bluray_copy

The bluray_copy program will copy a playlist or playlist and specific chapters from a Blu-ray to a filename, or to stdout.

By default bluray_copy will copy the main playlist, which can be overridden with the --playlist argument.

See also man bluray_copy

Table of Contents Usage Format Chapters Output Filename Dumping to stdout

Usage

Options:
  -m, --main               Copy main playlist (default)
  -p, --playlist <#>       Copy playlist number
  -c, --chapter <#>[-#]    Copy chapter number or range

Destination:
  -o, --output <filename>  Save to filename (default: bluray_title_###.m2ts)
      --output -           Write to stdout

Other:
  -k, --keydb <filename>   Location to KEYDB.cfg (default: ~/.config/aacs/KEYDB.cfg)
  -a, --angle <#>          Video angle (default: 1)
  -h, --help               This output
      --version            Version information

Format

The format of the track copied is the same on the disc, namely, an MPEG2 transport stream container audio and video.

bluray_copy -o bluray_video.m2ts

You can use a program like ffprobe or MediaInfo to display more details about the copy.

Chapters

bluray_copy by default will copy all the chapters on a title. You can specify chapters using -c #-# arguments.

An example, copy only the second through fifth chapters:

bluray_copy -c 2-5

Output Filename

By default, bluray_copy will save the file to bluray_playlist_<playlist_number>.m2ts. The filename can be overriden using the -o argument:

bluray_copy -o my_bluray.m2ts

Dumping to stdout

You an use bluray_copy to pipe the output directly to stdout. This is useful if, for example, you want to remux the data directly, or send it to another application, like ffmpeg.

Simply pass the output filename as -

One example of using a pipe would to be send it directly to ffmpeg to remux it to another format:

bluray_copy -o - | ffmpeg -i - -codec copy bluray_video.mkv

Or even re-encode it:

bluray_copy -o - | ffmpeg -i - bluray_video.webm