Can't they just make it open source? That way at least the enthusiasts can keep it working for as long as the hardware is still functional.
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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 mpv can play AACS if you connect a Blu-Ray drive to a PC.
I must say that in the future, we may look back on these days and say that this was about the time when "you-buy-it-you-own-it-forever" kind of ended for media.
Here's the graph for CDs:
There's still some stuff out there, and SACDs still sell in small volume to people who want the highest fidelity, but I think that outside of some vinyl sales to the retro crowd, the audio world has mostly moved on. The video world might do the same.
They don't even publish a lot to blu ray or dvd. I was thinking of making the switch, assuming there was all the physical media in the world available.
I've been surprised at how little is out there.