Rip Blu-Ray and re-author

[whoisquilty]

I've got a BD of documentaries that I've recorded from TV and I want to add a couple.

Question is, what software can I use to rip video back to .h264 and .ac3 files or convert the video to a format where there is minimal loss in quality? I know that converting the video will result in loss of quality. But I'd like to minimize it as much as possible.

For DVDs, I usually convert to M2V in MPEGStreamclip and then all I have to do is re-burn. I'd love to find a solution like that for Blu-Ray. However, if more steps and conversion are required, I'm open to that.

Software I have that could be used:

Final Cut Pro
Encore CS5
MPEG Streamclip
Pavtube
MakeMKV
Compressor

Help!

[sanlyn]

I've got a BD of documentaries that I've recorded from TV and I want to add a couple.

Question is, what software can I use to rip video back to .h264 and .ac3 files or convert the video to a format where there is minimal loss in quality? I know that converting the video will result in loss of quality. But I'd like to minimize it as much as possible.

I'm certain that others can give many specific recommendations, but. . .

(a) Recording, converting, and encoding aren't "ripping". So using that term for anything and everything can get you some strange replies.

(b) Are you just reauthoring? Editing/joining and reauthoring?

[whoisquilty]

Okay. Guess I've misunderstood. Software like PavTube and DVDFab use the term "ripping" as taking the streams from a disc and converting it to media files that can be played/manipulated on a computer.

I'm not re-editing anything. I've used MPEG Streamclip to convert VOBs to M2V and AC3 files which allowed me to simply reauthor a DVD if I needed to add content. I'd like to be able to do the same thing with Blu Rays.

[Baldrick]

You can use tsmuxer to demux video(h264) and audio tracks(ac3) from a blu-ray m2ts. But I don't how well it works in mac osx.

Or maybe try ffmpeg with a frontend like iFFmpeg and see if you demux or convert the m2ts to some other format like mov.

[jman98]

Okay. Guess I've misunderstood. Software like PavTube and DVDFab use the term "ripping" as taking the streams from a disc and converting it to media files that can be played/manipulated on a computer.

I'm not re-editing anything. I've used MPEG Streamclip to convert VOBs to M2V and AC3 files which allowed me to simply reauthor a DVD if I needed to add content. I'd like to be able to do the same thing with Blu Rays.

Yes, DVDFab, etc. do indeed using "ripping" to mean whatever the hell they want it to mean. But around here we insist on using the term correctly, which is for your benefit as you will get the correct information you really need. It's so bad that as a joke one of our long term members has said "I'm going to rip myself a sandwich" to illustrate how badly misappropriated the term has become.

Aw crap. I didn't notice you're a Mac user. Thanks for posting in the right forum. But you are now severely limited. You may need to use Toast if you don't like what Baldrick suggested. If you can use Windows you might check out multiAVCHD.

[phase52001]

I use HANDBRAKE to convert HD-TV recordings to MKV files.
Then burn the MKVs to a BD disc for watching on the telly. (Bluray Player required).