How to backup and convert Blu-ray to MP4 HD or MKV HD

[blackwalker]

got it!
..the PS3!!

and finally i was able to play my "1st" dvd dual layer from blu ray!
what can i say?

video and audio superb!!!

just one thing, too much "black" on all movies, but this is because
i still have a plasma (hitachi 1024x1024 so hd ready) and i play it
at 1080i and not in full hd and the contrast is not so much..

but...i remember that when i used the samsung bd-1500 there wasnt so muh dark,
so i think its also the PS3 that send a video signal with too much dark!!
There is a way to avoid/correct this?
thx!

[Atak_Snajpera]

There is option called Super white or Full RGB in PS3 I don't remember exactly. You will have to browse all options.

[blackwalker]

There is option called Super white or Full RGB in PS3 I don't remember exactly. You will have to browse all options.

humm...i didnt see it, but maybe i have to check again!!
thx a lot Atak_Snajpera, as always you give a nice help to all!

[alan8477]

I had this problem with my converted Blu Ray/MKV to VOB files on the PS3. My solution was to use the 'tweek' controls in RipBot. When RipBot has been through its demuxing you are presented with a screen which contains the naming and location window. It also has a 'properties' window. On the second window of properties there is an option to tweek colours. I have found that I need to set this at +20 brightness.

Hope this helps.

[blackwalker]

I had this problem with my converted Blu Ray/MKV to VOB files on the PS3. My solution was to use the 'tweek' controls in RipBot. When RipBot has been through its demuxing you are presented with a screen which contains the naming and location window. It also has a 'properties' window. On the second window of properties there is an option to tweek colours. I have found that I need to set this at +20 brightness.

Hope this helps.

well, i used the "Super white" like suggested, but nothing changed! i dunno if it work
only on component video out or also on hdmi out, anyway, i didnt see any difference!

nice to know alan8477!
I'll try with one movie to see if it'll look better!
(damn i have to rencode it again... )

[alan8477]

No blackwalker, Super White did nothing for me either, but be assured you will get the levels you need from RipBot tweeking, there is even an option to preview before you convert.

[Atak_Snajpera]

You have to disable Super white because your old TV does not support full RGB (0 - 255) . Yours uses only limited range of colors (16 - 235)

Don't tweak colors!!!!!! The problem is with your tv !!!!!!!!!!!

[blackwalker]

Atak_Snajpera is correct, i see the same on my friend full hd plasma
and i cant believe....it was so clear and the color fantastic...
i think its time to change my old plasma...sigh!

hope "Santa" is watching me...hehe

[alan8477]

Well it's your call. I have a Panasonic 65PF10 plasma display, and a Sony projector. The problem presented itself exactly the same on both systems.

[Atak_Snajpera]

All new Samsung LCD TV and few older support full RGB. Why do you buy those crazy plasmas?!?! They consume much more energy and picture is not better than new LCD TVs.

[blackwalker]

sorry Atak_Snajpera, my mistake while typing...i mean LCD not Plasma!

I'm about to buy a new samsung lcd 40" series 6 full hd!


I have a question for you Atak_Snajpera, if you have time to
answer me

why if i open a ".ts" file with only 1 video track, 1 audio track (my language) and the subtitles, RipBot264 do the "demuxing audio stream...."
many times????

it'd do it only 1 times!
I have only 1 audio track on the ".ts" (i create the .ts file with tsMuxeR)!

Or RipBot264 do it for every subtitles track?

i dont understand... (?)!!!!!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Yes It demuxes subtitles as well. Yes I know I should do something with this... but at the moment I have no time...

[blackwalker]

tyvm for the answer Atak_Snajpera.
its ok!! the program is: great,free,have output quality fantastic...

...so i can live with it! ;D

[Ashman]

Ok...I've been hammering on this stuff for a couple weeks now. Still can't get it quite right. I've been through MeGUI/WMVHD/RipBot264. With ripbot i was never able to get the hd content to work on my xbox 360. It always looked good on my PC. Can anybody else confirm that the mp4s that are created using ripbot will work over tversity and played on xbox 360?

Thanks,

Ashman

[Atak_Snajpera]

Did you use 5.1 audio or 2.0 ?

[inano]

This guide mentions you can open the subtitle in SUP format with SubRip.
What version of SubRip are you using because I see absolutely no option to open SUP files using SubRip 1.50b4

Please help

[Ashman]

Atak_Snajp: I have tried both. Is there anywhere where I can find a list of what should work? I've taken .mkvs made by somebody else and converted them to .mp4s. They play fine. But whenever I do it I have problems. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks,
Ashman

[Atak_Snajpera]

How did you convert those mkvs to mp4?

[blackwalker]

if i want to convert a "m2ts" file that is (for example) a 32GB file
to a "m2ts" 25GB (max) file, so it can fit to a blank blu-ray disc 25gb,
these are the correct steps? :

- use Ripbot264 and set "output" to blu-ray disc
- lock size limit to 24.000mb

or i have to set also "mode 2-pass" or something else?
thx!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Read Guide!!!

