This isn’t as hard as it sounds The MakeMKV forums cover the process step by step. Installing MakeMKV on most Linux distributions is done by compiling.

Install VLC (from the Ubuntu repo, not the snap store).

The process to get it working is very simple: Why not!?īut while MakeKMKV is technically software, you’ll have to buy all of its features (including the stuff that lets you play BluRays MIT menus in VLC), which are “free” while the app is in beta.Īnd the app has been in beta for around 10 years ?‍♂️.

Personally, I reason that BluRay is a proprietary format to begin with and since I already use a lot of closed source software for entertainment purposes e.g. MakeMKV is proprietary, paid software - and at this point, some of you will nope-out. You can Install VLC, download a meta key file from a (oddly local) website, paste the appropriate location anywhere on your system, wince, and it might work – although you can’t see any BluRay menus.Įxcept that this method, which is well documented if you google “how to watch BluRays in VLC”, wouldn’t work for me no matter how many times I tried and no matter what operating system I tried it on have.īy the way, me how menus, and these Doctor Who BluRays are stuffed with bonus content, some of it short-lived, that I can’t bother blindly navigating through a playlist of meaningless timecodes. I should point out that there are different ways to play Blu-rays on Ubuntu (and other platforms).

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