Nevertheless, if your Blu-ray discs are encrypted by advanced protection techniques like AACS, updating VLC can't fix the ripping failure for you. The later problem can be easily fixed as you only need to update VLC to the latest version.

Overall, the Blu-ray disc ripping failures may occur because of the Blu-ray discs or VLC itself. Normally, updating VLC to the latest version can get the issue fixed. Therefore, errors will occur to the Blu-ray ripping failure. When you are using an outdated VLC version, the program compatibility may not support reading the high-quality Blu-ray discs. Currently, VLC media player isn't supported to load and read protected files of this kind, let alone rip encrypted Blu-ray discs with no error.

If your Blu-ray discs are encrypted and protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) mechanisms such as Advanced Access Content System (AACS) and BD+, they can't be read by VLC, as encryption will prevent the program from accessing or using certain assets. To sum up, there are multiple reasons that may result in ripping failure when you try to rip Blu-ray with VLC: