GUIDE: How to Decrypt/store/playback HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Discs

devilcoelhodog · Member Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Location: Brazil

This guide will describe my extremely basic method of decrypting an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray disc, excluding all "unnecessary" audio tracks, creating an image (.iso) of your movie, and finally, play itback. Please note that there are definitely multiple ways to do this and multiple programs that can be used. In addition, there are many many more steps that can be included for various processing needs, this guide is meant to cover just the absolute basics and hopefully help out those who are just starting out. Also, the guide is broken up into 2 sections: the first is related to HD-DVD's and the second for Blu-Rays.

HD-DVD's:

Programs needed:

1. AnyDVD HD 6.4.0.0 or higher (slysoft)2. EVODemux (freeware)
3. TSMuxer (freeware)
4. ImgBurn (freeware)
5. Daemon Tools (freeware)
6. PowerDVD 7 (Cyberlink)

Step 1: Rip disc to hard drive with AnyDVD
-Rick click on the slysoft Icon on the bottom right in the system tray and select "Rip DVD to Hard Drive".
-once this has completed you will have the movie in folder-structure on your desktop (or wherever you tell AnyDVD to rip to). There are some differenes between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray folder structure which should be noted - For an HD-DVD, you will see a folder under the top-level folder titled "HDDVD_TS". In this folder you will find all the original files contained on your HD-DVD disc. In this guide we are processing in order to only keep the main movie - we are getting rid of the menu, those annoying FBI warnings (if you're in the US) that you cannot fast-forward past, and all "extras" (the making-of, interviews with actors/directors etc..) The main movie will most likley be divided up into 2 .EVO files in this folder, titled "feature1.evo" and "feature2.evo" or something similar. If its not, just look for the two largest files in that folder - these comprise the main movie.

Step 2: Demux feature files in EVODemux
-you will need to make a few changes in the settings of EVODemux before proceeding. Under options, make sure that

"Continue with the next EVO", "Fast EVO checking" (only the first 300mbs)", "Detailed Info", "Auto Read" and "Read the .VTI file" are all checked. Open the "HDDVD_TS" and select the "feature1.evo" file. It will read the file which may take a minute or so. Once this has completed go to the "Video/Audio" tab and eliminate all "unnecessary" video and audio streams. To do this, uncheck all but the following:

Video.stream.0 (which will labled as "VC-1.steam.0" or "H.264.steam.0")
Audio.stream.0 (which be labled DD+steam.00)

-Please note that these selections will vary depending on your needs, but the above will get you the 1080p movie video and the english audio track for all discs sold in the United States.
-Hit "Demux". This will take some time. What you are doing here is extracting the two streams want to keep which combine ("Mux") back together again in the next step.

Step 3: Mux audio and video with TSMuxer
-Open the video and audio tracks you've just demux with EVODemux in TSMuxer.
-Select "Create Blu-Ray Disk" under Output
-Hit "Start Muxing".
-this will create a folder titled "BDMV" on your desktop (or wherever you place it on your system).

Step4: Create an .iso of the "BDMV" folder with ImgBurn
-Open ImgBurn and select "Create image file from files/folders"
-select the BDMV folder created by TSmuxer
-Click on the icon of a folder and disc to start creating the .iso

Step 5: mount image with Daemon tools
-right click on the Daemon Tools icon in the system tray (bottom right of desktop)
-select "Virtual CD/DVD-ROM"
-selct one of your devices, then "Mount Image"
-choose the .iso you just created with ImgBurn

PowerDVD should now start-up on its own and play the .iso of your HD-DVD you just created.

