Blu-ray playback help on LibreELEC 9.0.2?

1st Official Post

    Hey,

    I'm currently attempting to move from Windows Media Center to LibreELEC / Kodi, However i'm having no luck with playing back Blu-ray discs sadly.

    I've followed the Blu-ray setup instructions on the Wiki and ensured the KEYDB.cfg file is present in /storage/.config/aacs/KEYDB.cfg

    When i open KEYDB.cfg I can see it was last updated on 2017-09-03 22:09:23, so i'm not sure if I require a possible newer version of this? However regardless I can't play any Blu-ray's new or old. An old Blu-ray example is Casino Royale which I can see in the KEYDB.cfg

    On Kodi I just see the disc option appear, with a play disc, which does nothing. From past experience it usually shows the name of the disc, DVD's play perfectly fine.

    Does anyone have any suggestions to resolve this issue?

    Thank you.

    • Official Post

    The default KEYDB.cfg file we include is only a placeholder. You will need to source your own file that actually has content before discs will work. Then if you're lucky there are keys in the file for the discs you're trying to play.

    I used the KEYDB.cfg recommended in the Wiki, however it was last updated in 2017 when looking at it in a text editor.

    I've upgraded to LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0.2 and still have the same issue.

    Blu-rays i've tried range from 2007 which I thought would work and some newer ones from 2018, however all Kodi will register is the disc and not even attempt to play it, so i suspect its not decrypting the discs at all.

    Is it possible to extract my own keys from the discs I own? or integrate MakeMKV for decrypting discs on the fly like is possible on Windows?

    Thanks for any help.