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Nope, because it's not about the format. You can't read a bluray if you don't have the encrypted key.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Access_Content_System
That's why you can read a movie on a dvd and not a blu ray. Even if you have blu ray player connected to your pc.
Blu rays have other uses than just media. You can write them yourself.
I haven't done it myself
I just have DVDs
but it sounds like
mpvcan play AACS if you connect a Blu-Ray drive to a PC.https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray