If you can give me the walk through I would very much appreciate it. As an alternative to a PS3 if I could find a stand alone Blu-Ray Player that would also connect to Make MKV on a Mac that would work as well.
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Native Blu-ray ripping for OS X is finally here!
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If you can give me the walk through I would very much appreciate it. As an alternative to a PS3 if I could find a stand alone Blu-Ray Player that would also connect to Make MKV on a Mac that would work as well.
Im not 100% sure how to do it with a stand alone but Im sure it works. For my process you need Ubuntu loaded on the PS3. Boot to Ubuntu and make sure it has all the updates and that its connected to your network.
SSH into the PS3 from Mac Terminal
Create a folder on your Mac for the Rips
Using SSH command line, mount the Mac folder on your PS3
Copy the contents of the PS3 drive to the mounted folder
I purchased Any DVD HD and downloaded tsMuxer to run in Win 7 using Parallels.
Mount the iso from the PS3 using Any DVD, then mux it with tsMuxer. It muxes to an m2ts file which can then be loaded into Handbrake and converted to anything your heart desires.
I used these walk throughs which give much more detail than time alots for me right now...
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/621983/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/541517/
I might be able to run some screen captures to describe it, but not at this moment. Follow those links and you should have a weekend worth of playing around with it to get it to work.
I read through most of this thread and the one over at avsforum. I just want to make sure that I have things straight.
MakeMKV is just encapsulating the m2ts files in an MKV file while stripping off the HD audio which leaves just the DD or DTS core so it can be played in Plex and other media playback apps that can't handle the HD audio formats. And the video is left untouched. Is this all correct?
I hadn't done any in awhile, but I have been ripping my Blu-ray movies with AnyDVD HD on Windows XP (now using Windows 7) with VMWare Fusion (now using 3.0) and my cheapo external Blu-ray drive I purchased on eBay. I just dumped the m2ts file on my server without any stripping or transcoding of audio or video streams. Most movies played OK on Plex, but even the ones that play OK usually have trouble with navigating.
So I tried MakeMKV with Iron Man and The Dark Knight last night. The Iron Man m2ts file would not play nice with Plex. The MKV ripped with MakeMKV was perfect. The file size went from around 36GB to 28GB roughly after stripping out everything but the English audio and subtitles. The Dark Knight played as an m2ts file but the navigational buttons wouldn't work. the MKV file was perfect as well.
The only reluctance I have in using MakeMKV is the fact that I will have to go back and rip my library again to get the HD audio on all my movies when Plex/Mac Mini or some other system I use starts supporting the HD audio formats. Is there anyone else that feels this way (assuming I am correct in my understanding)?
MakeMKV is just encapsulating the m2ts files in an MKV file while stripping off the HD audio which leaves just the DD or DTS core so it can be played in Plex and other media playback apps that can't handle the HD audio formats. And the video is left untouched. Is this all correct?
I hadn't done any in awhile, but I have been ripping my Blu-ray movies with AnyDVD HD on Windows XP (now using Windows 7) with VMWare Fusion (now using 3.0) and my cheapo external Blu-ray drive I purchased on eBay. I just dumped the m2ts file on my server without any stripping or transcoding of audio or video streams. Most movies played OK on Plex, but even the ones that play OK usually have trouble with navigating.
So I tried MakeMKV with Iron Man and The Dark Knight last night. The Iron Man m2ts file would not play nice with Plex. The MKV ripped with MakeMKV was perfect. The file size went from around 36GB to 28GB roughly after stripping out everything but the English audio and subtitles. The Dark Knight played as an m2ts file but the navigational buttons wouldn't work. the MKV file was perfect as well.
The only reluctance I have in using MakeMKV is the fact that I will have to go back and rip my library again to get the HD audio on all my movies when Plex/Mac Mini or some other system I use starts supporting the HD audio formats. Is there anyone else that feels this way (assuming I am correct in my understanding)?
For this reason alone is why Im keeping a spare disk with my iso files.
You seem like you have a good understanding of the subject matter by the way. Better than mine!
Im having a ton of problems with using my PS3 now. I was plugging along ripping blurays with my Ubuntu loaded PS3 until I got my new iMac. I tried implementing the same process with my iMac and Im having all sorts of permissions issues. Not sure what to do about it. But thats a topic for another thread.
You mean that Native blu-ray ripping for OS X is finally here? Someone should start a thread!
Yes is can.
Just downloaded 1.4.9 which was released today. Same time as my OWC Firewire 800 Blu-Ray drive came in! This, plus the recent Handbrake release makes this a great time to start ripping.
The only thing missing is some blu-ray discs I ordered...I only one right now, but that will change.
OK got my drive off eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...37314&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_3877wt_1167
and it works perfect with Make MKV just did Up and Transformers 2... You guys are awesome man this saves me a crap load of steps from my PS3 way.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...37314&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_3877wt_1167
and it works perfect with Make MKV just did Up and Transformers 2... You guys are awesome man this saves me a crap load of steps from my PS3 way.
Hi everyone.
First i must apologize, i have a question that i know has been asked, however i've not seen the answer in the first half of the thread, so please forgive me if this is redundant: has anyone figured out how to get a ROM-only BD drive to work with MakeMKV? Where is this elusive plist?
thank you so much for any assistance!
