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#1 Yesterday 00:25:04
- sadnehs
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Unable to get Bluray playback working using Arch wiki guide
Sorry to post this topic I know it's a commonly difficult one, with many newbies like me asking about it.
I recently got a bluray drive for my PC, but I cannot read Bluray discs with it yet.
I followed the Arch wiki steps here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray
Under 2.1 "Preparation", I get to "Querying your disc" and fall off the rails.
When I run "bd_info /dev/sr0"
I get the following:
sudo bd_info /dev/sr0
Using libbluray version 1.3.4
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
disc.c:333: failed opening UDF image /dev/sr0
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
bd_open('/dev/sr0', '(null)') failed. I then try mounting the device, and retrying the command but on the mount location (and also the device again) with no luck:
sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/bluray
mount: /media/bluray: can't read superblock on /dev/sr0.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
sudo mount -t udf /dev/sr0 /media/bluray
mount: /media/bluray: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr0, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /media/bluray
mount: /media/bluray: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr0, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call. sudo bd_info /dev/sr0
Using libbluray version 1.3.4
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
disc.c:333: failed opening UDF image /dev/sr0
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
bd_open('/dev/sr0', '(null)') failed.
sudo bd_info /media/bluray/
Using libbluray version 1.3.4
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
bd_open('/media/bluray/', '(null)') failed.note how the mount location didn't even say "failed opening UDF image", which makes sense the device was not successfully mounted. But it makes me think that the /dev/sr0 location IS actually being seen as a bluray disc, since it thinks it's UDF filesystem.
I have searched the web and found several forum threads touching on this. But they are often talking about Handbrake. While I have tried Handbrake, it also doesn't work.
I got it to start scanning once, but it just never progressed after that point.
VLC errors out with a simple
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details. I was able to play an audio CD with the drive (I installed those packages, libcdio and audiocd-kio).
I was unable to play a DVD with VLC or SMPlayer, despite installing those packages (libdvdread, libdvdcss, libdvdnav). HOWEVER Dolphin file explorer does see the DVD as a disc (purple disc icon, indicating DVD) and say it's name (ex: 'Bionicle 2', lol), I just can't mount it or see it's contents.
But when using a Bluray disc, Dolphin does not see it at all. The device /dev/sr0 is always present under lsblk or fdisk while the drive is plugged in, with or without a disc in the drive.
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#2 Yesterday 12:16:52
- Lone_Wolf
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Re: Unable to get Bluray playback working using Arch wiki guide
Please post the output of lsblk -f with and without a bd disc in the player.
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#3 Yesterday 19:42:24
- sadnehs
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Re: Unable to get Bluray playback working using Arch wiki guide
The output of lsblk -f without a BD in:
lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda
└─sda1
ext4 1.0 WDBlue_1TB_Vol ec9fbcb2-aeab-4b56-afae-9938b27a49b8 323.4G 60% /mnt/SecondaryDrives/WDBlue_1TB_Vol
sdb
└─sdb1
ext4 1.0 TOSHIBA_6TB_Vol a99de0a4-4834-420f-9948-070f26bdccea 313.1G 89% /mnt/SecondaryDrives/Toshiba_6TB_Vol
sdc
├─sdc1
│ vfat FAT32 D8BC-FA37
├─sdc2
│ xfs 511cfb0c-fc68-4604-a6c7-8c9ffb1efda6
└─sdc3
LVM2_m LVM2 coTOEc-Yk1R-mfN2-WydW-5B1I-3vg8-wT9a4P
sdd iso966 PGN 25.05.13 1 2025-05-13-17-39-08-00
├─sdd1
│ iso966 PGN 25.05.13 1 2025-05-13-17-39-08-00
└─sdd2
vfat FAT32 3BB8-BEA3
sde
├─sde1
│
└─sde2
ntfs TOSHIBA EXT 10CEF1E0CEF1BE52 2.2T 40% /media/4TB_Tosh_External
sdf
└─sdf1
ext4 1.0 2TB_Seagat e0c1489e-2de3-4459-a302-dff3f94caf2f
sdg
sr0
zram0
swap 1 zram0 32d3f80b-1bfa-4004-883a-165052bf9efb [SWAP]
nvme0n1
│
├─nvme0n1p1
│ vfat FAT32 13E8-8EBA 845.6M 17% /boot
└─nvme0n1p2
btrfs 1e8f0320-b0a7-4f16-bbbf-88c288069818 252.1G 46% /var/log
/var/cache/pacman/pkg
/home
/.snapshots
/Note further down (scroll code block) there is sr0, but it won't mount.
