Can a video Blu-Ray be created with lots of DVD-format video files?

[Calidore]

Basically, I'm wondering if a Blu-Ray can be used as a huge DVD. For example, say I want to have an X-Files marathon, but with minimal disc-swapping. Can I rip an entire season's worth of episodes from the 6 DVDs and author a new Blu-Ray preserving them as-is (obviously with a new menu and structure), or would my player become confused and reject the new disc?

[Baldrick]

Yep. The old multiavchd can import dvds and make a new blu-ray. No video conversion. But I haven't tried it.

[Kerry56]

Since you are burning to a blu ray, you'll need a blu ray player to play it back. And some blu ray players don't like the output from MultiAVCHD for some reason. You'd just have to try it.

I went through a lot of different processes to build a dvd and burn on blu ray last summer. MultiAVCHD made the most elaborate menus, but its output wasn't very compatible with my main software player at that time, which was Arcsoft TMT3. But other software players had no issues with it.

One other way of doing this is to build an oversized dvd in AVStoDVD, complete with menu to select each episode. You'll need to set a custom output size for the dvd. I used 23500mb. Then use DVD2BD Express to make this into a blu ray.

Both of those programs are free to use.

[Calidore]

Thanks to both of you for the input. I'll give MultiAVCHD a try (anyone know if MultiAVCHD discs work on a PS3?) and if I have problems, I use AVStoDVD all the time for DVDs anyway, so I'm very familiar with it.

Baldrick, little thing: Since DVD2BD/DVDtoBD is referred to both ways even on its own website, any chance of a DVD2BD pointer in the Tools section? I hadn't known it was under DVDtoBD here.

[Baldrick]

Like DVD2BD...

But doesn't avstodvd reconvert? Or does it skip it if the source is dvd compliant?

[Calidore]

Like DVD2BD...

But doesn't avstodvd reconvert? Or does it skip it if the source is dvd compliant?

It has options to just copy DVD compliant video and audio.