The Pragmatic Addict

Ripping Movies

Background

This is a fairly straight forward way to rip DVD/Blu-Ray movies. For reference:

ArchLinux Blu-ray instructions keydb.cfg files Debian Multimedia repository

Software install

First add the deb-multimedia repository to /etc/apt/sources.list by following their instructions for your version of Debian:

deb https://www.deb-multimedia.org bookworm main non-free

Install handbrake and support libraries

sudo apt-get install handbrake libdvdcss2 libbdplus0 libaacs0 libbluray-bin

Download Keys Database

They keys database for Blu-Ray can be found at the FindVUC Online Database

Download and unzip the keydb.cfg file. Be sure to copy this file into ~/.config/aacs/KEYDB.cfg.

The file name is Case Sensitive

Query Blu-Ray Disc info

bd_info /dev/sr0

Created: 2025-02-13 Modified: 2025-02-13