Even if I run sudo mount -t udf /dev/sr0 /media/bluray/
or the same with -t iso9660
the result of lsblk -f is the same
The result of lsblk -f with a BD
Before trying to manually mount:
lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda
└─sda1 ext4 1.0 WDBlue_1TB_Vol ec9fbcb2-aeab-4b56-afae-9938b27a49b8 323.4G 60% /mnt/SecondaryDrives/WDBlue_1TB_Vol
sdb
└─sdb1 ext4 1.0 TOSHIBA_6TB_Vol a99de0a4-4834-420f-9948-070f26bdccea 313.1G 89% /mnt/SecondaryDrives/Toshiba_6TB_Vol
sdc
├─sdc1 vfat FAT32 D8BC-FA37
├─sdc2 xfs 511cfb0c-fc68-4604-a6c7-8c9ffb1efda6
└─sdc3 LVM2_member LVM2 001 coTOEc-Yk1R-mfN2-WydW-5B1I-3vg8-wT9a4P
sdd iso9660 PGN 25.05.13 1 2025-05-13-17-39-08-00
├─sdd1 iso9660 PGN 25.05.13 1 2025-05-13-17-39-08-00
└─sdd2 vfat FAT32 3BB8-BEA3
sde
├─sde1
└─sde2 ntfs TOSHIBA EXT 10CEF1E0CEF1BE52 2.2T 40% /media/4TB_Tosh_External
sdf
└─sdf1 ext4 1.0 2TB_Seagat e0c1489e-2de3-4459-a302-dff3f94caf2f
sdg
sr0
zram0 swap 1 zram0 32d3f80b-1bfa-4004-883a-165052bf9efb [SWAP]
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1
│ vfat FAT32 13E8-8EBA 845.6M 17% /boot
└─nvme0n1p2
btrfs 1e8f0320-b0a7-4f16-bbbf-88c288069818 252.1G 46% /var/log
/var/cache/pacman/pkg
/home
/.snapshots
/And after trying each mount command and it failing as described, I run lsblk -f again. And now sr0 is missing
lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda
└─sda1 ext4 1.0 WDBlue_1TB_Vol ec9fbcb2-aeab-4b56-afae-9938b27a49b8 323.4G 60% /mnt/SecondaryDrives/WDBlue_1TB_Vol
sdb
└─sdb1 ext4 1.0 TOSHIBA_6TB_Vol a99de0a4-4834-420f-9948-070f26bdccea 313.1G 89% /mnt/SecondaryDrives/Toshiba_6TB_Vol
sdc
├─sdc1 vfat FAT32 D8BC-FA37
├─sdc2 xfs 511cfb0c-fc68-4604-a6c7-8c9ffb1efda6
└─sdc3 LVM2_member LVM2 001 coTOEc-Yk1R-mfN2-WydW-5B1I-3vg8-wT9a4P
sdd iso9660 PGN 25.05.13 1 2025-05-13-17-39-08-00
├─sdd1 iso9660 PGN 25.05.13 1 2025-05-13-17-39-08-00
└─sdd2 vfat FAT32 3BB8-BEA3
sde
├─sde1
└─sde2 ntfs TOSHIBA EXT 10CEF1E0CEF1BE52 2.2T 40% /media/4TB_Tosh_External
sdf
└─sdf1 ext4 1.0 2TB_Seagat e0c1489e-2de3-4459-a302-dff3f94caf2f
sdg
zram0 swap 1 zram0 32d3f80b-1bfa-4004-883a-165052bf9efb [SWAP]
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1
│ vfat FAT32 13E8-8EBA 845.6M 17% /boot
└─nvme0n1p2
btrfs 1e8f0320-b0a7-4f16-bbbf-88c288069818 252.1G 46% /var/log
/var/cache/pacman/pkg
/home
/.snapshots
/trying to run bd_info on /dev/sr0 gives me the same error, failed opening UDF image.
