Blu-Ray

[Rolf Grunsky]

On 14-01-04 01:22 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
>>
>> I use Makemkv, and have been nothing but pleased with it.  I think you just
>> need to spend a bit more time with that program to figure it out.  (with one
>> exception, so far, the Expendables 2 BD had a very creative way of messing
>> with the rip software.  I just downloaded that movie instead.)
>>
>
> I must be really stupid here.
>
> When I run makemkv, it recognizes the disc, and I can select the
> "Backup" tool to make a backup of the disc.
>
> But that does not create any .mkv files, AFAICT.
>
> If I click on the "Open files" icon, it wants to know which file to
> open (duh), but I don't know what to to point it at to get anything of
> value.
>
> I looked on the help page, and like all the others I've seen so far,
> it does not have a guide as to what files are relevant.  Having been
> stuck in the DVD world for this long, I don't know.
>
> Where is a good reference for this sort of thing?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> MR
>
The movie files are in BDVM/STREAM
What you want (usually) are the largest files, if these are movies then 
the files are usually 30 to 45G.

But not always. Some movies, Alien for instance, has 124 files in the 
STREAM directory and I had to use a Windows program that could parse the 
playlist files to create a file that I then re-encoded with Handbrake. 
For the most part I found BluRay on Linux to be a lost cause. If I am 
going rip (or write) a BluRay disc, I just use Windows, there is a 
wonderful variety of programs that do the job very, very well. There is 
no program available on Linux (or any other Unix) that comes close to 
the utility of ImgBurn! Yes I know that it sort of works under Wine but 
it works well with Windows.

Until there are programs comparable to the programs available for 
Windows, I see little point in attempting to play or rip BluRay with 
Linux. Once the discs are ripped, Handbrake and VLC handle the m2ts file 
with no problem with Linux.

Cheers
Rolf

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