Disney 3D BluRay ripping issues

[enderwiggin]

Hey guys,

I've run into a most irritating issue with Disney 3D BluRays that pisses the hell out of me. I keep all my movies on a file server and stream them to whatever device I want to see them on. For my 3D plasma, the weapon of choice is an ASUS O!Play TV PRO media player. It recognizes BluRay ISOs and most of the time they play without a hitch. Except for Disney ones who seem to have an extra protection that checks for player and TV compatibility...

So Tron Legacy and Pirates Of The Carribean 4 just wont play on it. They work fine if I connect the PC and route them through PowerDVD. They don't over the Media Player. Video examples below.

Pirates 4 in PowerDVD


Pirates 4 in media player


Tron Legacy in PowerDVD


Tron Legacy in media player


Does anybody know of any workaround? I tried re-ripping the ISOs through DVD Fab 8 and 9 and just creating an ISO with ImgBurn and AnyDVD. Nothing works.

Can you recommend a tool that can remux the BluRay and keep just the main movie in 3D format? I don't want to re-encode and loose video quality.

[jman98]

Your media player probably doesn't understand 3D format. I would be very surprised if it did. I think this is the problem.

Disney 3D BD discs are a little different from how many studios do 3D. Disney puts the 3D movie and maybe a small number of 3D features on their 3D BD discs and nothing else. Some other studios put the 2D and 3D films on the same disc, but Disney doesn't do this. Your media player is probably baffled by the 3D content since that's all the Disney disc will contain. The video content will look unusual to a media player that doesn't understand specifically how 3D works since it's only 3D on your discs.

[enderwiggin]

It does play several other 3D BD ISO images effortlessly. Avatar plays like a charm. It's just the Disney protection it has a problem with. This is what I'm interested in circumventing.

[gonca]

Try updating the firmware, and reset the ASUS to factory defaults.

[enderwiggin]

Done so. Tried several firmware versions. No result. I`m thinking messing with the ISOs is my best bet.

[gonca]

If you search Disney 3D Blu Rays you will find that they can be problematic in one way or another. Settings in the player, TV, etc. Have a look at your tv settings for anything that might affect the playback. Try ripping the ISO with ANYDVDHD. If you can, mount the image and have ANYDVDHD running in the background with the 3D setting enabled. The issue appears to be between the ASUS and the TV.

[enderwiggin]

I have re-ripped them through AnyDVD. No go.

[gonca]

Can you mount the ISO in a virtual drive and have anydvd running with the "simulate 3d display" setting enabled?

[enderwiggin]

I have. But I will try again with the latest version of AnyDVD.

[gonca]

If it doesn't work then there is something about the Disney 3D implementation that the ASUS can't handle.

[enderwiggin]

Still, there must be a way to circumvent this. All the other 3D ISOs are playing fine.

I tried re-ripping with the latest AnyDVD. Still hangs at "you don't have a compatible..."

[gonca]

Some questions
Are you playing the ISO directly or mounting with a virtual drive, for the ASUS and Powerdvd.
Is PowerDVD using the 3D plasma, like the ASUS player

[enderwiggin]

In Windows, the ISO is mounted in virtual drive. In ASUS, it's played back as it is. Both devices connect to the same plasma.

[gonca]

Can you play the mounted iso on the ASUS. i.e. point a virtual disk instead of an image at it

[enderwiggin]

The player doesn't recognize the directory structure as a BluRay. It just navigates the directory structure.

[gonca]

I realize that. If the ASUS sees the virtual disk, navigate to the correct mpls. Try playing that. It could be that the OPlay can't handle something in the menu structure or its a setting issue. Other than that you might have to wait for a future firmware update. That's all I can think of, except to post in the ASUS forum.