blu-ray rips coming out choppy

[fatcharlie]

I recently bought an LG BE12LU38 external Blu-ray rewriter. I have it connected to my PC using the eSATA interface. All of my BR rips come out extremely choppy, DVD is fine. I noticed, after buying it, that the system requirements call for a 3.2GHz or higher processor. The CPU on my PC is an AMD Sempron LE-1300, which is only 2.3 GHZ. Could this be my problem? I have tried using MakeMKV and DVDFab to rip the BRs to my PC. It seems I have the latest firmware version for the optical drive, so I'm at a loss as to what the problem may be.

Is ther a primer, of sorts, for BR ripping I can read somewhere?

[nwo]

The AMD Sempron LE-1300 is an low end single core processor, so it will never be able to play blu-ray without the slowdown (choppy), you will need a cheap Dual core.

[jagabo]

Or a graphics card with DXVA -- hardware h.264 decoding.

[fatcharlie]

Could the processor affect the rip itself? I copied one of the mkv files to my NAS and played over my network and that was choppy too, so it seems that the problem is at the rip stage, I'm thinking.

[poisondeathray]

Could the processor affect the rip itself? I copied one of the mkv files to my NAS and played over my network and that was choppy too, so it seems that the problem is at the rip stage, I'm thinking.

Nope . Process will only be slower

You need better hardware for playback

[fatcharlie]

But my NAS is independent of my PC.

[jagabo]

You're still playing the video on your PC. The CPU is the weak link.

[fatcharlie]

You're still playing the video on your PC. The CPU is the weak link.

Even if I'm using my TV to watch the video?

[poisondeathray]

You're still playing the video on your PC. The CPU is the weak link.

Even if I'm using my TV to watch the video?

The TV isn't doing the decoding , it's just a display

Unless you have it setup differently? How do you have it setup? Some TV's support mkv and various files playback through USB, HDD.

[Baldrick]

Give us the TV details then. Most TVs with built-in mkv support has some limits. Like it must be h264 level 4.1 or lower, maybe some max video bitrate, does not support all audio codecs, etc. You might have to reconvert/shrink with Ripbot264.

[fatcharlie]

The NAS is plugged directly into my 2-Wire gateway. And actually it is my DVD player, LG BD590, hooked up to the network that I was using to try and view the mkv over the network. The BD590 is connected to a switch, which is connected to the back of my AT&T box. I can try a different format, like mp4, I don't need to have the file be mkv.

[jagabo]

The NAS is plugged directly into my 2-Wire gateway. And actually it is my DVD player, LG BD590, hooked up to the network that I was using to try and view the mkv over the network. The BD590 is connected to a switch, which is connected to the back of my AT&T box. I can try a different format, like mp4, I don't need to have the file be mkv.

And you didn't think any of that was worth mentioning before?

So the BD590 is playing the MKV file via the network. Is it wired or wireless?

[fatcharlie]

I was thinking this is a problem with my PC, not my network. The BD590 is wired to the network.

[jagabo]

I was thinking this is a problem with my PC, not my network. The BD590 is wired to the network.

Your computer doesn't have to be fast to rip. Even if it takes a month the resulting file will still be fine.

I've seen some players have problems playing Blu-ray rips over 100 Mb Ethernet. Usually only at bitrate peaks though. 10 Mb Ethernet isn't fast enough unless the rips are reencoded with a low bitrate. Does your switch indicate the connection speed? Maybe with different color LEDs?

[fatcharlie]

The switch is connected at 100Mbps - DGS-2205, amber LEDs on Speed LEDs. So I still think this is a rip or a conversion problem. I will try to use Ripbot and see how that does.

Here is all I have to go on for the specs on the DVD player:

Video Files
Available resolution size: 1920 x 1080 (W x H) pixels
Playable subtitle: SubRip (.srt / .txt), SAMI (.smi), SubStation Alpha (.ssa/.txt), MicroDVD (.sub/.txt), VobSub (.sub), SubViewer 1.0 (.sub),
SubViewer 2.0 (.sub/.txt), TMPlayer (.txt), DVD Subtitle System (.txt)

• VobSub (.sub) is not available in the
[Home Link] feature.

Playable Codec format: “DIVX3.xx”, “DIVX4.xx”, “DIVX5.xx”, “XVID”, “DIVX6.xx” (Standard playback only), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG1 SS,
MPEG2 PS, MPEG2 TS Playable Audio format: “Dolby Digital”, “DTS”, “MP3”, “WMA”, “AAC”, “AC3”

• Not all the WMA and AAC Audio format is compatible with this unit.
Sampling frequency: within 32-48KHz (WMA), within 16-48KHz (MP3)
Bit rate: within 20-320Kbps (WMA), within 32-320Kbps (MP3)

NOTE
• HD video files contained on the CD or USB 1.0/1.1 may not played properly. BD, DVD or USB 2.0 are recommended to play back HD video
files.
• This player supports H.264/MPEG-4 AVC profile Main, High at Level 4.1. For a file with higher level, the warning message will appear on the screen.
• This player does not support files that are recorded with GMC*1 or Qpel*2. Those are video encoding techniques in MPEG4 standard, like DivX or XVID have.
*1 GMC – Global Motion Compensation
*2 Qpel – Quarter pixel

[fatcharlie]

I think everything is ok now. I used ripbot to convert to mp4. On my PC, it plays sorta slow motion, but the video is in sync with the audio, and no cutting out. On my network it plays smooth. I will do some further testing as this test was only the first chapter of a movie, but I am optimistic. Thanks for all the replies, and I apologize if I wasted anyone's time.