The new Blu-Ray/HD-DVD/DVD Ripping Guide for Media Streamers

blurayalltheway · 02-09-2011, 5:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Geezer69

Need some help guys.

About a year or so ago I ripped my entire DVD/BR collection onto my 2tb HDD using MakeMKV for use with my WDTV gen 2. Several reasons really but the main one was to try and preserve the kids DVD's which take quite a hammering. I now want to put these MKV's back onto DVD R to play on their DVD player as some of the original discs are starting not to play. I have tried AVI2DVD and seem to convert them fine. I am struggling with getting them to play on the DVD player though.

I have looked at numerous online guides and the conversion process is not the problem. Its when I burn them onto the DVD is where I seem to need help. The DVD player says it can not play the disc. I have tried this on several players round the house. Anyone got any tips or advise? The kids are going mental without Aladin and I begrudge having to buy it again (I know, I'm that tight!!).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

you want to check out this freeware guides-
Convert .MKV files to Blu-ray or AVCHD for PlayStation 3 using tsMuxeR

Moldiver · 02-09-2011, 10:24 PM

Anyone know of an easy way to do hd dvd to mkv? dvd was easy, pretty much rip then point to the folder and convert, hd dvd seems a bit different.

Ive got a few hd dvd's ive ripped to my pc with anyDVD just can't seem to convert them as handbrake and vid convertor just pick up the extras even though the movie is in the folder.

blurayalltheway · 02-09-2011, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Moldiver

Anyone know of an easy way to do hd dvd to mkv? dvd was easy, pretty much rip then point to the folder and convert, hd dvd seems a bit different.

Ive got a few hd dvd's ive ripped to my pc with anyDVD just can't seem to convert them as handbrake and vid convertor just pick up the extras even though the movie is in the folder.

isn't it already dead?

Moldiver · 02-09-2011, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by blurayalltheway

isn't it already dead?

Yeah but my collection aint, must have 20 movies still in their wrappers plus loads more. After some hunting and going through numerous guides i found a real easy one.

blurayalltheway · 03-09-2011, 3:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Moldiver

Yeah but my collection aint, must have 20 movies still in their wrappers plus loads more. After some hunting and going through numerous guides i found a real easy one.

i have almost 20 hd discs too, and i don't have hd-rom either. it'll become classic someday. good luck!

Geezer69 · 03-09-2011, 7:20 AM

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Originally Posted by blurayalltheway

you want to check out this freeware guides-
Convert .MKV files to Blu-ray or AVCHD for PlayStation 3 using tsMuxeR

Will AVCHD then burn onto my DVD to play on my player then?

blurayalltheway · 03-09-2011, 3:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Geezer69

Will AVCHD then burn onto my DVD to play on my player then?

you should be able to burn it using dvd. i never try it on a dvd player, but it can playback on my ps3.

**MarkE19** · 03-09-2011, 3:31 PM

AVCHD on a DVD will only play back on a BluRay player - and only if the BDP is AVCHD compatible.
You should get approx 20 minutes of AVCHD footage on a SL DVD.

To be playable on a standard DVD player you would need to downconvert the footage to SD and convert it to MPEG-2 and authore the footage so it is in the Video_TS folder structure etc.

Mark.

planthead · 02-10-2011, 9:33 PM

How about using,, convertXtoDVD which i use,, for those that need dics...or Avi2Dvd,,

Download Avi2Dvd v0.6.2 (freeware) - AfterDawn: Software downloads

it converts mkv,, or buy a cheap media player...such as this..

Designer Habitat Nano 3.0 - HD TV Digital Mini Media: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geezer69

Need some help guys.

About a year or so ago I ripped my entire DVD/BR collection onto my 2tb HDD using MakeMKV for use with my WDTV gen 2. Several reasons really but the main one was to try and preserve the kids DVD's which take quite a hammering. I now want to put these MKV's back onto DVD R to play on their DVD player as some of the original discs are starting not to play. I have tried AVI2DVD and seem to convert them fine. I am struggling with getting them to play on the DVD player though.

