This is probably stupid/impossible, but I already have a PS3, and is there a way I can hook it up to my Mac and use it with MakeMKV? Thanks
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No. Ive looked into this from every angle. The PS3s BD drive is locked down! I even installed another OS on the PS3 in hopes to be able to rip BDs with it, but apparently no one has figured out how to crack it.
This is how I understand it... YDL, Ubuntu, or any other linux OS can be easily installed on the PS3. However, the Hypervisor (the GameOS which runs the PS3) has control over the peripherals. So even though you are installing an OS, the hypervisor still controls and locks out the BD drive.
I have YDL installed on my PS3 and its cool to play around with. Ive spent days online searching for a way to unlock that drive to rip with and everyone says it isnt possible.
Guide - Use PS3 Blu-Ray drive for Apple TV rips.
I made a mistake, it isn't YDL it is Ubuntu that you use
I made a mistake, it isn't YDL it is Ubuntu that you use
Guide - Use PS3 Blu-Ray drive for Apple TV rips.
I made a mistake, it isn't YDL it is Ubuntu that you use
Excellent find! I think Im gonna try this tonight!!
I was having an issue with Battle for Terra and MakeMKV, so I used AnyDVD HD to make a copy of Battle for Terra. I then copied that file back over the a mac hard drive so that I could use MakeMKV to make a .mkv file that I could play back. But when I open up the file in MakeMKV it will not open any of the files? How can I convert this file into a .mkv?
Thanks,
Steve
Thanks,
Steve
AppleTV library not showing BD rip/encode
Followed Cave Man's excellent instructions to the letter using MKV, the latest Handbrake svn and his suggested ATV 720p settings. The disc was the latest Transformers 2 BD disk and the resulting .m4v file looks beautiful in either iTunes or QT. Problem: I can't get the file to appear on the AppleTV menu. I have synced, etc. but no dice. Are there any special settings/considerations I might have overlooked that would make a Blu Ray encode fail to be readable by ATV?
Handbrake activity log is attached
Followed Cave Man's excellent instructions to the letter using MKV, the latest Handbrake svn and his suggested ATV 720p settings. The disc was the latest Transformers 2 BD disk and the resulting .m4v file looks beautiful in either iTunes or QT. Problem: I can't get the file to appear on the AppleTV menu. I have synced, etc. but no dice. Are there any special settings/considerations I might have overlooked that would make a Blu Ray encode fail to be readable by ATV?
Handbrake activity log is attached
Why would you use such a high quality value for a Bluray source?
Why are you disabling auto crop?
Why are you using a constant fps?
My guess would be your bitrate is exceeding the maximum that the AppleTV can handle... while it is higher than what Apple claims, it does have its limits. That said, I'm looking at your activity log in notepad (without line breaks), so there could very well be something else.
Your final bitrate is too high (>10,000) - way too high for the Apple TV to handle. As NightStorm mentions your CRF is too high, lower it down into the 20's
didnt apple just like "upgrade" the
TV to be able to play HD movies? or is there still that pathetic 6,000kbps limit? the TV is capable of so much more then that!the appletv has been able to handle bursts higher than 6k for awhile now, but not sustained rates (as I'm sure this encode had).didnt apple just like "upgrade" the
With some of the newer x264 options that has been added to newer builds of handbrake, you can get a lot out of lower bitrates.
i just hate it because apple limits what the device can do. it is actually capable of playing back 40mbps movies! too bad apple wont let it.
for sure. the 7300Go nVidia card has support for nVidia PureVideo - which is nVidias way of saying "this can playback BR movies at high bitrates". if you wiki PureVideo it tells you the minimum requirements for playback are 40mbps at 1920x1080 etcetc.
since the 7300Go card is in the
TV, i see now reason at all why apple cannot implement OpenCL into the dumbed-down version of OSX running on there and give support for full digital rips the only problem is that the world isnt ready for it - the internet cant really handle people streaming full 1080p rips at the moment!
evidence enough for you?
What are ideal settings? I noticed a thread mention scale it down to 720p but didnt see anything about crop. Also, I thought I also read something about 24fps?
A real quick question from all you folks if you please.
Does "Make MKV" work as good as anydvd. Should I dump anydvd and start doing all this on the mac side, and if so what BD drive would all of you suggest?
Any other thought would also be appreciated.
Does "Make MKV" work as good as anydvd. Should I dump anydvd and start doing all this on the mac side, and if so what BD drive would all of you suggest?
Any other thought would also be appreciated.
makeMKV does apparently work! they have also just added BD+ support too i think. not EVERY disc will work (of course), but 95% will. i think its a good idea.
for makeMKV to work, you need a BD drive that has write supports for ONE of the standards (i.e. CD/DVD or BD). if you buy a combo BD drive that cannot write to CD/DVD or BD, then makeMKV cannot work.
i suggest an LG or Sony BD drive, but they are all the same pretty much. e.g. something like this
that would be perfect because it can write DVDs.
why are things so cheap over there and so expensive over here argh!?
i believe it needs to be a directly mouted BD, though im not sure
toast titanium can mount images to trick the computer into thinking its an actual optical drive, maybe try that?
Didn't know Transformers 2 had IMAX scenes... I never bothered to waste my money on that movie.
Honestly, I hated how The Dark Knight Bluray kept switching aspect ratios throughout the movie.
Guide - Use PS3 Blu-Ray drive for Apple TV rips.
I made a mistake, it isn't YDL it is Ubuntu that you use
THanks again for this link. I have officially started filling up HDDs with Bluray rips using my PS3. Works like a charm.
One note, the guide says wired is preferred, and of course that is the case. But I have been doing it using wireless and it still works perfectly just takes a lot longer. I usually setup the initial iso copy to run overnight, then its done when I wake up.
Anyway, thanks again all.