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Burning Blu-Rays? Some guidance?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Nero, Feb 18, 2010.

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  1. Nero

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    Hey all you Gurus,

    Picked up a Blu-Ray burner a couple weeks ago, and am now on the hunt for the most current and easy Blu-Ray backup steps..

    I already have the AnyDVD software (with Blu-Ray), but after that point, from what I am seeing, it gets crazy.

    I picked up some 25GB blanks, but of course the movies I have are all on 45GB discs, so direct 1-to-1 backups aren't happening.

    I mean, I thought by now there would be some kind of a decent one-step process, kind of like CloneDVD2, but it is looking like the bad old days of having to use like 7 different programs in various steps in order to rip, compress, patch, compress and burn.. but a lot of what I am seeing out there from searching seems like info that is 3 years old.

    So maybe I am just not looking in the right spots.

    Adding a 2nd PS3 upstairs, so I want to be able to backup my Blu-Rays, but going through all that, and then having to *experiment* with blanks that are almost 2 bucks a pop, ouch. Don't want to have to make too many coasters at that price.

    Thanks in advance
     
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    'backups'. heehee
     
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  3. Nero

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    Please.

    Go to Hollywood or Blockbuster and rent a Blu-Ray, they want like 6 bucks each just for the rental, something silly like that, plus another 2 bucks for a blank.

    Like I want to go to all that trouble to try to pirate some movie that I can buy at Walmart for like $14, and have the case and all the extras. It's not worth it.

    Yes, backups.

    9-year-olds messing with my Blu-Rays is not something I want, but I sure as heck don't want to have to buy them twice.

    Fie on you, Mr. Cynical !
     
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    makemkv - converts blu ray to mkv
    mkv2vob - converts mkv to a file that can be burned onto bluray disc and played on ps3.
     
    #4 glad_ken, Feb 18, 2010
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    Get multiAVCHD 3.0 - also, sign up on their form. It's a wizard-like program that takes any "backup" and writes a Blu-ray movie and even puts it on the disc for you. :eek:

    On this software you can add your own menus and edit subtitles and stuff like that.

    You can do this after makemkv makes a blu ray.

    From movies I have backed up myself to movies people have given me on blu-ray, I have made "backups" also.

    I'm curious. What movie is 45GB? :confused: That sounds CRAZY.

    EDIT: If you must make those fit (that's what she said), you will need to compress the audio (or change channels into 2 or 5) or video, or maybe both.
     
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    Probably Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - extended edition.

    That movie's over 4 hours long.
     
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  7. Nero

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    As I understand it (maybe I am wrong), most new release Blu-Ray movies are on 45GB discs.
     
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    What??!? Nah... you can get blank blu-rays for $2 each now.

    http://www.supermediastore.com/prod...write-once-4x-25gb-bd-r-single-layer-media-15

    But I'm still waiting for the prices to drop even more.
     
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    ^ no, I meant that for selling blank discs at that price... Sony is sort of... how you say it... DUMB? :confused:

    There will still be people buying discs from them directly. :grin:
     
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    No, I know the one I fiddled with on my initial tries was a 45GB , and it was nothing special, it was The Ugly Truth, and it was 45GB.. and the various guides I have seen have all said (sort of in passing) that the released movies on Blu-Ray are on 45GB discs, so to put them on 25GB media, therein arises the need for the compression.

    But like I said, some of these guides I am seeing are 2 -3 years old, so things may be different now.
     
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    If you are going to compress it, you're going to lose quality.

    If im not mistaken, you need to have a double sided blue ray burner to use those 45GB disks.
     
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    OK, I thought you were just reading, but never saw it yourself.
    Or the length of an average movie or how much space it takes may have increased. *Avatar. :eek:

    According to WikiPedia, here are 100GB discs out there, though... you learn something every day.
     
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    Why not just get a 1tb external HD for the PS3? I don't have a PS3 so I'm just asking...
     
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    I thought about that, but if I wanted to have the menus and extras, I could only put maybe 25 movies on a whole TB disk, just not good value there.

    Won't be long before TB is the new GB ;)
     
    #15 Nero, Feb 18, 2010
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