Libbluray is an open-source library designed for Blu-Ray Discs playback for media players, like VLC or MPlayer.

This research project is developed by an international team of developers from Doom9.

The library integrates navigation, playlist parsing, menus and BD-J.

Most commercial Blu-Ray are protected by AACS or BD+ technologies and this library is not enough to playback those discs.

People interested in AACS technologies should have a look at libaacs.

People interested in BD+ technologies should have a look at libbdplus.

Libbluray is released under a Free Software license, LGPL, ensuring it will stay free. A copy of LGPL is available here

The VideoLAN Code of Conduct applies to this project.

This library is written for the purpose of playing Blu-ray movies. It is intended for software that want to support Blu-ray playback (such as VLC and MPlayer). We, the authors of this library, do not condone nor endorse piracy.

This library is simply a tool for playback of Blu-ray movies. Like any tool, the use of this tool can also be abused. There are already numerous laws in different countries and juridictions all over the world that protect copyrighted material, such as Blu-ray movies. With that said, it would have been inappropriate for us to distribute this library with terms such as "you cannot use this library for piracy". Instead, we present to everyone this disclaimer.

As a reminder, here is also the disclaimer found at the beginning of any movie in relation to copyrights.

International agreement and national laws protect copyrighted motion pictures, videotapes, and sound recordings.

UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION, EXHIBITION OR DISTRIBUTION OF COPYRIGHTED MOTION PICTURES CAN RESULT IN SEVERE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER THE LAWS OF YOUR COUNTRY.

The International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL, has expressed its concern about motion picture and sound recording piracy to all of its member national police forces. (Resolution adopted at INTERPOL General Assembly, Stockholm, Sweden, September 8, 1977.)

You can discuss about libbluray on the libbluray-devel mailing list.

For support or more informations, look here

All documentation about libbluray is available here