How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

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georgesgiralt
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How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#1 Post by georgesgiralt » Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:14 am

Hi Guys,
I'm posting here because I do not know where to ask.
I've a Blu-ray I love a lot and the disc id dying (a lot of medium errors in a computer drive and seizures in a "plain" player).
Fortunately I've made a backup with Make MKV so I've got all the files I need.
As the size is less than 22 GB, I bet I can write a new Blu-Ray to continue enjoying my film.
So my question is how to make a physical Blu-Ray from the backup ?
Any clues ?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
Have a nice and bright day.
P.S. : I'm using the 22.04 LTS Ubuntu and, even retired, own a degree in computer science, so not a plain newbie...

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Re: How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#2 Post by Coopervid » Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:45 am

Did you back up to folder or to mkv?

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Re: How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#3 Post by georgesgiralt » Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:08 am

A folder.
I've a bunch of directories under it. One of them, STREAM contains a lot of .mts files some of them big.

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Re: How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#4 Post by Coopervid » Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:21 am

You need to burn only the BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders to a BD-25. File system UDF 2.5. I'm not familiar with Linux burning programs but UDF 2.5 seems to be an issue. Install Wine and use Imgburn.

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Re: How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#5 Post by georgesgiralt » Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:28 pm

OK. Thank you.
Will try to find something.
HAve a nice day.

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Re: How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#6 Post by flojo » Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:18 pm

Listen to Coopervid, Imgburn really is your best option. UDF and all other things related to optical media are "vintage". The UDF 2.5 spec. is over 20 years old! I wouldn't hold my breath for anyone to develop something new for it on Linux or even on Windows. I feel your pain though, I have a similar problem with all things Firewire (IEEE 1394).

Optical media is the new vinyl.

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Re: How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#7 Post by MissBrae01 » Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:56 pm

There is a better option for burning UDF 2.5 in Linux than a Windows program through Wine.
Just use xorriso! It's available for most distros; Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch.

I do have a question, though. How do you get MakeMKV to copy the raw files off a Blu-ray?
I've only just been burning the MKV files to a BD-r DL.

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Re: How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#8 Post by dcoke22 » Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:45 pm

MissBrae01 wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:56 pm
I do have a question, though. How do you get MakeMKV to copy the raw files off a Blu-ray?
I've only just been burning the MKV files to a BD-r DL.
Use MakeMKV's backup option. After you start MakeMKV and put a blu-ray into your optical drive but before you click the big disc icon, click the icon at the top that is a yellow folder with a green arrow.

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Re: How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#9 Post by georgesgiralt » Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:14 pm

I actually used :

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mkisofs -udf -iso-level "3" -input-charset "utf-8"-V <name of the disc> -allow-limited-size  -o <name_of_file_to_create>.iso <source_directory>
to generate the ISO file. Then I burned it to a BD using my favourite burning software. (I do not do it on the command line anymore, and can' remember how I did it long ago....)
The burned Blu Ray pays fine in my computer and on the set top box I use to play ordinary Blu Rays.
Hope this helps

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Re: How to burn a Blu-ray disc from a backup on Linux ?

#10 Post by flojo » Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:28 pm

MissBrae01 wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:56 pm
... burning UDF 2.5 in Linux than a Windows program through Wine.
Just use xorriso!
xorriso doesn't support UDF of any kind.

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