Hi all,
In the past I had an awful time sorting out issues getting DVD fab Blu-ray copy to backup discs which could play on my PS3. The same titles worked for people with some PS3s, but not with my 250gb slim PS3 (actually some people with the same Slim model and same firmware version got certain movies to successfully backup but I couldn't).
Anyway, to cut it short, I went through a multitude of loops and hoops and got nowhere for a long time. Through a lot of troubleshooting, I found that it came down to something not working in DVDfab Blu-ray copy, and late 2010 updates still hadn't fixed it.
Then I got it working, repeatedly. I was PM'd with a request to write this "step by step" guide by a couple of users so here it is. Since I've gotten this working I have stopped testing new versions of DVDfab blu-ray copy, because I've wasted over 20 discs on testing it so far. With this method, it works and there is no more waste for me.
This method works flawlessly for me, but it's a little convoluted. But it also adds a nice little bonus that doesn't normally come with DVDFab backups.
This methods needs the following tools.
A version of DVDFab Blu-ray copy.
A copy of TSMuxer > http://www.smlabs.net/tsMuxer/tsMuxeR_1.10.6.zip
A copy of some burning application which can burn UDF 2.5 bluray discs. I use nero. IMGBURN is fine too.
Step 1.
Use DVDfab to back up your disc, I usually go about it as if I'm doing a normal disc-to-disc copy. I only have BD25 blanks, so I'm always compressing BD50>BD25. I only normally grab the main movie that DVDFab Blu-ray copy automagically detects as the 'real' playlist. I usually keep DTS-MA audio, and sometimes an AC3 stream or two.
Start ripping, and let it finish.
When DVDFab prompts you to put in a BD-R. Wait. Don't do anything yet.
Step 2.
Open TSMuxer.
In the TsMuxer gui, go to the 'input' tab and in the top pane, click the ADD button.
Now go and find where Dvdfab has temporarily stored the blu-ray rip data.
I am using 64bit Windows 7, and I find it in:
c:\users\whatever~your~user~name~is\My Documents\Dvdfab\temp\mainmovie\
Go into the BDMV folder, then the Playlist folder. Add the mpls playlist that is in this playlist folder.
c:\users\whatever~your~user~name~is\My Documents\Dvdfab\temp\mainmovie\bdmv\playlist\0000 0.mpls (for example).
Back under the 'input' tab, down the bottom there are output options. My system defaults to "TS Muxing" change this to "Blu-ray disk". Then in the same 'output' subwindow, click 'browse' and enter in a destination folder (by default it will put the Blu-ray remux in the same folder as the playlist you added).
Now "Start Muxing". It wont take long. Whatever Tsmuxer does during this process, it makes a blu-ray disk format that your PS3 will understand, where dvdfab failed. note to self: I should really do a diff on the pre and post TSmuxed data, and the difference would be the answer to what dvdfab is doing wrong.
Once Tsmuxer is finished, you can switch back to DVDFab blu-ray copy and cancel the dvdfab backup job because its job of compressing the movie is done now. Click "Finish" in Dvdfab (you'll now find that Dvdfab's /My Documents/Dvdfab/temp/mainmovie folder is cleared by DVDFab).
Step 3.
Time to burn the disk.
but first.. Step 3.a.
This is totally optional. It is something I do to put a little bit of 'polish' on the backup. It gives a tagged image in place of a BDMV and CD disc icon in the PS3 XMB, you also occasionally get background pics in the PS3 XMB. Dvdfab doesn't back up this data normally, so if you are going through the pain of all these steps anyway this little extra bit is a nice addition and only takes 1 minute.
Go back to the original BLU-RAY DISK. Navigate through to the /BDMV/META/ folder, and here you will see multiple directories, if your preferred language is English, copy the /BDMV/META/DL folder (and its contents of course!) to the same location in your tsmuxer remuxed blu-ray backup folder. There is sometimes other language metadata too, so if you want that, throw it in too (or perhaps you prefer it!).
Step 3.b. burning
Your method will differ here depending on your blu-ray disk writing software of choice. I have Nero so I use it. I set up a disk as a UDF 2.50/2.51 physical Partition. Then I simply drag the contents of my Tsmuxer Blu-ray output folder into nero. So you should just see two folders in the root folder of the disk:
BDMV
CERTIFICATE
Once they are in place, burn the disk. You do pretty much the same thing in Imgburn, "write files / folders to disk" under "options" tab, change Filesystem to UDF, and revision 2.50, add your BDMV and CERTIFICATE directories, and burn.
Depending on your media, your burner, and your hard drive read speed capabilities, select a BDR write speed that is appropriate for your circumstances. With a 5400rpm hdd, a pioneer 205bk bluray burner, and TDK media I burn at 10x and I have never had a coaster and each movie plays flawlessly on my PS3. Don't believe the crap that some people say about write speeds. If your system can handle it, and your burns play on your PS3 and any other players you might have, and you are happy, great. If you are paranoid, or it doesn't work, slow it down and burn at 2x or 4x. The bright side to this is that you can have a couple of extra beers while you're waiting.
Done. TEST IT!
Hopefully you've succeeded.
I hope this helps someone out there.
P.S. Rather than 'sneak in' and run TSmuxer from data in the DVDFab temp folder, you could get DVDfab to write to an ISO. Then mount the ISO as a virtual disk, and run TSmuxer, adding the playlist from the virtual disk. But, I find my way above a little easier actually.
