BDR produced on a 4.6 GB file...fritzi?

[New Bee]

If you're out there fritzi I would be interested to hear your take on this.

I got my new burner yesterday and installed it with no problems. I downloaded BDR and all software (with correct versions) that it listed. I used AnyDVD to rip which it did to about 46 GBs. I then I followed a guide by milOtis to the letter or at least I thought I did. I re-encoded with BDR and it took about 11 hours but said it was successful. I then burned it with ImgBurn. I then noticed it was the size of a regular DVD5. I tried it in my PS3 and it really looked good and had sound, etc. I fast forwarded through the chapters and sure enough it ended prematurely.

The only thing I can figure is I erroneously selected DVD5 instead of BD5 in BDR. The other thing being I mistakenly downloaded the new beta instead of the version prior to the beta. I forgot to install it to someplace other than "C" drive as suggested by the author.

Just wanted some other suggestions on what to check before I download the prior version of BDR and install it somewhere else and give it another shot.

Overall I was happy that I could go through the process with my first burn and not get a bunch of errors.

Thanks.

[Baldrick]

Moving you our blu-ray ripping/shrinking section.

[New Bee]

Thanks Baldrick. Sorry about that.

[New Bee]

I actually did download the previous version (37.01) and not the Beta. I guess the only other option is to relocate the install to another drive.

[fritzi93]

Just to clarify:

1) BD5 means a Blu-Ray re-encode that will fit on a DVDR (single-layer). Many recent players will accept such discs. Depending on the movie, and assuming the runtime is under 2 hrs, the results may be acceptable.

2) BD9 refers to DVDR+DL (double-layer) discs. This is, IMO, a better proposition, and can be hard to distinguish from the original.

3) BD25 is, of course, single-layer Blu-Ray recordable. This is near impossible to distinguish from the original by unaided eye on a home setup. Besides which, many times the main movie will fit without re-encoding, particularly if extra audio tracks are deselected and the audio retained is core audio only.

As to the movie ending prematurely, can you elaborate on that? Sounds more like a media issue than BDRB's fault. Are you using verification in ImgBurn? What media code does ImgBurn report for the blanks you're using?

It doesn't really matter where you put the BDRB folder, as it doesn't install exactly. But the location of the working files folder *is* important, and should not be on the OS drive.

[Kerry56]

Is your system overclocked by any chance? I've read a thread or two over at doom9 where the output was truncated and jdobbs said this can happen with overclocked systems encoding with x264.

[New Bee]

I think you hit the nail right on the head. My disks are BD-R 25 GB. I just looked at BDRB's settings and saw that I selected the BD5 option instead of the BD 25. My stupid thinking was BD5 was a single layer BR disk and BD9 was a double layer. What a moron! Also I did have the working files folder on the same drive as the OS so I'll change that. I think things will be different this next time around. Thanks again for your time and assistance. Don't fear I won't be bugging you all the time. I think I'm real close this time. Kerry56: My system is not overclocked but I do appreciate your input. Off to re-re-encode.

[fritzi93]

Is your system overclocked by any chance? I've read a thread or two over at doom9 where the output was truncated and jdobbs said this can happen with overclocked systems encoding with x264.

Interesting. I'm sure I must have read that, but somehow it didn't register.

Never seen it myself, but I'm only modestly overclocked from 2.0 GHz to 2.4 GHz.

[fritzi93]

Did you check the media code (M.I.D.) in ImgBurn? Discovery -> Disc I.D. (in right hand panel).

You might try turning off the automatic quality option in BDRB and select High Speed Option (BD25). See how fast it is compared to automatic.

[New Bee]

I don't know what happened but AnyDVD ripping produced the BDMV and Certificate folders for a total of about 21 GBs. The first time I ripped it was a 47 GB .iso file. I guess I'll burn them and see what happens. Thanks fritzi, I'll try that if I have to start all over again. I'll know shortly as I'm going to burn those two folders and put in my PS3.