The libraries available for download here are essential for playing Blu-ray discs with FFmpeg, VLC, and MPC-HC.
- libaacs: https://www.videolan.org/developers/libaacs.html
- libbdplus: https://www.videolan.org/developers/libbdplus.html
For detailed instruction, refer to this forum post from Doom9.
This repository’s purpose is to offer a transparent building process and clean binaries for consumption (i.e., no need to download the libraries from the Mega.nz link in the forum post).
You can find the libraries on the Release page, which includes both 64-bit and 32-bit Windows versions — choose accordingly. Once downloaded, place the library files (libaacs.dll and libbdplus.dll) into C:\Windows\System32 to make them accessible to all applications.
Unlike the libraries hosted on Mega.nz, all required dependencies have been statically linked, so no additional third-party DLLs (i.e., libgpg-error6-0.dll, and libgcrypt-20.dll) are needed.
The build for this project uses GitHub Actions and cross-compilation with mingw64 on Ubuntu, leveraging GNU/gcc. It's safe to use and free from viruses, though you’re encouraged to review the process and repository for full transparency.
To build libaacs & libbdplus for Windows on WSL 1 or 2 (Debian/Ubuntu), follow these steps:
sudo apt-get install -y autoconf fig2dev mingw-w64 mingw-w64-tools mingw-w64-i686-dev gcc make m4 pkg-config gettext
git clone https://github.com/KnugiHK/libaacs-libbdplus-windows && cd libaacs-libbdplus-windows
makeTo build 32-bit or 64-bit only:
make 32
make 64If the Makefile does not work for you, try to use the build.sh script instead.
The installer is built using NSIS. To build the installer, place the DLLs to the win86 and win64 directories accordingly and invoke the following command:
makensis installer.nsiThis project is inspired by wget-windows, originally created by @webfolderio.
Development also referenced the Cross-compile libaacs for Windows (64bit) gist.