Page 2 of 2
Re: VLC refuses to play Bluray and UHD's, which program do you use?
Posted: Fri May 09, 2025 6:00 am
by Lehmeier
MrPenguin wrote: Thu May 08, 2025 5:21 pm
VLC plays a backup
as if the backup were a disk. In other words, you
still use "Open disc..." to play the backup.
Ok, that was probably a misunderstanding on my part.
If I select the directory with the movie files via “ Media => Open medium ”, the movie starts, but without menus. So I only see the start screen and cannot start the movie.
In my Panasonic Bluray player it still has a start menu with various options (start movie, subtitles etc.). How do I get this on the VLC - is it Makemkv or the VLC?
Re: VLC refuses to play Bluray and UHD's, which program do you use?
Posted: Fri May 09, 2025 2:48 pm
by MrPenguin
Lehmeier wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 6:00 am
[If I select the directory with the movie files via “ Media => Open medium ”, the movie starts, but without menus. So I only see the start screen and cannot start the movie.
"Media / Open disc..."
Lehmeier wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 6:00 am
How do I get this on the VLC - is it Makemkv or the VLC?
MakeMKV creates the backup, VLC plays the backup.
VLC's menu support also needs Java. Have you also installed Java? I would expect your Linux distribution to include packages for OpenJDK.
Re: VLC refuses to play Bluray and UHD's, which program do you use?
Posted: Fri May 09, 2025 3:17 pm
by Lehmeier
OK, I know that Makemkv creates the backup. The only question was whether an error occurred or whether I had a wrong setting.
As far as Java is concerned, the following is installed:
jdk-openjdk
jdk21-openjdk
jdk8-openjdk
jre8-openjdk
jre8-openjdk-headless
/usr/share/java/libbluray-awt-j2se-1.3.4.jar
/usr/share/java/libbluray-j2se-1.3.4.jar
or is there a setting in VLC that I have forgotten?
Re: VLC refuses to play Bluray and UHD's, which program do you use?
Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 3:03 pm
by nljorgenj
Hello!
I think the problem here is a misunderstanding.
I have used MakeMKV a lot, but my mission is to create .mkv files with just the movie and the right sound track and subtitles. Maybe you should check if MakeMKV really can make a 1 to 1 copy of a DVD or Blueray with the menu intact. I do not think it can, but I may be wrong. When I want a 1 to 1 copy of my DVD I generally use a payed version of CloneDVD7 Ultimate which you can find on their homepage
https://clonedvd.net/
I'm NOT endorsing them in any way, but I have found this software to be somewhat realiable to make DVD clones. I think they have a newer version that also can handle blueray, I have not tested that one.
Just my two cents.