# Disc to Rip: End-to-End Flow
How libfreemkv goes from a disc in the drive to decrypted content ready for backup.
This is the starting point for understanding the library.
## The Pipeline
```
Insert disc
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1. Open drive (drive/mod.rs)
│ INQUIRY → identify drive
│ Match bundled profile → chipset, unlock parameters
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2. Init drive (drive/mod.rs → platform/mt1959)
│ Firmware upload (if needed, 10s recovery wait)
│ Unlock → vendor-specific command activates raw read mode
│ Speed calibration → probe_disc()
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3. AACS handshake (aacs/handshake.rs) — optional
│ Allocate AGID
│ Exchange certificates + nonces (ECDH)
│ Derive bus key
│ Read Volume ID + read_data_key
│ (fails gracefully if drive doesn't support AACS for this disc)
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4. Read UDF filesystem (udf.rs)
│ Sector 256: AVDP → find Volume Descriptor Sequence
│ VDS: Partition Descriptor (physical start) + Logical Volume (metadata start)
│ Metadata partition → File Set Descriptor → Root directory
│ Walk directory tree: BDMV/, AACS/, CERTIFICATE/
│ → docs/udf.md
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5. Read AACS files from disc (aacs/mod.rs)
│ AACS/Unit_Key_RO.inf → SHA1 = disc hash
│ AACS/Content000.cer → AACS version (1.0 or 2.0), bus encryption flag
│ MKB via SCSI → for key derivation fallback
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6. Resolve encryption keys (decrypt.rs → resolve_encryption)
│ BD AACS:
│ Path 1: disc hash → KEYDB.cfg → VUK (fast, 99% of discs)
│ Path 2: KEYDB media key + Volume ID → VUK
│ Path 3: MKB + processing keys → media key → VUK
│ Path 4: MKB + device keys → subset-difference tree → VUK
│ VUK → decrypt unit keys from Unit_Key_RO.inf
│ DVD CSS:
│ Table-driven cipher — no KEYDB needed
│ → docs/aacs.md
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7. Parse playlists (mpls.rs) — BD/UHD only
│ BDMV/PLAYLIST/*.mpls → titles with play items
│ Each play item: clip ID, in/out timestamps
│ STN table: video, audio, subtitle streams with codec + language
│ → docs/mpls.md
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8. Parse clip info (clpi.rs) — BD/UHD only
│ BDMV/CLIPINF/*.clpi → EP map (timestamp → sector mapping)
│ Coarse + fine entries → full PTS and SPN
│ SPN → byte offset → sector extents for reading
│ → docs/clpi.md
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9. Parse BD-J labels (labels/) — optional
│ BDMV/JAR/*.jar → Java class constant pool strings
│ 5 format parsers: Paramount, Criterion, Pixelogic, CTRM, Deluxe
│ Audio track labels: "English Descriptive Audio", "French 5.1", etc.
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10. Stream content (mux/disc.rs → DiscStream)
│ Read sectors → decrypt → TS demux → PES frames
│ Or: read sectors → decrypt → raw bytes (for ISO output)
│ Drive::read() is single-shot. DiscStream::fill_extents adapts the
│ batch size on failure (halve / probe-up). Bad-range retry is layer
│ 1 above this — Disc::patch re-runs against the mapfile.
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PES frames → output stream (MKV, M2TS, network, etc.)
```
## API Summary
```rust
// Open + init drive
let mut drive = Drive::open(Path::new("/dev/sg4"))?;
drive.wait_ready()?;
drive.init()?;
drive.probe_disc()?;
// Scan disc (UDF + playlists + AACS — all automatic)
let disc = Disc::scan(&mut drive, &ScanOptions::default())?;
// Stream pipeline — PES frames from any source to any output
let opts = InputOptions::default();
let mut input = libfreemkv::input("disc:///dev/sg4", &opts)?;
let title = input.info().clone();
let mut output = libfreemkv::output("mkv://Movie.mkv", &title)?;
while let Ok(Some(frame)) = input.read() {
output.write(&frame)?;
}
output.finish()?;
```
## Module Reference
| drive/ | [drive-access.md](drive-access.md) | Open, identify, init, unlock, single-shot read |
| scsi/ | [drive-access.md](drive-access.md) | Platform SCSI transport (Linux, macOS, Windows) |
| udf.rs | [udf.md](udf.md) | UDF 2.50 filesystem |
| mpls.rs | [mpls.md](mpls.md) | MPLS playlists + STN streams |
| clpi.rs | [clpi.md](clpi.md) | CLPI clip info + EP map |
| ifo.rs | -- | DVD IFO parser |
| aacs/ | [aacs.md](aacs.md) | Key resolution + content decrypt + bus handshake |
| css/ | -- | DVD CSS cipher |
| decrypt.rs | -- | Unified decrypt dispatcher (AACS/CSS/None) |
| disc/ | -- | High-level scan + read API |
| labels/ | -- | BD-J stream labels (5 format parsers) |
| mux/ | -- | Stream implementations (7 stream types) |
| pes.rs | -- | PES frame types + Stream trait |
| sector.rs | -- | SectorReader trait |
| keydb.rs | -- | KEYDB download, parse, save |
| error.rs | -- | Error codes (E1xxx-E8xxx) |
| event.rs | -- | Drive event system |