Hello, I am considering buying AnyDvd HD to save all my movies to Hard Drive.
But unfortunatly from what I've read it might not be as easy as Rip & Play...
Here is what I would like to do:
1) Have an exact copy of the original BD. (So I can re-burn to 50gb BD later)
2) Have the full movies in a form that:
2.1) Can be stream to a PS3 in 1080p with Tversity or twonky media
2.2) With the same Audio quality as the original (7.1 or 5.1)
2.3) Have 2 audio stream (English & French)
Is there anyway to come up with a solution that fit all cases (Including VC-1/TrueHD movies)?
So far the only way I can think of would be to have multiple copy of the same movie, a ISO image, one for english, and one for french... But that would be like 100GB/movie...
Thanks
First I am not a real expert at this but just some thoughts to share -
PS3 and VC-1 files wont mix. This is intentional by Sony. You will have to convert the VC-1 m2ts files first. Most likely this would produce reduce quality. With care you can do this and get a pretty good conversion copy.
TrueHD audio - last I remember, PS3 wont play that from a file. It will play it from the blu ray disc itself (pass thru). This leaves you will 5.1 surround as an option.
Software you will want to investigate
TSMUXER - strip off streams you don't need.
EAC3to (GUI) - if audio is a problem for TSMUXER this helps fix it
DelayCut - an additional software to use ith EAC3to
The above will provide you a basis for your PS3 playback via streaming.
Converting VC-1 M2TS files. You may want to use the above, get the main movie and save the streams you want. Then consider -
Ripbot - slightly finnicky, takes forever but when it works it will convert your VC-1 M2TS file into an H.264 file. The trade off is compression and some test tweaking to find the right settings.
HandBrake - This program can convert your M2TS file (main movie) into MKV with H.264 compression. You can find an MKV to M2TS or other format converter after this is done.
For language issues. Might sound silly but did you check to see if you can keep both streams and simply elect to change/switch audio you use? I recall back when I was able to do this for a DVD VOB (never tried it on M2TS file).
The other option is to keep the video portion with one of the audio/language streams and then the other audio language stream, is set aside. Only mux together as needed (20-40 minutes average) when needed for show then delete it later.
Example - Main movie video + 1 audio language stream as a PS3 M2TS file.
In a separate location, store the other audio language stream. When you want to play with the "other" language stream - remux it with the video and drop the first language stream in the process. It is about 3 click to do with TSMUXER and should take 20-40 minutes to complete (maybe longer on a slow system). Not the best answer but its workable. I think you should check if you can have both streams/languages, and if you are using the PS3 hand remote ...turn on the movie, select "info" while its playing and then go to the audio setting and see if you can flip thru it.
VC-1 for me is the killer problem. I have converted movies using ripbot but was not perfectly satisfied but surprised at how well it did do. I think I would even consider going the MKV route with Handbrake and then converting back to M2TS. Remember, the conversion for both requires compression yet again so read up and find the best settings for your needs. Alternatively you could convert to MP4 stereo. MP4 should use 5.1 pass thru but - PS3 isn't there yet to do it so you get stereo.
hope this is helpful
- Phrehdd