New Disney file structure?

[W&B]

B-Mod started a thread requesting that Bluray to Mobile should also have the option to create a single m2ts file , add a vote if you want and I'm sure Fengtao will take it into consideration.
This thread is five pages long and pointless since the Bluray to Bluray option is only intended to create a backup disc, it is now closed.

[dvdfabuser]

PCH & matroska

I have not created an mkv via dvdfab so I can not verify if it works or not with it. I am sure the mkv file works with some players but I use the PCH so that is the player of interest to me. I prefer the raw format and tend to agree with the statement that if dvdfab is producing an mkv it should be able to produce an m2ts. Maybe I'm missing something and the mkv format brings something to the table that smoothes out the m2ts merged segments.

[GregiBoy]

Try here

[B-Mod]

Where can I find a copy of DVDFab6060.exe to try?........

Anyone????

[Complication]

The blu-ray to mobile software can create 1 mkv file but it sounds like it is not compatable with popcorn hour players.
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I am only trying to help people like myself who use a popcorn hour to play blu-ray rips.

As covered in B-Mod's thread, this is a PCH limitation rather than a DVDFab problem. At times a Blu-Ray video stream can spike to a very high bitrate and either the network, USB, drive, or PCH itself may choke on it. DVDFab is not changing the video stream, just repackaging it into a file compliant with the MKV specification.

[tjkaz]

Let me summarize everything we've learned.


3. No statement about merging m2ts files has been made by Fengtao. We will have to wait and see if one of 3 things happens:
a. they will include support in the future for blu-ray to mobile
b. they will create a separate product to support it
c. they will not support it (I hope this is not the case)

I am not advocating people avoid purchasing blu-ray to mobile. I am only trying to help people like myself who use a popcorn hour to play blu-ray rips. If blu-ray to mobile supported creating 1 m2ts I would solely recommend buying that product. Since it does not, the only work around is falling back to DVDFab6060.exe.

I own all other modules and won't purchase BR to mobile until it produces 1 M2TS file. In the interim, i'll continue to use tsmuxer to join them and other tools to make the m2ts file ps3 compatible. Unfortunately, my method for ps3 m2ts compatible file does not work with movies encoded with vc-1 codecs because the stupid ps3 (SONY!) doesn't support vc-1 (with > 2ch audio) nor mkv!

Question for the Devs: If DVDFab can make one mkv from a BR main movie, then why can't it make one m2ts?

Thanks, and I haven't given up hope yet.

[B-Mod]

Where can I find a copy of DVDFab6060.exe to try?........

[dvdfabuser]

Summarization of what we have learned

Let me summarize everything we've learned.

1. older versions of blu-ray to blu-ray merge m2ts files into 1 file. I have verified this. Call it a bug or feature but it does it. The earliest version I know that still works is DVDFab6060.exe. If you are a user looking for 1 m2ts file I suggest you rollback to that version. I am trying it on astroboy right now and it is working as expected. This is obviously not a future proof solution since blu-ray protection will continue to improve and you will be forced to install later versions but this is still working on most new stuff.

2. No current version of dvdfab bluray software will produce 1 m2ts file. The blu-ray to mobile software can create 1 mkv file but it sounds like it is not compatable with popcorn hour players. I have not confirmed this but I am not going to buy software that reencodes the source video or produces a file that is not compatible with my video player.

3. No statement about merging m2ts files has been made by Fengtao. We will have to wait and see if one of 3 things happens:
a. they will include support in the future for blu-ray to mobile
b. they will create a separate product to support it
c. they will not support it (I hope this is not the case)

I am not advocating people avoid purchasing blu-ray to mobile. I am only trying to help people like myself who use a popcorn hour to play blu-ray rips. If blu-ray to mobile supported creating 1 m2ts I would solely recommend buying that product. Since it does not, the only work around is falling back to DVDFab6060.exe.

[Complication]

What I don't want to do is buy blu-ray to mobile and then 6 months later they come out with blu-ray to 1m2ts and say "you obviously didn't read the fine print because we never said we'd do that".

There has been no indication from DVDFab whether or not M2TS output in Blu-Ray to Mobile will be supported. You might try emailing support for more information.

[W&B]

ok now if I understand this correctly the blueray to blueray is supposed to make a single file ?

opsss! never mind I somehow skipped a page in the forum sorry!

No, Bluray to Bluray is supposed to make a backup disc.

[Dom60]

ok now if I understand this correctly the blueray to blueray is supposed to make a single file ?

opsss! never mind I somehow skipped a page in the forum sorry!

[W&B]

In light of Complication's post #29 I'm going to edit my original reply. I was completely unaware of this but do stand by his post about Fab's Bluray to Bluray feature was never advertised to do nothing more but create a backup disc.

[dvdfabuser]

Based on the prior comment, I am guessing I am not alone in wanting 1 m2ts file.

Today, dvdfab's "dvd to mobile" allows me to create 1 vob. This is synonymous with creating 1 m2ts file and it works like a champ for everything. I have had no issues with any dvd I've thrown at it. That is what dvd-decryptor used to do until the movie industry squashed it and the only reason I bought dvdfab.

Since I fooled myself into thinking this 'bug' was a 'feature', I am willing to pay another $40 for blu-ray to mobile if the roadmap is to create 1 m2ts file. I understand it is difficult to merge m2ts files, but that is what we are paying blu-ray experts to achieve. Is it not?

blu-ray disks are going to become more and more complex just as dvd disks have. To say dvdfab isn't going to support 1 m2ts file feels like a cop-out. Of course I am unsure the development staff of dvdfab are represented in this forum so it is unclear if dvdfab -> mobile is intended to create 1 m2ts file in the long run.

What I don't want to do is buy blu-ray to mobile and then 6 months later they come out with blu-ray to 1m2ts and say "you obviously didn't read the fine print because we never said we'd do that".

In the meantime I am building a pile of blu-rays that are collecting dust on the shelf because they are useless with my popcorn hour.

[B-Mod]

I own a PCH and merging the files to a MKV does not work, I tried many times, will not play, this is with the movie Death Race. Why doesn't blu-ray to mobile, create a single output M2TS???? M2TS works, why is it not an option to take multiple M2TS files in the movie and merge them into 1. I have tried MP4 and that works, but takes hours to do. HELP..............

[Complication]

I just think calling 'merging 1 m2ts' a bug because blu-ray to mobile provides it is bogus since it used to do it when there was no blu-ray to mobile version.

Before you buy you should know that Blu-Ray to Mobile does not (currently?) output M2TS. Instead it has an option called MKV remux.

I believe the merge "feature" in Blu-Ray to Blu-Ray V6 was removed because it was causing too many problems (one of which you mentioned). Blu-Ray to Mobile has always been in the plans and was one of the most requested items here before it was released with V7.

I personally agree that it would be nice to have an option in both DVD to DVD and Blu-Ray to Blu-Ray that makes a single VOB/M2TS in the output structure. The old DVD Shrink had this option and I miss it. Since DVDFab has disabled the ability to rip Blu-Ray to Blu-Ray from one hard drive folder to another at BD50 quality, I'm lead to believe that this is not a feature that is going to happen. Even if it was added, most users aren't going to want to go find the file and rename it appropriately (especially on episode discs) so having a remux option in X to Mobile is a good idea.

The bottom line is that Blu-Ray to Blu-Ray has only ever been created and advertised to allow BD backup. The single requirement then is that the backup be compatible with the BD spec. The fact that you delved under the covers, saw what an early version of DVDFab was doing with multi-M2TS titles, and then assumed that this was a feature you could depend on is, unfortunately, your own mistake.