemkv.
> It makes requests off to the internet and gets responses. I have no
> idea what these requests are for, and what data is sent or returned.
>
> I have therefore started reverse engineering makemkv.
> What I have found so far is very interesting, but I have not got to
> the bottom of it yet.
> Basically, makemkv does not bother with processing keys and host
> private keys, it somehow gets the job done without needing them.
> For example, makemkv does in fact contain some processing keys, but
> only has them up to mkv v10. I can place a mkv v20 blu ray disk in and
> makemkv has no problem playing it.
>
Maybe the internet traffic is getting the key processing work done remotely?
ATB, Peter
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