Blu-Ray Discs:

Programs needed:

1. AnyDVD HD 6.4.0.0 or higher (slysoft)
2. TSMuxer (freeware)
3. TSSplitter (freeware) - Not always needed
4. ImgBurn (freeware)
5. Daemon Tools (freeware)
6. PowerDVD 7 (Cyberlink)

Step 1: Rip disc to hard drive with AnyDVD
-Rick click on the slysoft Icon on the bottom right in the system tray and select "Rip DVD to Hard Drive".
-under the top level folder, you will see the following folders:

AUXDATA
BACKUP
BDJO
CLPINF
JAR
META
PLAYLIST
STREAM

-all the files we need will be located under the "STREAM" folder and will be .m2ts files named in the following way (or something similar):

00000.m2ts
00001.m2ts
00002.m2ts
and so on...

-unlike HD-DVD's, there can be more or less than 2 "feature" streams. In some cases there may be one (very large) .m2ts file. If its over around 15 gigs and there are no other files remotely close in size, its probably safe to bet your complete movie is contained in that .m2ts file. You can check quickly by simply opening the file with powerdvd. You may not hear any audio, or it may be in another language, but just ignore that for now we'll deal with that later. Theres a chance the movie will be in 2 or more of these .m2ts files, in which case you will need process them individually then join them in TSSplitter. (Please note, if your feature is located in more than one .m2ts file, see steps 3a, 3b and 3c).

Step 2: Mux audio and video with TSMuxer
-Open the feature .m2ts file
-Select only the necessary audio and video files. This can be done by just selecting the MPEG-2, VC-1, or H.264 video file and the english audio track. This will be in DTS, DTS-HD, TRUE-HD, AC3 or LPCM. The language of the audio should be displayed next to where its format is indicated. For a disc purchased in North America, the master audio track (DTS, DTS-HD, etc...) will be the english audio track.
-Once you've selected the tracks you want to keep, select "Create Blu-Ray Disk" under Output
-Hit "Start Muxing".
-this will create a folder titled "BDMV" on your desktop (or wherever you place it on your system). This folder will have the same blu-ray structure as I outlinded under step 1 of the BD disc section.

Step 3a: If your BD Disc has multiple feature .m2ts files.
-In the case that your movie is in multiple .m2ts files, you cannot simply mux each file individually using the "create Blu-Ray Disk" feature in TSMuxer. If your movie is in multiple .m2ts files you will need to mux them to .ts files by slecting "TS" under Output in TS Muxer. You will still select the same "needed" tracks as in step 2.
-Once you've selected these tracks, hit "Start Muxing". This will create a .ts file containing the english audio and video for that portion on the movie. You will then need to repeat this process for the next .m2ts file.

Step 3b. Joining the .ts files.
-Once you've processed each feature .m2ts file to .ts with TSMuxer, you will need to join them in TSSplitter.
-Open TSSplitter and select "Join from Disk" under the "File" dropdown.
-Open the .ts files you created in step 3a one by one, then hit "Join".

Step 3c. Format your joined (complete feature) .ts file into a Blu-Ray disc structure
-Open the merged .ts file in TSMuxer
-Note: you will not need to de-select any audio tracks as your .ts files should all have the same english audio selected
-Select "Create Blu-Ray Disk" under Output
-This will create a folder titled "BDMV" containing your movie formatted in Blu-Ray structure.

Step4: Create an .iso of the "BDMV" folder with ImgBurn
-Open ImgBurn and select "Create image file from files/folders"
-select the BDMV folder created by TSmuxer
-Click on the icon of a folder and disc to start creating the .iso

Step 5: mount image with Daemon tools
-right click on the Daemon Tools icon in the system tray (bottom right of desktop)
-select "Virtual CD/DVD-ROM"
-selct one of your devices, then "Mount Image"
-choose the .iso you just created with ImgBurn

PowerDVD should now start-up on its own and play the .iso of your Blu-Ray disc you just created.

*Note: I beleive that TSmuxer has a way of accessing the playlist and joining the needed .m2ts files but I haven't included it here as I have not had time to test it out. If anyone has more information please send it to me and I will update the guide accordingly. Also, please let me know if any of the information in this guide is innacurate and needs to be changed. Your comments are much appreciated!

Good luck, and happy ripping!

Source: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=137151

Thanks.

Johnsonsk093 · Member Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Location: United States