I have looked at numerous online guides and the conversion process is not the problem. Its when I burn them onto the DVD is where I seem to need help. The DVD player says it can not play the disc. I have tried this on several players round the house. Anyone got any tips or advise? The kids are going mental without Aladin and I begrudge having to buy it again (I know, I'm that tight!!).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

planthead · 02-10-2011, 9:43 PM

and just add,, I use verbatium? discs from sainsburys,, often on special offers,, and burn at the lowest speed,, you can bear.. 4x or less..

I have encouraged people to get a blu ray player that can handle mkv,,

or there again convert to avi,, and you can have 3 or 4 movies on a disc,, and most inexpensive dvd players play avi/divx,, thats the way i used to do it...for my kids disney flicks,, and it was superb.. but they grow up fast.. !!!

MKV Converter,MKV to AVI Converter-Convert MKV to AVI,MP4,etc

MrHyde1969 · 03-10-2011, 5:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Moldiver

Anyone know of an easy way to do hd dvd to mkv? dvd was easy, pretty much rip then point to the folder and convert, hd dvd seems a bit different.

Ive got a few hd dvd's ive ripped to my pc with anyDVD just can't seem to convert them as handbrake and vid convertor just pick up the extras even though the movie is in the folder.

Why dont you just re-rip em using MakeMKV ?

Smurfin · 04-10-2011, 8:59 PM

Mods, would it be possible to insert two placeholders after my first guides please? Got 2 more guides to do before they're finished, tsmuxer and bdclown (started using these two again and hardly ever use makemkv now due to issues with TV series ripping out of order and subtitle problems).

dwhite · 04-10-2011, 9:49 PM

I don't think I can, I've not tools to insert posts. Best I could do would be to make a copy of your first posts and you add to the copy and we make it a new stickie.

Smurfin · 04-10-2011, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by dwhite

I don't think I can, I've not tools to insert posts. Best I could do would be to make a copy of your first posts and you add to the copy and we make it a new stickie.

Good idea, almost 800 posts anyway. I'll let you know when it's done

scrapbook · 07-10-2011, 9:32 PM

Quick question.

I have just ran makemkv for the first time and then noticed this thread!!

In using VLC the subtitles have defaulted as on. Is that normal or something I have done in the makemkv setting perhaps??

craigchambers · 10-10-2011, 1:00 PM

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Originally Posted by scrapbook

In using VLC the subtitles have defaulted as on. Is that normal or something I have done in the makemkv setting perhaps??

A very quick Google turned up the following...

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Settings --> preferences (or just ctrl+s)

Video --> subtitles/OSD

Now unclick the box next to "autodetect subtitle file"

And

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Note: Certain video formats like MKV can sometimes have subtitles enabled even though there isn’t a separate subtitles file. This is why you need to remove “Enable sub-pictures” as well, which totally disables the on-screen text. You can choose to only uncheck the autodetecting of subtitles instead if you’d prefer.

/Craig

KevG123 · 11-10-2011, 4:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moldiver

Anyone know of an easy way to do hd dvd to mkv? dvd was easy, pretty much rip then point to the folder and convert, hd dvd seems a bit different.

Ive got a few hd dvd's ive ripped to my pc with anyDVD just can't seem to convert them as handbrake and vid convertor just pick up the extras even though the movie is in the folder.

I ripped mine by blowing the dust off my old xbox HD DVD drive, plugging that into my laptop and used MakeMKV as normal

If you have enough discs, might be worth paying a tenner on ebay for a xbox 360 HD DVD drive

jetsetjimbo · 11-10-2011, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Moldiver

Yeah but my collection aint, must have 20 movies still in their wrappers plus loads more. After some hunting and going through numerous guides i found a real easy one.

What / whose method did you use? I've been struggling to get my sorted, particularly when trying to preserve the DD+ soundtrack and chapters.

dpstjp · 12-10-2011, 1:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jetsetjimbo

What / whose method did you use? I've been struggling to get my sorted, particularly when trying to preserve the DD+ soundtrack and chapters.

For HDDVD use MakeMKV and your XBox 360 HDDVD drive if you're not worried about pulldown.

