February 19th, 2007 This isn’t so much a PlayStation 3 hack as it is a Linux operation. The process, as outlined by author “hacked2123,” involves decoding and ripping movies from Blu-ray (or HD-DVD) discs onto a Linux-based PC, and then re-encoding the files into an unencrypted MPEG format that could be played on the PC, or further tinkered with and transferred to PS3 — and with a little more effort, we suppose, also made compatible with Xbox 360 (as a WMV file).
Of course it’s possible that, as Linux support evolves on PS3, Sony’s console could become fully capable of exploiting high-definition movies on its own; and thereby become one of Blu-ray (and HD-DVD) manufacturers’ worst enemies. And to think some still accuse PlayStation 3 of being nothing more than the Blu-ray peeps ‘Trojan horse’…
So in the end, the easiest way to rip a Blu-Ray movie may well be through the machine that was meant to be the platform to promote the format.
You see, Sony, this is what happens when you let the general public, and more importantly, Linux bods have access to your hardware.
[Via: Joystiq]