In the past I had an awful time sorting out issues getting DVD fab Blu-ray copy to backup discs which could play on my PS3. The same titles worked for people with some PS3s, but not with my 250gb slim PS3 (actually some people with the same Slim model and same firmware version got certain movies to successfully backup but I couldn't).
Anyway, to cut it short, I went through a multitude of loops and hoops and got nowhere for a long time. Through a lot of troubleshooting, I found that it came down to something not working in DVDfab Blu-ray copy, and late 2010 updates still hadn't fixed it.
Then I got it working, repeatedly. I was PM'd with a request to write this "step by step" guide by a couple of users so here it is. Since I've gotten this working I have stopped testing new versions of DVDfab blu-ray copy, because I've wasted over 20 discs on testing it so far. With this method, it works and there is no more waste for me.
This method works flawlessly for me, but it's a little convoluted. But it also adds a nice little bonus that doesn't normally come with DVDFab backups.
This methods needs the following tools.
A version of DVDFab Blu-ray copy.
A copy of TSMuxer > http://www.smlabs.net/tsMuxer/tsMuxeR_1.10.6.zip
A copy of some burning application which can burn UDF 2.5 bluray discs. I use nero. IMGBURN is fine too.
Step 1.
Use DVDfab to back up your disc, I usually go about it as if I'm doing a normal disc-to-disc copy. I only have BD25 blanks, so I'm always compressing BD50>BD25. I only normally grab the main movie that DVDFab Blu-ray copy automagically detects as the 'real' playlist. I usually keep DTS-MA audio, and sometimes an AC3 stream or two.
Start ripping, and let it finish.
When DVDFab prompts you to put in a BD-R. Wait. Don't do anything yet.
Step 2.
Open TSMuxer.
In the TsMuxer gui, go to the 'input' tab and in the top pane, click the ADD button.
Now go and find where Dvdfab has temporarily stored the blu-ray rip data.
I am using 64bit Windows 7, and I find it in:
c:\users\whatever~your~user~name~is\My Documents\Dvdfab\temp\mainmovie\
Go into the BDMV folder, then the Playlist folder. Add the mpls playlist that is in this playlist folder.
c:\users\whatever~your~user~name~is\My Documents\Dvdfab\temp\mainmovie\bdmv\playlist\0000 0.mpls (for example).
Back under the 'input' tab, down the bottom there are output options. My system defaults to "TS Muxing" change this to "Blu-ray disk". Then in the same 'output' subwindow, click 'browse' and enter in a destination folder (by default it will put the Blu-ray remux in the same folder as the playlist you added).
Now "Start Muxing". It wont take long. Whatever Tsmuxer does during this process, it makes a blu-ray disk format that your PS3 will understand, where dvdfab failed. note to self: I should really do a diff on the pre and post TSmuxed data, and the difference would be the answer to what dvdfab is doing wrong.
Once Tsmuxer is finished, you can switch back to DVDFab blu-ray copy and cancel the dvdfab backup job because its job of compressing the movie is done now. Click "Finish" in Dvdfab (you'll now find that Dvdfab's /My Documents/Dvdfab/temp/mainmovie folder is cleared by DVDFab).
Step 3.
Time to burn the disk.
but first.. Step 3.a.
This is totally optional. It is something I do to put a little bit of 'polish' on the backup. It gives a tagged image in place of a BDMV and CD disc icon in the PS3 XMB, you also occasionally get background pics in the PS3 XMB. Dvdfab doesn't back up this data normally, so if you are going through the pain of all these steps anyway this little extra bit is a nice addition and only takes 1 minute.
Go back to the original BLU-RAY DISK. Navigate through to the /BDMV/META/ folder, and here you will see multiple directories, if your preferred language is English, copy the /BDMV/META/DL folder (and its contents of course!) to the same location in your tsmuxer remuxed blu-ray backup folder. There is sometimes other language metadata too, so if you want that, throw it in too (or perhaps you prefer it!).
Step 3.b. burning
Your method will differ here depending on your blu-ray disk writing software of choice. I have Nero so I use it. I set up a disk as a UDF 2.50/2.51 physical Partition. Then I simply drag the contents of my Tsmuxer Blu-ray output folder into nero. So you should just see two folders in the root folder of the disk:
BDMV
CERTIFICATE
Once they are in place, burn the disk. You do pretty much the same thing in Imgburn, "write files / folders to disk" under "options" tab, change Filesystem to UDF, and revision 2.50, add your BDMV and CERTIFICATE directories, and burn.
Depending on your media, your burner, and your hard drive read speed capabilities, select a BDR write speed that is appropriate for your circumstances. With a 5400rpm hdd, a pioneer 205bk bluray burner, and TDK media I burn at 10x and I have never had a coaster and each movie plays flawlessly on my PS3. Don't believe the crap that some people say about write speeds. If your system can handle it, and your burns play on your PS3 and any other players you might have, and you are happy, great. If you are paranoid, or it doesn't work, slow it down and burn at 2x or 4x. The bright side to this is that you can have a couple of extra beers while you're waiting.
Done. TEST IT!
Hopefully you've succeeded.
I hope this helps someone out there.
P.S. Rather than 'sneak in' and run TSmuxer from data in the DVDFab temp folder, you could get DVDfab to write to an ISO. Then mount the ISO as a virtual disk, and run TSmuxer, adding the playlist from the virtual disk. But, I find my way above a little easier actually.
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