M2TS from Blu-Ray Copy plays Only Audio

[koufonissi]

I have a problem: When I try to play m2ts files from Blu-Ray Copy such as Book of Eli, City Island and many others, they seem to be recognized as audio only.

Specifics:
-This happens on my computer, but some other computers can play these m2ts as video.

-It happens with KM Player and WinDVD. Media Player Classic opens but will not play the file. The most recent version of PowerDVD seems to play it. (I have tried changing every codec and other setting I can imagine on KM Player to no avail).

-mkv files ripped from the same movie with BluRay Ripper always seem to work fine.

-I can convert the problematic m2ts file to mkv and it works fine (though sometimes audio is out of sync)

-With some movies, Blu-Ray Copy will make m2ts files that work just fine for me. But this is based on the movie, not specific instances of running blu-ray copy on the same movie. I will never get it to make a usesable m2ts file with Book of Eli, for example.

- I do not get any error messages when BluRay Copy is running.

Specifics of my setup: using a toshiba satellite laptop with an external usb blu-ray drive, windows xp.

[unfortunately I bought a lifetime subscription to blu-ray copy instead of blu-ray ripper - if i had gotten ripper, I wouldn't be having any problems, and would just be using mkv files. However it's strange to me that there's this difference in resulting files from programs made by the same group. DvdFab customer service would not let me switch my subscription to Ripper. And I do not own (or like) PowerDVD]

Here's my Log File:

DVDFab 8.0.2.2 (2010/10/01 07:13:46)

0m 04.87s: option dvd2dvd 0 dvd2mobile 1 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 0 file2mobile 1 filemover 0
0m 11.34s: detected dvd
0m 11.65s: drive D
0m 11.65s: dvd type 1
0m 11.65s: volume label CRUCIBLE
0m 12.89s: detected blu-ray
0m 12.89s: drive E
0m 12.89s: blu-ray type 1
0m 12.90s: volume label THE_BOOK_OF_ELI
0m 22.06s: root 0334C904 THE_BOOK_OF_ELI:THE_BOOK_OF_ELI:THE_BOOK_OF_ELI:TH E_BOOK_OF_ELI
0m 22.54s: aacs 1 bd+ 0
0m 25.31s: got discinfo
0m 27.26s: got bdmv
0m 27.29s: got agid 0
0m 28.36s: sent host cert chal
0m 28.37s: got drive cert chal
0m 30.04s: got drive key
0m 30.06s: got host key signature
0m 30.06s: verified drive signature
0m 30.07s: verified host signature
0m 31.93s: sent host signature and key point
0m 31.95s: got bus key
0m 31.96s: got volume id
0m 31.96s: got volume id mac
0m 31.98s: volume id is correct
0m 31.98s: got vid
0m 32.18s: blu-ray CBCF3736289D047FEF259CC09BF0C8CED634EC61
0m 33.20s: D 28328F2A
0m 33.21s: got vuk
0m 33.21s: got unit key 1
0m 34.96s: got extended bdinfo
1m 21.17s: Blu-ray Copy: Main Movie
1m 21.18s: Source: E:\BDMV\
1m 21.18s: Playlist: 100
1m 21.20s: Chapters: 1 -> 26
1m 21.20s: SourceSize: 18810 MB
1m 21.20s: RemoveHDAudio: 1
1m 21.21s: OutputTarget: BD50
1m 21.28s: compress begin: Blu-ray groups clips(00003.m2ts), playtime(7061095 ms), size(18810 MB)
1m 21.29s: processing source(00003.m2ts)

Thanks so much for your help!
Brandon

[crackinhedz]

Try using VLC media player?


How to play .M2TS files

...they mention that some m2ts files have problems as well, so your problem is not with DVDFab...its the m2ts file playback itself.

[koufonissi]

Amazing. VLC works. After a couple of months of trying various players, settings, etc., somehow I thought I had tried VLC.

Thanks!!!!