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Native Blu-ray ripping for OS X is finally here!

No - I have the import disc so no English audio but a Spanish DTS-MA track and I need subs too :/ not the easiest disc to start with I know... heheh
 
You know I'm not sure - I thought only the UK disc was Spanish DTS-MA with no English track but maybe they are all like that... Regardless, I should have started with a different disc but I also wanted to verify multi-region compatibility :)
 
Pans Labyrinth is Spanish, it was made in Spain and they speak in Spanish, all are Spanish.
 
If I pop in a blu-ray and create an MKV from it, can I just go ahead and play it in Plex? Do I need to convert it or something? And what external BD drives do you guys recommend? Thanks
 
So can you rip a BD into MKV, and run the MKV through MKV2VOB and play it on a hard drive on the PS3, or would the program have to transcode it (which would take forever)?
 
DoFoT9 said:
no i dont think that would work, PS3 only supports a max file size of 4GB..
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MKV2VOB has an option to split for FAT32, you'd just have a lot of 4 GB files. The PS3 can play files sequentially, so you'd only have a little hiccup between files every so often.
 
Pulled Forgetting Sarah Marshall this afternoon - nothing but a direct pull from MakeMKV and it played beautifully in Plex. DTS audio in 5.1 and the movie was only 12GB for the director's cut with audio so not bad at all. :)
 
I have an LG BD-Rom on my Hackintosh. I pulled Pirates of the Carribean off just to try it out.

No real issues, grabbed the movie and the extras as well as the trailers.

Works pretty well!
 
A pic of the LG GGC-H20L in a NorthQ enclosure and connected to my MacBook :) As Sven said - this is a SATA drive so no direct connection to IDE...

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Does someone have a PS3 that they could test an outputted movie with MKV2VOB? I don't have a BD-ROM, so I can't do it right now.
 
Handbrake svn 2592 and makemkv rips

Hello,

Some of my rips are playing OK in Plex but not being found as a valid source in the latest HB snapshot:-

using the svn 2592 snapshot (tried 32 and 64 bit)

[20:26:36] macgui: trying to open video_ts folder (parent directory chosen)
[20:26:36] hb_scan: path=/Volumes/Media/Rips/Batman Begins.mkv, title_index=0
[20:26:36] scan: trying to open with libdvdread
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
GUI ERROR dialog: dvd: ifoOpen failed
[20:26:36] hb_stream_open: open /Volumes/Media/Rips/Batman Begins.mkv failed
[20:26:36] scan: unrecognized file type
[20:26:36] libhb: scan thread found 0 valid title(s)
[20:26:36] macgui: ScanDone state received from fHandle

Although the MKV container files play OK in Plex ?

Anything else I can do to get these onto the ATV
 
sven- said:
The Mac Pro early 2008 uses IDE for the optical drive. I believe this S-ATA drive that you show won't work, unless you use one of the HD S-ATA connectors, or of course, one of those S-ATA to USB/FW cases.
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I actually received a response from OWC about the kit they offer which is just $10 more than the original:

"The 2008 Mac Pro has two SATA ports on the logic board that are, by default, not used by hard drives or any other device in the Mac Pro. If you are not already using these ports with a device such as the NewerTechnology eSATA extender cable, the LGEGGCH20LMPLS comes with a SATA cable to run down to one of these two SATA ports."

In case anyone reading is in my boat, here you go ...
 
northy124 said:
Did it load up into HB though as that is standard I think when you open an MKV. If it didn't get the latest SVN by compiling yourself.
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Hello,

No it doesn't show as a valid source - others work fine. Complied the latest HB from SVN and the same happens.

Play OK in Plex but need to get them on the ATV somehow.
 
davwin said:
A pic of the LG GGC-H20L in a NorthQ enclosure and connected to my MacBook :) As Sven said - this is a SATA drive so no direct connection to IDE...
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I just installed the exact same drive in my 2009 Mac Pro. Worked fine once I realized I needed to take the name plate off the front of the drawer in order for it to open correctly. Took me 49 minutes to rip a 2 hr Blu-ray.

Need to play around a little more before deceiding if continue to use MakeMKV or go back to AnyDVD & TS Muxer on my windows machine.
 
Just ordered the LG GGC-H20L external drive for my mac mini HTPC.

Anyone use this drive?

Going to replace my PS3 (only used for Blu-ray).
 
mpshay said:
I just installed the exact same drive in my 2009 Mac Pro. Worked fins one I realized I needed to take the name plate off the front of the drawer in order for it to open correctly. Took me 49 minutes to rip a 2 hr Blu-ray.

Need to play around a little more before deceiding if continue to use MakeMKV or go back to AnyDVD & TS Muxer on my windows machine.
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HAHAHAHA I had the exact same problem installing the GGW-H20L in my mac pro today. I was meticulous about following the instructions from OWC that came w/ my drive. Then got everything all re-connected, was all proud of myself, and then tried to open the disc tray with a massive fail.:D

Took me a few minutes to figure out how to get that bezel off.:rolleyes:

As for the drive itself -- working great on archiving, but I have >100 BR's to archive. I think this will take a while. Just on a whim, I gave it a whirl w/ some HDDVD's too, and all of them were failures. I thought I had it w/ one HDDVD that was an mpeg-4, but my happiness was short-lived...

As for the BR archiving and playback -- no problems. Plex playback on my mac mini's is flawless!!
 
BrittQ said:
Just ordered the LG GGC-H20L external drive for my mac mini HTPC.

Anyone use this drive?

Going to replace my PS3 (only used for Blu-ray).
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The GGC-H20L is an internal drive but, that's the one mounted in the enclosure in the pic I posted earlier in the thread. The GGW also mentioned is the same drive but with BD Write capability. These drives are listed several times in this thread and confirmed compatible with OSX for ripping :)

As far as a replacement for a PS3... I don't know. The Mac would have to be under Windows for disc playback first of all. Most Mac's would not be able to passthrough/playback HD audio because they would in general be using optical output for sound. You would also likely have issues with the HDCP "handshake" if you're using a miniDisplayPort > HDMI adapter (all current model aluminum MacBooks/Pros/Mini) under Windows :( In comparisson, a PS3 will output LPCM or bitstream and decode HD audio codecs like TrueHD and DTS-MA and pass it to a receiver all over a 1.3 compatible HDMI connection. As far as I have been able to find, only a Mac Pro with a 4870 card running Windows and connected via HDMI can do full HD audio and video playback currently and there are known driver issues with this setup. To be fair though, monoprice and a few other vendors should have a USB+mDP>HDMI adapter out soon to fix the HD audio playback problems.

Just be aware that you may have problems using that external drive as a replacement for a PS3 for disc playback. Also be aware that ripping the discs and playing them back under Plex negates almost all of those problems :)
 
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