SomeAzn Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Now that Bluray is officially the winner, I was looking to buy a Bluray drive for my Media Center PC. What I want to do is be able to rip Bluray movies and then convert it into x264 so I can have my whole library backed up and on my computer so I don't have to get up and swap movies. I was about to buy a Bluray drive until I found out they were only a bit less than buying a PS3. Furthermore, I was told that after installing Linux, the PS3 can rip Bluray movies. Now my question is: Is there any way to take the Bluray rips and convert them into x264 or some other compressed format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimera Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I was about to buy a Bluray drive until I found out they were only a bit less than buying a PS3. Furthermore, I was told that after installing Linux, the PS3 can rip Bluray movies.Now my question is: Is there any way to take the Bluray rips and convert them into x264 or some other compressed format? Blu-ray Drives are only like $150, nowhere near the price of a PS3. You should be able to do the conversion with a copy of AnyDVD-HD and your favorite x264 encoder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 You can "rip" Bluray movies with Linux on the PS3 and an external HDD. Boot up linux, and run the command to dump the contents of the bluray bit-for-bit to the external HDD, then use AnyDVD-HD on PC to let you copy the m2ts files and finally use an app such as MediaCoder to convert to h.264. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrack Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 PS3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Caro Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 They are already in h.264 (or mpeg-2 or VC1) (x264 is just the name of the opensource encoder, if I'm not mistaken). You just rip them and re-encapsulate the streams into a container of your choice, or simply rip the things and play them with Blu-ray playing software (powerdvd?). I don't think powerdvd would complain if you play a "directory". Transcoding the streams into smaller things would be very time consuming, although as a result you would use less GB. It all depends on how many titles your "library" would have. Without recompressing the video stream (and compressing uncompressed audio just to save space) I guess a movie would take around 25GB?). This isnt the same as ripping mpeg-2 dvds into xvid. H264 and VC1 are modern codecs so they have a compress ratio similar to that of xvid and the likes. If you dont want the PS3 to play games and already have the media center PC set up, I would go for the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordnyx Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Seeing as you have a Media Center set, get a drive as a PS3 is basically another media center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted February 24, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted February 24, 2008 They are already in h.264 (or mpeg-2 or VC1) (x264 is just the name of the opensource encoder, if I'm not mistaken). You just rip them and re-encapsulate the streams into a container of your choice, or simply rip the things and play them with Blu-ray playing software (powerdvd?). I don't think powerdvd would complain if you play a "directory".Transcoding the streams into smaller things would be very time consuming, although as a result you would use less GB. It all depends on how many titles your "library" would have. Without recompressing the video stream (and compressing uncompressed audio just to save space) I guess a movie would take around 25GB?). This isnt the same as ripping mpeg-2 dvds into xvid. H264 and VC1 are modern codecs so they have a compress ratio similar to that of xvid and the likes. If you dont want the PS3 to play games and already have the media center PC set up, I would go for the drive. 720p movies with DTS/AC3 5.1 are roughly anywhere between 2GB-6GB. 1080p movies with DTS/AC3 5.1 tend to hit 8-12GB If you're going to rip your own movies, rip them to MKV then remux - Guide in my sig shows you how to remux MKV files, sadly not rip them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeAzn Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 Thanks all. I am leaning towards the PS3, mainly because it is not only a drive, but I'm going to play games on it as well. Whereas with a bluray drive, it would be purely for media purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 They are already in h.264 (or mpeg-2 or VC1) (x264 is just the name of the opensource encoder, if I'm not mistaken). You just rip them and re-encapsulate the streams into a container of your choice, or simply rip the things and play them with Blu-ray playing software (powerdvd?). I don't think powerdvd would complain if you play a "directory".Transcoding the streams into smaller things would be very time consuming, although as a result you would use less GB. It all depends on how many titles your "library" would have. Without recompressing the video stream (and compressing uncompressed audio just to save space) I guess a movie would take around 25GB?). This isnt the same as ripping mpeg-2 dvds into xvid. H264 and VC1 are modern codecs so they have a compress ratio similar to that of xvid and the likes. If you dont want the PS3 to play games and already have the media center PC set up, I would go for the drive. latest versions of powerdvd ultra donot play bluray/hddvd from a folder, the last release to include it was 3319a problem is the older versions have compatability problems with certain profile 1.1 blurays (i dont know about hddvd) so you cant really avoid updating, a workaround for later versions is to make an iso of the disc and mount it with something like daemon tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy0 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Thanks all.I am leaning towards the PS3, mainly because it is not only a drive, but I'm going to play games on it as well. Whereas with a bluray drive, it would be purely for media purposes. If you want to play games as well, then it makes perfect sense to go for the PS3. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Nic- Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I would personally go with the PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted February 24, 2008 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2008 Simply because I feel it has more versatility (and unless I'm not mistaken all Blu-ray drives can write as well) I'd go for the PC drive. But in reality, I'd get a PS3 because I love games :p It depends how much you'd use the other features to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morebaker Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 For me the ps3 was a double win because my son games and i use it for movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJordan Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 PS3 hands down. One of the best Blu-Ray players out there, and you've got the added bonus of games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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