Can NOT convert any Blu-ray's for iPad

[brianpi]

CUDA enable/Disable is in General, AV Codec config

Hi AGJ, ok I checked and all 4 settings (Decoder H.264, VC1 MPEG2 and Encoder H.264) were already set to Software.

I am not having much luck getting DVDfab to convert BD's to a usable Ipad file. Start Trek 2009 was the only BD of mine that worked first try and gave a nice result.

Ice Age 3, Madagascar and Wall-e gives me jittering video. By this I mean the video looks like its jumping backwards in short bursts as it plays.

Avatar, the program crashes into some sort of bug report form but does not close after I fill it out and press submit or done.

So I tryied the suggested work around of converting out to an MKV file then using the dvdfab video converter to convert it to Ipad. the mkv stage seems to work (except with AVATAR whicg dies at about 75%). The mkv to ipad convert either causes the program to close unexpectedly or produces the same jittery video. I've been running these conversions for several days now and really do not have a good Ipad version yet using DVDfab.

The only success i've had so far is DVDfab BD rip to mkv. Then I use either total video converter or Ojosoft to create a useable Ipad file. I've scanned through the forum in hopes to find answers and tried a few of the reccomendations (ensuring CUDO is off, doing One pass m4v conversion ect) with no breakthrough. My buddy 3,000km away by email tells me he's had no problems doing a BD to Ipad convert using DVDfab 8 in one step.

Am I missing something?

Ahh... I should mention that my video card does not allow me to play a BD disc using the player that came with the LG BD drive. But im assuming this should not stop me from doing BD rips and file conversions.. correct? Or do I need to upgrade my vidoe card?

BTW.. the fast replies by everyone and the generous sharing of info is really appreciated!

[brianpi]

Chillyk. Thanks for the info. So far previewing the 2 or 3 "copies" of the movies look the same. I will stick with the one DVDfab chooses. Just though one might be a 25hz and the other 30hz. I'll experiment more once I can get the basic DVD rip and Ipad convert modules of the program working to what is promised/advertized.

[ChillyK]

Main Movie

@brianpi

Select the 'Main Movie' copying option in DVDFab - BUT, be sure to preview before ripping, as I have had instances where the default selected main movie was an alternate of some kind. Most of the time, DVDFab gets it right and most of the time, there is only one obvious main movie.

[AGJ]

in common settings it located in the A/V Codec part just change all selections to software

[brianpi]

how to disable CUDA

I looked in all the options and setting menus I could find including the "green checkmark" menu and I can't find a CUDA enable/disable setting. Where is it?

is it the "enable turbo CPU" option in the blu-ray ripper convert config?

[signals]

Try disabling CUDA for encoding, the video is a little smoother, at least it was on the tests I made with an iPad (using Avatar) on my system.

[brianpi]

which main movie to select?

Hello Chillyk, thanks for this. Trying this now.

when selecting the correct source movie file on the BD I see what appears to be two or more copies of the movie. which one to select? Are they different in some way (ie 25 vs 30 fps)? No way to see its attributes in the listing of the disc contents dvdfab. How do we know which file to select?

[ChillyK]

Help w/ ATV and iPad

There really isn't a good pure DVDFab solution for Apple TV / iPad. I too have been wrestling with jerky video.

In addition, the is no way to produce the correct audio track layout that works well for both Apple TV and iPad (one of the earlier posters asked about that). In other words, both 2-channel AAC and a disabled AC-3 pass-thru track for Apple TV playback.

So, to archive my Blu-Ray videos today, here's what I do:

1. Use DVDFab to rip the *main movie* source material to your hard drive, using the MKV remux setting (i.e., audio *and* video pass-thu), with your selected audio language of choice. Make sure you check the box to remove the HD audio.

2. If the source material has a Dolby Digital AC-3 audio as the selected track, skip to step 3 (almost all new BDs are DTS-Master for the default language).

Otherwise, Google for PopCorn MKV AudioConverter. Download and follow the directions to convert the DTS track to AC-3 (take the time to read the directions so that you get the desired results). You don't need to preserve the DTS audio - just convert to AC-3 and toss the rest. Also, stick to 448 for the target audio bit rate.

3. Use HandBrake to convert the audio-corrected MKV to a format that will be compatible with both the iPad and Apple TV. Modify the default presets, as follows: a.) on the 'Video' tab change constant quality to Avg Bitrate and enter 4500 (kbps), b.) select 2-pass Encoding with Turbo first Pass and, finally, c.) on the 'Picture' tab, set Anamorphic to 'Loose' and the picture width to 1280 (or slightly smaller to ensure that the overall display size of equal to or less than 1280x720). Note that this assumes ~24 fps - for 30 fps videos, use the HandBrake defaults.

Beware that if you use 'Constant Quality' you will get a video that is beyond the capacity of both the iPad and the Apple TV, with respect to bitrate; Apple's devices are optimized for Apple's version of 'HD' (5 Mbps or less at 1280x720) with AC-3 audio.

You will notice on the 'Audio' tab that HandBrake will auto-magically create both a 2-channel AAC audio track and a second, disabled AC-3 pass-thru track from the original source material. Apple TV will know to playback the AC-3 pass-thru track.

If you have a really fast machine, this will encode at around real time speed, but the end result will be a really nicely encoded video.

[brianpi]

Jerky video on Blu Ray to Ipad

Give the latest release a try for ipad

So I am experiancing the Jerky video on Ipad and I am on the newest (Ver 8.0.0.5) I coverted startreck bd (2009) and it was fine but Wall-e and Mamma Mia are jerkey (except on certain scenes such as the pixar animimation in the intro or the sky view panning over the merky city at the biggining.

Was this not fixed on ver 8? DO I still have to use the work around (rip to AVI then convert to Ipad m4v?

Also on the Ipad profile it only converts at about 12 fps. Someone mentioned a resource setting in dvdfab. Where is this setting? thx

[Mike96734]

Bueler....

[Mike96734]

Spoke too soon, still jerkey... crap. No man children.

[Mike96734]

If i were not male and happily married, i would bear you man children.

[AGJ]

Give the latest release a try for ipad

[Mike96734]

I still get the "Jerky" video when converting from blu Ray to iPad. The only way I can do this is to convert to AVI and then use file to mobile to convert from AVI to Ipad. I am only using the trial version of file to mobile to do what I hoped Blu Ray to Mibile.

[Cobra1828]

Up !!!

I have the same problem.
Please, an ideia ?!