Playing a blu ray disk with Ubuntu 12.04/12.10/Mint 13

Found myself with a slight problem trying to play a blu ray disk on my laptop. crunched down, here is what I had to do to get it to work. Added a vlc repository, I'm not sure if this was necessary or if the following commands would have been sufficient but it's what I did.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc

I then had to install the correct codecs for blu ray

sudo apt-get install libaacs0 libbluray-bdj libbluray1

I then needed to create an aacs file and download a certificate/key.

mkdir -p ~/.config/aacs/
cd ~/.config/aacs/ && wget http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/files/KEYDB.cfg

After that I simply opened up vlc (my prefered media player, especially for movies) went to Media>Open Disc...

Then I selected BluRay under Disc Selection, then in the dropdown menu I selected the correct device. I also read that it is important make sure the 'No disc menus' box is checked. Then hit play and enjoy the show!