Re: Re: blu-ray rips

[Geoff H <geoffwhargreaves@xxxxxxxxx>]

I should have also have mentioned that Video.NET will also produce MP4
files, which should be suitable for playing on an Apple TV. Only caveat
is that you need a Windows PC to run the software on, but I guess the
.NET part of the name might have provided a hint in that direction.

Geoff

On 31/05/2012 14:39, Paul Gordon wrote:
> Thanks Geoff...
>
> I only want the main movie, not the menus, extras, other languages
etc.
>
> As for subtitles, I only want them when they are part of the English
> language soundtrack, for instance the scenes in Kill Bill, when the
dialogue
> switches to Japanese even in the English version, or in LOTR when they
start
> speaking Elvish, and so on...
>
> Fortunately, I do happen to have many terrabytes of storage to play
with!
> :-) - however, since my current main TV doesn't support 1080p (I was
an
> early adopter, and got a 50" Panny plasma before 1080p was
ubiquitous), I'm
> more than happy to drop down to 720p - which is still way better than
DVD
> resolution...
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Geoff Hargreaves
> Sent: 31 May 2012 13:03
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: blu-ray rips
>
> The crux comes down to whether you want to keep the BD menu structure
or are
> you just interested in the main video stream.
>
> I don't have the luxury of tens of terabytes of storage to store DVD
and BD
> rips, so I rip the main video stream and transcode. With BDs I create
an MKV
> using a programme called Video.Net. This uses Handbrake to transcode
the
> file but supplies a very simple UI. The problem with transcoding BDs
into
> MKV is if you want to have subtitles available as an option. The only
way I
> have found to have this feature is to create separate .srt files for
each
> subtitle stream.
>
> There is a programme (and probably quite a few more) called MakeMKV
that
> will create an MKV file from BD that is not compressed. With one BD
title I
> own, I used MakeMKV followed by Video.NET. to create the files.
> The makeMKV file size was about 25Gb compared to about 4.5Gb with
Video.NET.
>
> I am prepared to sacrifice absolute quality in order to fit within the
> current constraints of my server storage.
>
> Geoff
>
> On 31/05/2012 10:51, Paul Gordon wrote:
>> No, other than I hadn't realised this was an option or a good
idea!...
>>
>> Not the default setting offered by DVDFab...
>>
>> I did a little reading yesterday on the subject, and I'm a
*little*
>> bit more informed now...
>>
>> It would seem that FireCore has at last succeeded in jailbreaking
the
>> new 3rd gen Apple TV, - so I think I might have to get one soon to
>> experiment with... with one of those I obviously get 1080P
support...
>>
>> Will report back over time as I make any progress...
>>
>> P.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Des Gibbons
>> Sent: 30 May 2012 19:12
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: blu-ray rips
>>
>> Is there any reason you are not ripping it to a mkv?
>>
>> Cheers, Des.
>>
>>>> Having just ripped my first BluRay disk (using DVD Fab
>>> Decrypter), I
>>>> But, I'm not sure how I play what I've ended up with,
which is a
>>>> folder structure not at all similar to a DVD rip. there's
a
>>> big AVCHD
>>>> video file
>>>> (00000.m2ts) which is obviously the actual movie rip, but
I
>>> can't play
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