If you want 24fps files then you can to use either ClownBD or HDBRStreamextract to demux (both of these use Eac3to as their underlying engine) and then I use MKVToolnix to remux to an MKV file.

You can choose your video, audio and chapters files to remux with. One thing I tend to do is where the chapters have actual names I edit the Chapters text file with these before remux.

ianba · 14-10-2011, 9:24 AM

Has anyone been able to rip the Blu-ray from the 'Senna' Triple Play package? I've tried using a variety of methods, and the TS file I end up with always has no video and a soundtrack which is clearly not that of the main movie. (The disc includes a number of playlists but I always select the one with the same running time as the main feature).

I've tried using both To NMT and ClownBD with the same results. Any ideas from anyone who's done this successfully?

blurayalltheway · 14-10-2011, 3:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ianba

Has anyone been able to rip the Blu-ray from the 'Senna' Triple Play package? I've tried using a variety of methods, and the TS file I end up with always has no video and a soundtrack which is clearly not that of the main movie. (The disc includes a number of playlists but I always select the one with the same running time as the main feature).

I've tried using both To NMT and ClownBD with the same results. Any ideas from anyone who's done this successfully?

you're probably trying to rip encrypted bd without proper decryptor.

Smurfin · 14-10-2011, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianba

Has anyone been able to rip the Blu-ray from the 'Senna' Triple Play package? I've tried using a variety of methods, and the TS file I end up with always has no video and a soundtrack which is clearly not that of the main movie. (The disc includes a number of playlists but I always select the one with the same running time as the main feature).

I've tried using both To NMT and ClownBD with the same results. Any ideas from anyone who's done this successfully?

Assuming you're running something like AnyDVD HD, open up the (original) disc structure, navigate to the stream folder, and play a couple of the individual m2ts streams to locate the correct file.

That said, I have had this happen with one disc recently which was Legion. Remuxed it twice with the same result - incorrect video stream. The movie opens with the director talking which I assume is a PiP track. In the end, despite having picked the correct file to remux in the first place, I just ripped the whole disc.

ianba · 16-10-2011, 9:11 PM

I'm using AnyDVD 6.8.8.0, which should be the latest version. Browsing the disc manually, the BDMV/STREAM folder looks very strange. If I highlight any of the 132 .m2ts files (totalling 42.2 GB) Windows (7) Explorer gives the frame size as 720 x 480. Some of the files - mainly the smaller ones - play OK in Windows Media Player and seem to contain copyright notices, but the rest seem to have audio but no video...

blurayalltheway · 16-10-2011, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ianba

I'm using AnyDVD 6.8.8.0, which should be the latest version. Browsing the disc manually, the BDMV/STREAM folder looks very strange. If I highlight any of the 132 .m2ts files (totalling 42.2 GB) Windows (7) Explorer gives the frame size as 720 x 480. Some of the files - mainly the smaller ones - play OK in Windows Media Player and seem to contain copyright notices, but the rest seem to have audio but no video...

some bd movies can have multiple m2ts files for main movie. you can use bdinfo to verify it!

saguk1234 · 17-10-2011, 10:31 AM

Try ripping Senna with dvdfab.

Which program rips bluray episodes easily?

Endlin3 · 19-10-2011, 5:23 AM

Smurf you said your movie collection was around 22.5TB, how have you got that stored? and on what? and I'm guessing achieving that capacity is going to cost quite a bit.

dpstjp · 19-10-2011, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Endlin3

Smurf you said your movie collection was around 22.5TB, how have you got that stored? and on what? and I'm guessing achieving that capacity is going to cost quite a bit.

I'm using two 6-drive Netgear ReadyNAS. Not cheap, but I like their support. This gives me protection against drives failing, but it does not protect me from losing data due to fire or flooding, for example. THe only secure way of backing up your data is to store it offsite.

Started with a 4-drive Infrant (bought by Netgear), made the mistake of buying a 4-drive Thecus (cheap, but the firmware hasn't been updated for over 3-years) and then moved to the intel-based ReadyNAS.

When you're looking for NAS make sure that they support 3TB drives (the SPARC-based ReadyNAS can't). If they don't then you may well find yourself having to upgrade sooner than you'd hope, adding to the cost.

