Media Player that supports "DTS MA"

[whaleshark]

Question For Gregiboy

"BR, I will use an example that I have handy... Hunt For Red October

Main Movie = 23.4Gb
MKV = 8Gb "

I have recently started ripping BD/BR to MKV and the file size is normally almost as large as the original (25/30 Gb)

File size is not a big issue for me as I have plenty of storage - But just as a matter of interest, how do you manage to reduce the file size to such an extent? Or am I doing something fundamentally wrong?

I can't send you the logfiles of the last one that I did as I'm working overseas at the moment and can't access my desktop at home

Thanks

[GregiBoy]

Well, I don't use Fab for BR/MKV but obviously you are using one of the passthrough modes.

Try one of the other MKV profiles.

[DiabloZoe]

Yep. Depends how you do it and what track(s) you select.

To be quite honest though, if you are like maineman and I and spent a mispent youth listening to Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, etc, I would bet you my bottom dollar that you couldnt pick the difference between DolbyTrueHD and normal 5.1.

OK I gotta get you on this one!!! This is how it all started for me! I got the WD and was real happy with it! The movie jukebox was great looks real professional! Then a buddy of mine says does it player DTSMA HD?? I said no just DTS and True HD, but who can tell the difference?? I have a slightly high end system and 7.1. So he says ohh ya can tell pop in the same BD and listen again...Damn need to get another player...So the Himedia 900B has bugs and the UI is not half as nice as the WD but it plays DTSHD MA just fine and the picture is beautiful!! Everything works great now, I was using another program to make MKV's and that was a mistake!! Always trust good ole Fab!! I do recommend this player and I think Dune is the only player that has full BD menu support due to the fact they purchased the super expensive license!!

[DiabloZoe]

Just tested it on the Aios. It looked and played fine. The hd audio was present too. Very Impressive. I backed up Transformers 3 starting at 40gb and Ripper lowered to 10gb mkv. Very impressive. I will be purchasing ripper as long as the watermark doesn't exist.

With this being done do you have the TrueHD as this movie is? You went from 40 to 8...so any loss of quality?

[unclebubbies]

Picture quality was as close to blu-ray as I could tell. Audio according to my receiver and Aios was Dolby Truehd and sounded awesome. I contacted Dvdfab and they assure me if I purchase Blu ray ripper the watermark logo will not be there. So this is a win/win for me. Mkv lower bit rate for lack of a better term plus high def picture and sound. Thanks again to GregiBoy and Maineman for all their positive feedback and instructions......Some other ? come to mind? After converting to MKV can I (if I want) make a back up disc? With the lower gb can I fit more than one movie on a disc? How?

[maineman]

....Some other ? come to mind? After converting to MKV can I (if I want) make a back up disc? With the lower gb can I fit more than one movie on a disc? How?

Nah, won't work my friend. Even if you could figure out how to actually burn it (and you won't, at least I can't see how), the disc won't play due to the unrecognized structure.

Good to hear all the other positive stuff...

[unclebubbies]

Makes sense! Thanks again! So if I understand all these post. You and GregiBoy turn your high def movies into MKV's and leave them on your hdd's correct? Then do you back up your hdd's to protect your investments,efforts and time? Please explain how?

[GregiBoy]

Correct on the MKV's. I store most of them on a 3Tb HDD actually in the player. I also have a lot of others stored on NAS's (Network Attached Storage).

I always back up my media library religously. I don't want to have to transcode literally thousands of titles again.

A simple way to back up is to have your media library held on a hard disk in your PC and back it up to the hard disk IN your player.

I wouldn't even consider backing up to optical disks.

To makr this easier, I use a bit of free software called allways sync which only copies new/changed files.

[martythebrit]

There are several Blu-ray players out there that will play MKV's directly from the disk, I know several of the LG's do, so you could burn multiple MKV's to a disk and play them. Having said this I don't know if they will support DTS MA.

[DiabloZoe]

There are several Blu-ray players out there that will play MKV's directly from the disk, I know several of the LG's do, so you could burn multiple MKV's to a disk and play them. Having said this I don't know if they will support DTS MA.

Don't think it would work because the disc needs to be authored (Lol not sure if that's a word) MKV is just a container it would hold true to ISO's to.

[GregiBoy]

Gotcha here DZ..

He's just talking about archiving and Marty was spot on...

Don't think it would work because the disc needs to be authored (Lol not sure if that's a word) MKV is just a container it would hold true to ISO's to.

[DiabloZoe]

Gotcha here DZ..

He's just talking about archiving and Marty was spot on...

So you are saying he can put 2 20 GB movies in MKV format or ISO since they are both containers on a disc pop it in the BR player and watch one after another? Im not saying the player would not play MKV's just thought it was not possible to put 2 BR's on 1 BD?

[martythebrit]

That's correct. You just create a data disk with however many MKV's you want on the disk. The LG's also read other formats as well like AVI's if you have them.

Read the "details" page here;

[martythebrit]

DiabloZoe; You're mixing apples and oranges, when the movie is converted into an MKV or any other data file, it ceases to be a Blu-ray, it's just another hi-def video data file.

[DiabloZoe]

DiabloZoe; You're mixing apples and oranges, when the movie is converted into an MKV or any other data file, it ceases to be a Blu-ray, it's just another hi-def video data file.

??? Thats all a BR is Hidef Video data file! Bluray is not a file type or extension its a disc. An MKV is a container as is ISO, when you purchase a BD disc with content it comes as a BDMV which contain.........High Def Video and Audio Files.