First i must apologize, i have a question that i know has been asked, however i've not seen the answer in the first half of the thread, so please forgive me if this is redundant: has anyone figured out how to get a ROM-only BD drive to work with MakeMKV? Where is this elusive plist?
thank you so much for any assistance!
No fix for the ROM-only drives. The developer has indicated that it's turned out to be more invasive than he first thought. I doubt we see it anytime soon.
Ah, thank you. I guess I'll have to stick to the windows version for now. At least it's free, and has been giving me less problems reading discs than anydvd had been.
As stated in this thread previously, Im using my PS3 for ripping right now. I notice mention of several BD drives, some firewire, some in internal enclosures... here is my thing. I have a tower PC that has been decommissioned when the iMac arrived. it has enough horsepower to rip a BD Im sure. Should I just get an internal BD drive and pop it in there and use that box for nothing more than a BD ripper/server running Ubuntu? Or would the performance from a stand alone unit in a FW enclosure be better for me?
nando, this drive still performing well for you? About how long does it take for you to rip a BD, mux it then convert it?
Hey Hippo is here! Whats up hippo!
nando, this drive still performing well for you? About how long does it take for you to rip a BD, mux it then convert it?
Hey Hippo is here! Whats up hippo!
Yes it is still working well... I've only had it for a week so I hope it lasts for a while. It takes about 45-60 minutes to rip a 2 hour movie from it, it's only a 2x so that would be 8.5MB/s so basically you can do the math and figure out how long it would take, it pretty much stays steady at 8.5 too throughout the whole rip. I know there are faster drives out there but at this form factor I think 2x is the best you can get ATM, I could be wrong. The other thing I love about this drive is it only needs the one USB cable to run so no power brick which is great.
So this drives comes in an enclosure? I couldnt tell from the description. Couldnt you pop this drive out of the enclosure an stick it in the iMac once OS X supports it?
Those times arent to bad either. i might look to see if this seller puts any more up on ebay. Thanks nando.
Yeah it comes in a very slim enclosure it's pretty much a laptop drive with a tray so you could not put it in the imac because of the tray.
I've just ventured into the world of Mac+Blu-ray+MakeMKV but cannot get handbrake to recognise my mkv file. Comes up "No Valid Title Track"
I believe I need a certain build of a Handbrake Snapshot that they are no longer hosting. Can someone email my off-list and send it over, or if you know a download link even better. Cheers in advance
I believe I need a certain build of a Handbrake Snapshot that they are no longer hosting. Can someone email my off-list and send it over, or if you know a download link even better. Cheers in advance
Hi all,
Has anyone tried this drive http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MRF8USD5BD/
Was thinking of getting one but just want to make sure before i shell out for it.
Cheers.
Has anyone tried this drive http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MRF8USD5BD/
Was thinking of getting one but just want to make sure before i shell out for it.
Cheers.
There is a way to get chapter markers but it's fairly involved I don't bother with it. For most disks, the audio is DTS so I have to use MakeMKV to make a .mkv files of the disk. I then use ClownDB to extract the DTS and convert it to a DD .AC3 file. I put that aside, then I convert the MKV using the Apple TV Preset in Handbrake 0.94. I convert it with no audio tracks just video. I take that .m4v file and I feed it into YAMB. I Add the .AC3 file also into YAMB and have it attache the vid and audio files and write out a New .m4v file. Put that in Itunes and I get a perfectly playable 1280x vid.
Thanks, latest handbrake is mostly fine - after a little more playing with other blu-rays. It seems most can be read in handbrake but its the BD+ films that are causing me issues. It's a BD+ 38GB mkv file.
I have it converted ok to .m4v in Skysoft Video Convertor, but I can't make it better than 2000kps and consequently the result is too jpeggy for my liking.
Any ideas?
PS: Im in the UK and happily using a:
Mini with Leopard & MacBook with Snow Leopard
Jou-Jye ST-2512SUESB 5.25" External from Scan.co.uk
LG GGW-H20L Blu-ray Disc Rewriter from Play.com
My issue isn't BR specific, but it is a result of MakeMKV. I tried out this program on a DVD and I came across an issue. The file that was produced, when played back (through either VLC or Plex) exhibits horizontal lines. I do not know what this is the case. The source in question is a NTSC authored disc, although it was originally a PAL (I believe) product. However, when I play back the DVD straight (e.g. Mac DVD player) the picture is fine. I looked through MakeMKV's preference to see if there is a preference to change this, but I did not see anything. Ideas?
My issue isn't BR specific, but it is a result of MakeMKV. I tried out this program on a DVD and I came across an issue. The file that was produced, when played back (through either VLC or Plex) exhibits horizontal lines. I do not know what this is the case. The source in question is a NTSC authored disc, although it was originally a PAL (I believe) product. However, when I play back the DVD straight (e.g. Mac DVD player) the picture is fine. I looked through MakeMKV's preference to see if there is a preference to change this, but I did not see anything. Ideas?
It's prob interlaced and I don't think MakeMKV can de interlace, you would have to re-encode it in Handbrake and choose to de-interlace. This happens on TV Shows usually.