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parse_audio_attr mapped DVD audio_coding_mode 2 to Codec::Mpeg1 — the MPEG-1
VIDEO variant. Codec::kind() reports Video for it, so a DVD MPEG-audio stream
was classified and handled as video everywhere downstream. Modes 2 and 3 are
both MPEG audio Layer II (3 adds the MPEG-2 multichannel extension), so both
map to Codec::Mp2. A test now walks every coding mode and asserts each result's
kind() is Audio, so no mode can map to a non-audio codec again.

docs/aacs.md documented an entire keydb-resolving API that does not exist:
ScanOptions::with_keydb, Disc::open_title, reader.read_unit(). None of those
symbols appear anywhere in the crate, and ScanOptions has no keydb field — its
own doc comment says "libfreemkv is lookup-free — it resolves no keys". A
reader following that page would conclude the library reads keydb.cfg, which
inverts the actual design: the caller resolves keys out-of-band through a
KeySource and applies them with Disc::decrypt_with.

The section is rewritten against the real API, and the AacsState table's
`key_source` type corrected from KeySource to KeyOrigin.

Worth recording: the first replacement example I wrote was itself wrong. It
used `input("disc://...")`, which resolve.rs explicitly rejects with
Error::DiscUrlNotDirect — live disc must go through Drive::open + Disc::scan +
DiscStream::new. Every symbol and signature in the committed example was
checked against the source rather than assumed.
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# AACS Encryption Support
## Overview
AACS (Advanced Access Content System) is the encryption layer used by Blu-ray
and UHD 4K discs to protect content. libfreemkv implements AACS decryption so
disc access is transparent to the application.
There are two major versions:
- **AACS 1.0** -- Used by standard Blu-ray discs.
- **AACS 2.0 / 2.1** -- Used by UHD 4K Blu-ray discs. Adds a per-sector bus
encryption layer on top of the standard content encryption. UHD drives accept
AACS 1.0 host credentials for backward compatibility.
All versions use AES-128 for content decryption. The library reads the keys it
needs from `keydb.cfg`, walks the disc's Media Key Block (MKB) to resolve the
disc's key, and decrypts the content stream. AACS-encrypted discs therefore
require a `keydb.cfg`; CSS-protected DVDs do not (see the CSS notes in the
library docs).
## How it works (feature level)
When a disc is scanned, the library:
1. Reads the disc's AACS key-input files from the `/AACS/` directory.
2. Resolves the disc's key from `keydb.cfg` — either directly from a per-disc
entry, or by walking the MKB with the keys present in the keydb.
3. Performs the drive-level SCSI authentication handshake needed to obtain the
Volume ID and, for UHD, the bus-decryption key.
4. Decrypts the content stream as titles are read.
A resolved key is verified against actual disc content before it is applied, so
a stale or wrong key fails loudly rather than producing silent garbage. If no
usable key is available for an AACS-encrypted disc, the library surfaces a
specific error (the E70xx family) describing which part of the chain was
missing, and a missing `keydb.cfg` surfaces as `Error::KeydbLoad` with the
sentinel path `<no keydb in search paths>`.
## API Usage
AACS decryption is transparent to the application. `Disc::scan()` handles
everything automatically:
```rust
use libfreemkv::{Drive, Disc};
use libfreemkv::disc::ScanOptions;
use std::path::Path;
let mut drive = Drive::open(Path::new("/dev/sg4")).unwrap();
drive.wait_ready().unwrap();
drive.init().unwrap();
let disc = Disc::scan(&mut drive, &ScanOptions::default()).unwrap();
// Check encryption state
if disc.encrypted {
if let Some(ref aacs) = disc.aacs {
println!("AACS {}.0", aacs.version);
println!("Key source: {}", aacs.key_source.name());
if let Some(mkb_ver) = aacs.mkb_version {
println!("MKB version: {}", mkb_ver);
}
} else {
println!("Encrypted but keys not available");
}
}
// Read content -- decryption is applied on read by the DiscStream decorator.
// Live disc does NOT go through the URL resolver: `input("disc://...")` returns
// Error::DiscUrlNotDirect by design.
let keys = disc.decrypt_keys();
let mut stream = DiscStream::new(
Box::new(drive),
disc.titles[0].clone(),
keys,
batch_sectors,
disc.titles[0].content_format,
false, // raw: false → decrypt on read
None, // halt
)?;
while let Ok(Some(frame)) = stream.read() {
// decrypted PES frames
}
```
The application never calls decryption functions and never manages the
drive-level handshake. It DOES own key resolution — see below.
### Key resolution is the caller's job
`libfreemkv` is **lookup-free: it resolves no keys and reads no keydb.** There is
no `ScanOptions::with_keydb`, and `ScanOptions` has no keydb field — its only
scan input is the optional drive credentials for the live-drive authenticated
handshake.
The caller resolves a key out-of-band through a key source and applies it with
[`Disc::decrypt_with`]. `freemkv-keysources` is the crate that implements the
keydb and key-server sources; `ScanOptions::key_sources` takes them as
`Box<dyn KeySource>`.
### AacsState
After a successful scan, `disc.aacs` contains an `AacsState`:
| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `version` | `u8` | AACS version (1 or 2) |
| `bus_encryption` | `bool` | Whether bus encryption is active |
| `mkb_version` | `Option<u32>` | MKB version from disc |
| `disc_hash` | `String` | Identifier for the disc's key-input files |
| `key_source` | `KeyOrigin` | How the disc's key was resolved |
## keydb.cfg
`keydb.cfg` is the single source of AACS key material. It is a text file (lines
starting with `;` or `#` are comments) holding the host credentials and per-disc
entries the library uses to resolve a disc. autorip can auto-download and
refresh it from a configured URL. The library does not ship any AACS keys
compiled into the binary.