**MarkE19** · 19-10-2011, 2:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Endlin3

Smurf you said your movie collection was around 22.5TB, how have you got that stored? and on what? and I'm guessing achieving that capacity is going to cost quite a bit.

Smurf has another thread with the details of his media storage - Smurf's monster 40TB unRAID NAS build

Mark.

Smurfin · 19-10-2011, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jetsetjimbo

HD-DVD isos won't play on the Dunes unfortunately.

If AnyDVD is running can I get tsmuxer to do the business directly from the disc?

For HD-DVDs, use ToNMT or ClownBD - Clown especially will turn the HD-DVD into a bluray folder structure.

Smurfin · 19-10-2011, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by saguk1234

Which program rips bluray episodes easily?

MakeMKV, with the caveat that you need to watch the opening few frames of each episode from the disc itself, to make sure your naming is correct.

Other than that TV series is a royal PITA. I recently bought The Pacific and as storage isn't really an issue, I simply ripped the whole disc via AnyDVD HD to a folder structure. Storage shouldn't be an issue for you either

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Moldiver Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sorn Thanks: Gave 205, Got 100 Posts: 2,150	Anyone know of an easy way to do hd dvd to mkv? dvd was easy, pretty much rip then point to the folder and convert, hd dvd seems a bit different. Ive got a few hd dvd's ive ripped to my pc with anyDVD just can't seem to convert them as handbrake and vid convertor just pick up the extras even though the movie is in the folder.

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MarkE19 Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rainham Essex Thanks: Gave 264, Got 1,876 Posts: 14,857	AVCHD on a DVD will only play back on a BluRay player - and only if the BDP is AVCHD compatible. You should get approx 20 minutes of AVCHD footage on a SL DVD. To be playable on a standard DVD player you would need to downconvert the footage to SD and convert it to MPEG-2 and authore the footage so it is in the Video_TS folder structure etc. Mark.

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planthead Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Thanks: Gave 95, Got 212 Posts: 1,632	and just add,, I use verbatium? discs from sainsburys,, often on special offers,, and burn at the lowest speed,, you can bear.. 4x or less.. I have encouraged people to get a blu ray player that can handle mkv,, or there again convert to avi,, and you can have 3 or 4 movies on a disc,, and most inexpensive dvd players play avi/divx,, thats the way i used to do it...for my kids disney flicks,, and it was superb.. but they grow up fast.. !!! MKV Converter,MKV to AVI Converter-Convert MKV to AVI,MP4,etc

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Smurfin Illustrious Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Planning the next project Thanks: Gave 817, Got 1,257 Posts: 15,741	Mods, would it be possible to insert two placeholders after my first guides please? Got 2 more guides to do before they're finished, tsmuxer and bdclown (started using these two again and hardly ever use makemkv now due to issues with TV series ripping out of order and subtitle problems).

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scrapbook Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Thanks: Gave 646, Got 398 Posts: 6,343	Quick question. I have just ran makemkv for the first time and then noticed this thread!! In using VLC the subtitles have defaulted as on. Is that normal or something I have done in the makemkv setting perhaps??

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ianba Restricted Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Thanks: Gave 0, Got 0 Posts: 13	Has anyone been able to rip the Blu-ray from the 'Senna' Triple Play package? I've tried using a variety of methods, and the TS file I end up with always has no video and a soundtrack which is clearly not that of the main movie. (The disc includes a number of playlists but I always select the one with the same running time as the main feature). I've tried using both To NMT and ClownBD with the same results. Any ideas from anyone who's done this successfully?

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ianba Restricted Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Thanks: Gave 0, Got 0 Posts: 13	I'm using AnyDVD 6.8.8.0, which should be the latest version. Browsing the disc manually, the BDMV/STREAM folder looks very strange. If I highlight any of the 132 .m2ts files (totalling 42.2 GB) Windows (7) Explorer gives the frame size as 720 x 480. Some of the files - mainly the smaller ones - play OK in Windows Media Player and seem to contain copyright notices, but the rest seem to have audio but no video...

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