Running it on /media/bluray instead of sr0, gives me the same error as before (similar to sr0 but lacks the line about a UDF image).
*edit* apologies for the confusion, you might see SDD1 device is an iso9660 format. That is actually a linux boot drive I happen to have plugged in right now. Ignore that.
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#4 Yesterday 19:56:15
- sadnehs
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Re: Unable to get Bluray playback working using Arch wiki guide
apologies for the confusion, you might see SDD1 device is an iso9660 format. That is actually a linux boot drive I happen to have plugged in right now. Ignore that.
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#5 Today 09:11:04
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Re: Unable to get Bluray playback working using Arch wiki guide
Please post the output of cd-drive /dev/sr0
(install libcdio if the command isn't found)
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#6 Today 14:45:11
- sadnehs
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Re: Unable to get Bluray playback working using Arch wiki guide
Please post the output of cd-drive /dev/sr0
(install libcdio if the command isn't found)
The command was already installed, if that is useful info.
cd-drive /dev/sr0
cd-drive version 2.2.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Copyright (c) 2003-2005, 2007-2008, 2011-2015, 2017, 2025 R. Bernstein
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Drivers available...
GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver
cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver
bin/cuesheet disk image driver
Nero NRG disk image driver
Drive /dev/sr0
CD-ROM drive supports some nonstandard or degenerate set of MMC
Vendor : MATSHITA
Model : BD-MLT UJ240AS
Revision : 1.01
Profile List Feature
Blu Ray BD-R sequential recording
Blu Ray BD-R random recording
Blu Ray BD-RE
Blu Ray BD-ROM
Re-writable DVD
DVD+R Double Layer - DVD Recordable Double Layer
DVD+R - DVD Recordable
DVD+RW - DVD Rewritable
Re-recordable DVD using Restricted Overwrite
Re-recordable DVD using Sequential Recording
DVD-R - Double-Layer Sequential Recording
Re-recordable DVD using Sequential recording
Read only DVD
CD-RW Re-writable Compact Disc capable
Write once Compact Disc capable
Read only Compact Disc capable
Core Feature
Morphing Feature
Operational Change Request/Notification supported
Synchronous GET EVENT/STATUS NOTIFICATION supported
Removable Medium Feature
Tray type loading mechanism
can eject the medium or magazine via the normal START/STOP command
can be locked into the Logical Unit
Write Protect Feature
Random Readable Feature
Multi-Read Feature
CD Read Feature
C2 Error pointers are supported
CD-Text is supported
DVD Read Feature
Random Writable Feature
Incremental Streaming Writable Feature
Formattable Feature
Management Ability of the Logical Unit/media system to provide an apparently defect-free space. Feature
Restricted Overwrite Feature
DVD+RW Feature
DVD+R Feature
Rigid Restricted Overwrite Feature
CD Track at Once Feature
CD Mastering (Session at Once) Feature
DVD-R/RW Write Feature
Unknown code 34 Feature
Profile List Feature
Profile List Feature
Profile List Feature
Profile List Feature
Profile List Feature
Profile List Feature
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Profile List Feature
Profile List Feature
Profile List Feature
Profile List Feature
Profile List Feature
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Hardware : CD-ROM or DVD
Can eject : Yes
Can close tray : Yes
Can disable manual eject : Yes
Can select juke-box disc : No
Can set drive speed : No
Can read multiple sessions (e.g. PhotoCD) : Yes
Can hard reset device : Yes
Reading....
Can read Mode 2 Form 1 : Yes
Can read Mode 2 Form 2 : Yes
Can read (S)VCD (i.e. Mode 2 Form 1/2) : Yes
Can read C2 Errors : Yes
Can read IRSC : Yes
Can read Media Channel Number (or UPC) : Yes
Can play audio : Yes
Can read CD-DA : Yes
Can read CD-R : Yes
Can read CD-RW : Yes
Can read DVD-ROM : Yes
Writing....
Can write CD-RW : Yes
Can write DVD-R : Yes
Can write DVD-RAM : Yes
Can write DVD-RW : No
Can write DVD+RW : NoSorry for the lack of details I'm kinda poking in the dark with optical drives on Linux.
Also surprised and bummed to see this drive say it can't write to DVD RW discs 
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