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Not exactly a super noob friendly guide, but it's now quite easy to rip BluRays using any model of PS3 thanks to the great work of Kmeaw and F0.

Just follow the instructions here to get Linux up and running:You must login or register to view this content.

Then we're going to need to get the network up and running, which isn't that hard, just push ctrl+alt+f1 to get to a tty, then login (ps3/ps3). Then type su (to become root) and type password ps3. Once you have a root shell, simply type

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perl -p -i -e "s/eth0/eth1/g" /etc/network/interfaces
/etc/init.d/networking restart

Great, now we have an Internet connection! Here comes the tricky part, you're going to need to setup network storage somewhere on your local network. For me, this was easy as I already have a several TB NAS with NFS running on it. If you do not already have network storage, you're going to need to do some research on how to setup a Samba share or some other network storage.

I'll continue this tutorial as though you already have a NAS running NFS setup at the IP 192.168.0.100 with a share named pool.

From your root shell type

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apt-get update && apt-get install nfs-common

Once that finishes installing

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mkdir /mnt/storage && mount -t nfs 192.168.0.100:/mnt/pool /mnt/storage

Finally, with the BluRay movie inserted in the PS3, just type

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dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/mnt/storage/bluray.iso

If you'd like to watch the progress of the rip push ctrl+alt+f2 to get to another tty, login as ps3/ps3, type su (with password ps3) to get a root shell and type

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ps ax | grep dd

(Note the PID of dd)

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watch kill -USR1 $thePIDofDD

Then push ctrl+alt+f1 to switch back to tty1. You should see the screen start scrolling with how long dd has been running, how much data has been copied, and the rate at which it is copying. I am currently ripping a BluRay over the network at around 8.3 MB/s, not incredibly fast, but I could probably have made it go a bit faster by changing the nfs mount command and the dd command to use different block sizes. Meh, it's good enough for me.

Once you have the .iso on your network storage, there are plenty of tools available to rip and convert the bluray movie to something more manageable (most people don't want a 40 GB BluRay ISO and would much rather do a 2-pass x264 encode at say 720p with a reasonable VBR).

Anyway, like I said, it's not a super noob-friendly guide, but to the other people out there with a moderate amount of Linux knowledge, you might not have even considered that your PS3 is now able to copy BluRays!

edit: Ah, the reasons for the "slow" speed isn't a network issue, the PS3 BluRay drive is only 2x, which tops out at around 9 MB/s, so yea, it might take a few minutes to copy a full iso over the network, but it works!

To give you an idea on the time it will take to copy the iso over the network, dd has currently been running for 2173 seconds and copied 17 GB, so that's about 470 MB a minute.





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do you guys think this is compicated ?

Me like to download them off the twatternet then copy them over to playstation - illegal or not, I dont give a **** :carling: