BD Ripper (3D Plus) After ripping, how do you view?

[Madfloyd]

I just purchased dvdFab yesterday and managed to rip a few chapters from a BD movie successfully as M2TS files.

My question is: how do I then view the M2TS with dvdFab?

If I can't do this, is there another file format that I can rip to that is viewable within dvdFab? I notice dvdFab can view chapters from the BD disc itself just fine, but it wants to be pointed at a disk or ISO image rather than M2TS files on my hard drive.

What I was hoping to do (in case this helps) is put together clips from my favorite movies all onto one BD.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[signals]

DVDFab is not really a player, but it does have a Preview function that will allow you to view content. If you want to watch these clips, get the (free) VLC Media Player at http://www.videolan.org/vlc . DVDFab doesn't really have an editing function for Blu-ray that would allow you to combine clips from different movies.

[IPopov50]

@Madfloyd
VLC is a good player and you can used as signals suggested.
However, if you want really good player (also free), you should use this one: http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

[Madfloyd]

DVDFab is not really a player, but it does have a Preview function that will allow you to view content. If you want to watch these clips, get the (free) VLC Media Player at http://www.videolan.org/vlc . DVDFab doesn't really have an editing function for Blu-ray that would allow you to combine clips from different movies.

According to VLC's site, it doesn't handle blu-ray (or M2TS files)...?

[IPopov50]

According to VLC's site, it doesn't handle blu-ray (or M2TS files)...?

Read my post above

[Madfloyd]

Read my post above

I also checked out the website. They're still all excited about Vista and it doesn't mention anything about blu-ray's but I'll download it and check it out based on your recommendation.

[Madfloyd]

@Madfloyd
VLC is a good player and you can used as signals suggested.
However, if you want really good player (also free), you should use this one: http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

I tried VLC and that didn't work. The Media Player DOES work - very nicely - for video, but I cannot get any sound. I've tried most of the options (my sound card is an RME Fireface 400 pro audio card). I can't seem to get it to translate from the source format to stereo. Any experience with this?

Thanks for the tips!

[terry5]

Hi Madfloyd,
VLC(Version 1.1.11) is OK here. Please make sure of it and try it again.
Wish you success.
terry5

[IPopov50]

@Madfloyd
Please run your video file with MediaInfo and post report here. If you don't have MediaInfo, please google it, download and install (it's free)

[Madfloyd]

@Madfloyd
Please run your video file with MediaInfo and post report here. If you don't have MediaInfo, please google it, download and install (it's free)

Here's the info - looks like dvdFab changed the audio to AC-3...?


ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : E:\Documents\DVDFab\m2ts\INSIDIOUS\INSIDIOUS.Title 1.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 1.38 GiB
Duration : 31mn 3s
Overall bit rate : 6 361 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 31mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 653 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 8 265 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 798 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.154
Stream size : 1.23 GiB (89%)

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 31mn 3s
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 5 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -10ms
Stream size : 99.5 MiB (7%)

[Madfloyd]

Hi Madfloyd,
VLC(Version 1.1.11) is OK here. Please make sure of it and try it again.
Wish you success.
terry5

Thanks, Terry. I do have VLC 1.1.11 but it doesn't seem to want to play the file (details of which are in the post above).

[IPopov50]

[QUOTE=Madfloyd;93119]Here's the info - looks like dvdFab changed the audio to AC-3...?

Yes, it did... probably because you were using "m2ts.ac3.XXXX" preset?
You kind of lost me here. Correct me if I'm wrong:
(a) you want to create a potpourri of scenes from your favorite movies, and
(b) you want to create BD or M2TS file to play it on your computer
Correct?

[Madfloyd]

[QUOTE=IPopov50;93122]

Here's the info - looks like dvdFab changed the audio to AC-3...?

Yes, it did... probably because you were using "m2ts.ac3.XXXX" preset?
You kind of lost me here. Correct me if I'm wrong:
(a) you want to create a potpourri of scenes from your favorite movies, and
(b) you want to create BD or M2TS file to play it on your computer
Correct?

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I guess I was using that preset - being unfamiliar with the software I didn't notice (but did just now). So that explains the AC-3... with regard to the other profiles, is there somewhere I can find an explanation of them? Normal vs passthrough etc?

So, yes I'm trying to make a blu-ray demo disc which will be a potpourri of scenes from various movies. Ultimately I want to author a BD disc with them, but before I do that I need to be able to view what I have on my hard drive.

It's paramount that I don't re-encode video or audio such that I lose quality. I want to keep the clips bit-for-bit identical. Can dvdFab do that or does it always re-encode?

[IPopov50]

[QUOTE=Madfloyd;93147]

It's paramount that I don't re-encode video or audio such that I lose quality. I want to keep the clips bit-for-bit identical. Can dvdFab do that or does it always re-encode?

Yes, DVDFab can re-pack content from one container to another without re-encoding - that's what "remux' and "passthrough" literally mean.

yes I'm trying to make a blu-ray demo disc which will be a potpourri of scenes from various movies. Ultimately I want to author a BD disc with them, but before I do that I need to be able to view what I have on my hard drive.

DVDFab can not author the DVD or BD. You have to use another program for that... However, if you want to use chapter cut, not a custom cut, you can select start/end chapter points and rip your content one chapter at a time if you want.
I would suggest to rip desired chapters using "mkv.remux" profile and re-pack them into mkv files. MKVs a far better container to work with.

If you want to stitch them together without transitions, you can use mkvmerge; and you can pack it into BD using tsMuxer when all pieces are stitched.
IMPORTANT: all pieces must be coded identically for this project to work, so you might consider coding anyway.

If you have more questions I will be glad to help.

[Madfloyd]

Thank you SO MUCH for all this info, it will help tremendously!