Are there any 100% working methods for Blu-ray TO Blu-ray ?

[Tyrexionibus]

Hello,

since some weeks, I've been wondering about buying the (in)famous LG BE06LU10 Blu-ray recorder.

In short, what I want to do is to make backup copies of NON protected disks.

But, mainly because a BD-50 costs the impossible, I'd really be glad if there was a method to shrink a BD-50 into a BD-25.

Hence my question: are there any 100% working methods for doing this?

I don't wanna waste my money in buying a recorder with which I wouldn't be able to do what I want to do...

[redwudz]

With BDs, nothing is 100% working. But BDRebuilder is popular for 'shrinking' BDs down. I would also recommend using ImgBurn to burn the BD discs.

And welcome to our forums.

[Tyrexionibus]

Yep, I know BDRebuilder.

My main issue is that my parents are giving the money for the BE06LU10, and they want to be 100% sure that the Blu-ray copies will work.



DVDFab's team is gonna release an utility for shrinking BD-50 to BD-25, hope this will work...

[redwudz]

With many BDs, the main movie, without subs and additional languages, will fit on a BD-25 disc with no conversion. You just need a decrypted BD file and ImgBurn. I use tsMuxeR to remove the extra stuff.

Another issue is playback. If you want to use a standalone player, a set top player, you need to find out what formats they will accept. Not all accept burned BD-25 discs.

DVDFab's offering sounds interesting. I use AnyDVD for decryption and it hasn't failed me yet. But some BDs have odd structures and are fairly difficult to convert/backup.

Do you have to use a external burner/reader? It seems like an internal one would be cheaper and more reliable.

And be aware that 'shrinking' a BD takes a lot of CPU power and a fair amount of storage space and time. My BD>MKV backups to 8.5GB MKV's with RipBot take about 6 hours, and that's on a 3.4Ghz quad core PC. I don't have a set top BD player, so I don't need that format.

[Tyrexionibus]

Received.

Well, I have a hyper-threading Pentium IV 3.0 GHz with Windows XP SP2 installed.

I'm writing in this thread with my MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz - but, just to make things clearer, my MBP would NOT be used for decrypting and encoding Bluray disks.

This would be my combo:

- LG BE06LU10 Blu-ray external burner (external is needed, 'coz I'm gonna use it both with my MBP and my PC)

- SHARP (Aquos) Blu-ray player - and yes, it DOES support BD-R and BD-RE. Haven't checked BD-R DL compatibility, but - since a BD-R DL costs 25 Euro, BD-ROM DL to BD-R DL is not my priority

Total cost: 320 Euro ca.

******

I'm blocked, although. Before buying all this stuff I have to be sure that, if not 100%, it would work at least by a 85-90% of the cases. As I repeated before, that's because my parents are giving me the money. If I was able to decide, I'd have bought all many months ago

[ocgw]

Received.

Well, I have a hyper-threading Pentium IV 3.0 GHz with Windows XP SP2 installed.

I'm writing in this thread with my MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz - but, just to make things clearer, my MBP would NOT be used for decrypting and encoding Bluray disks.

This would be my combo:

- LG BE06LU10 Blu-ray external burner (external is needed, 'coz I'm gonna use it both with my MBP and my PC)

- SHARP (Aquos) Blu-ray player - and yes, it DOES support BD-R and BD-RE. Haven't checked BD-R DL compatibility, but - since a BD-R DL costs 25 Euro, BD-ROM DL to BD-R DL is not my priority

Total cost: 320 Euro ca.

******

I'm blocked, although. Before buying all this stuff I have to be sure that, if not 100%, it would work at least by a 85-90% of the cases. As I repeated before, that's because my parents are giving me the money. If I was able to decide, I'd have bought all many months ago

encoding blu rays @ highest settings w/ BD Rebuilder on a P4 will take days

ocgw

peace

[fritzi93]

encoding blu rays @ highest settings w/ BD Rebuilder on a P4 will take days

No kidding. :P You need a dual core at minimum.

[dannyboy48888]

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic368143.html#1987253

works great for 99% of videos out there

enjoy

[rr6966]

No lie, my dual core 3ghz would take approx 12-18 hours, sometimes a full day on those big movies. My newer quad core is around 6-8 hours. I wouldn't even bother on the slower processors.