[blackwalker]

Read Guide!!!

i read the guide, but i'm little confused...cause my english suck!
sorry...

do you mean this:

Blu-ray to Blu-ray/AVCHD shrinking
Follow the guide above but do NOT crop. You can down resize to 1280x720p as it supported by Blu-ray video. Under SAVE AS choose Blu-ray Disc instead of MP4 or MKV.


and i have to set 2-Pass,Kbps=?,lock size=24000mb ?



or this:



Video
Under Profile choose HD BluRay Consoles (Click on ... for advanced encoding settings)
Under Mode choose CQ for Constant Quality, you can adjust the CRF, lower CRF=better quality but bigger file size. You can also adjust by output file size by first choose 2-pass under Mode and then click Lock size and choose the file size, use around 1-2GB/hour video for 1280x720 video or 2-3 GB hour/video for 1920x1080 video.



its the "kbps" that determine the output size or its the lock size?
ty for yout time!!!

[inano]

I have had no luck shrinking a blu ray to AVCHD (dvd5).
I have selected consoles and I have tried both ac3 5.1 audio and ac3 2.0 audio without success.

I know my BD player (LG BD300) can play AVCHD because it says so right on the front panel but also because I have burned direct MTS (h264) files from my Sony HD camcorder to AVCHD (DVD5) (no transcoding) and they work. I used Sony's Motion Picture Browser for this. The camcorder's MTS files are 1920x1080 with 5.1 sound.

Now if I can only shrink down my blu ray movies to dvd5 correctly....

Is this tutorial only for PS3 consoles?

[blackwalker]

I have had no luck shrinking a blu ray to AVCHD (dvd5).
I have selected consoles and I have tried both ac3 5.1 audio and ac3 2.0 audio without success.

I know my BD player (LG BD300) can play AVCHD because it says so right on the front panel but also because I have burned direct MTS (h264) files from my Sony HD camcorder to AVCHD (DVD5) (no transcoding) and they work. I used Sony's Motion Picture Browser for this. The camcorder's MTS files are 1920x1080 with 5.1 sound.

Now if I can only shrink down my blu ray movies to dvd5 correctly....

Is this tutorial only for PS3 consoles?

This not "only" for ps3!
do you try to play it on your computer first?
(just to see if it work)

[inano]

yes and it does work on the computer using Cyberlink Power DVD just not on my standalone LG BD player. I don't doubt the AVCHD dvd5 I made work on a PS3 (since i followed this tutorial to the teeth) but why can't they also play on my LG BD player if it's AVCHD capable.

[micro_koi]

I ripped an blu ray movie and encoded it using this guide to .mkv. Now I am stuck!!! All jobs were finished after 17 hours of encoding but the new .mkv file cannot be found on my computer! The Ribbot temp folder did have an ac3 audio file and 1 x264 video file. After I rebooted the computer, all files from the temp folder are now gone? Did I just waste all that time encoding with no file? Please help

Thanks

[DarkAvalanche]

I've been reading for awhile (in several different places) and can't seem to find any posts with similar problems to mine. Whenever I run an encoding job with Ripbot or MeGUI (which I think uses the same encoding practices) my computer locks up and has to be hard restarted. I am fairly certain it isn't a pc component issue because I can rum Memtest86 for 24 hours with no errors and similarly can run Prime95 for 24 hours with no errors. Since Prime95 (which I imagine should stress my computer components similarly) doesn't lock up my pc, but encoding does 90% of the time, I'm sort of at a loss. I have encoded successfully one time, but it was after 8 attempts and I have had 12 more attempts since all unsuccessful. If anyone could point me toward where I might look for some sort of resolution, I'd appreciate it. I am using the following versions of programs.

RipBot 1.11.5.7
AviSynth 2.57, buildec 31 2006
Haali Media Splitter 1.8.122.18
ffdshow rev2391_20081129
MeGui 0.3.0.3009

(also some others, if their version numbers are required)

Other info that may or may not be useful. I use a Q6600 processor, have the video file and the place being encoded to on two separate raid arrays, and use dual 8800 GTs for graphics. At this point I'm open to any thoughts at all because encoding my Bluray backups with these protocols is the only thing that I have found capable of locking up this pc.

[Atak_Snajpera]

it sounds very weird! Try this:
1) uninstall aviSynth , haali and ffdshow
2) disable all antivirus/antispyware software or any other unnecessary software running in background
3) reboot
4) Install again Avisynth , haali and latest ffdshow

if this does not work : reinstall windows

[redwudz]

micro_koi, look in the RipBot log file and it should tell you how the project went and where the output file is. That would be at the end of the log. The logs are in the RipBot program folder.

And welcome to our forums.

[micro_koi]

micro_koi, look in the RipBot log file and it should tell you how the project went and where the output file is. That would be at the end of the log. The logs are in the RipBot program folder.

And welcome to our forums.

Thanks for the reply. I did notice that from the first encode i did not choose "copy stream" for audio. I have started the encode again. I looked at the log file and there was an error at the very end of the job. The video file and the audio file did not merge, "Error: no language selected". Hopefully this time it will work as this is very time consuming but fun at the same time!

I will post results as this job is done.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Also check 'Keep Jobs Queue' . RipBot264 won't remove temporary files. Show me also full log content. Maybe I should fix something ...