Thinking of ripping blu-rays. A few questions

[maturola]

Thanks to maturola's help, I've looked at what is required to build a HTPC.
While I could build one for about the price of a second hand Mini (though with better specs), it seems that the reason I'd favour one over a Mini (HD Audio) is not as straight-forward as it seems due to the fact that neither Plex nor XBMC support HD audio...

Is there another media centre software package that would support HD audio, preferably running on Linux instead of Windows?

What exactly are you looking when you say HD audio?

XBMC Support:
Dolby Digital Plus up to 7.1 48kHz 16bit
Dolby TrueHD up to 7.1 48kHz 24bit, also with interleaved AC3
DTS-HD up to 7.1 96kHz 24bit, also with DTS-96/24 core up to 6.1
Meridian Lossless Packing up to 5.1 176.4kHz 24bit

 

[InfiniteLoopy]

That's interesting. I got the impression in reading the XBMC forum that it didn't.
What version are you running, on which OS?

 

[maturola]

That's interesting. I got the impression in reading the XBMC forum that it didn't.
What version are you running, on which OS?

Eden 11, Windows

I actually use Plex, (since it works great on my ATVs and also over the internet with myPlex)

You can use a XBMC addon call PleXBMC so you can access your plex library.

quick video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2G2p5C_vbQ

 

[InfiniteLoopy]

Is there an advantage to have Windows instead of Linux? Would the same audio options be available on Linux or are they only available to Windows users?

 

[maturola]

Is there an advantage to have Windows instead of Linux? Would the same audio options be available on Linux or are they only available to Windows users?

The HD patch is currently available for Win

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=121877

 

[InfiniteLoopy]

The HD patch is currently available for Win

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=121877

Thanks for your help. I'll be interested to see if this can also work on a HTPC running Linux or a Mini.

 

[Madmic23]

I would like to see someone make an HTPC out of a Raspberry Pi. They say it is capable of running 1080P H.264 video.

It’s low powered, small, customizable, and cheap.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

 

[maturola]

I would like to see someone make an HTPC out of a Raspberry Pi. They say it is capable of running 1080P H.264 video.

It’s low powered, small, customizable, and cheap.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

Few people already tried
http://hackaday.com/2012/01/24/raspberry-pi-runs-xbmc-reliably-decodes-1080p/

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ne...d_runs_xbmc_and_airplay_doubles_35_1080p_htpc

 

[bellymeng]

I'm looking for a bit of advice on ripping blu-rays, Apple TV and how best to setup my system:

I have a MacBook, so would therefore need to get a blu-ray drive. From what I've read, a USB powered reader drive should be enough. Is that correct?
Also, does the speed of the drive have any impact on the ripping speed? I'm assuming that it does. Can anyone recommend a drive?

I don't have Windows, so will have to do everything in Lion. I understand that the best software for this is MakeMKV. How long would it take to rip a 2hr film to 1080p? Also, how much disk space would the 1080p film take?

For actual playback, I was thinking of storing the files on my MacBook and using Plex, with its iPhone app's airplay function, to my AppleTV.
What happens though if I receive an email, message, notification or call while Airplay is running?

Otherwise, I was thinking of maybe getting a USB or ethernet hard drive (connected to my Airport Extreme) and store my rips on there. This would have the advantage of not requiring the Mac to be on, but I couldn't use Plex. What could I use, without jailbreaking the Apple TV?


Thanks,

from my personal experience, the speed of the drive is also an essential part. Only through USB can not finished. Here you can put the converted video to your airplay after the ripping procedure is finished.

You can use this blu-ray ripper to rip your blu-ray and it will not waste you too much time and still the converted video will be with high quality.

http://www.bluray-rippers.com/blu-ray-ripper.html

 

[iOrbit]

does anyone know exactly how itunes rips their blu-rays, what method or options?

i know MKV is basically losless, but i'd rather save space and lose a little quality the same way itunes store does.

 

[mic j]

does anyone know exactly how itunes rips their blu-rays, what method or options?

i know MKV is basically losless, but i'd rather save space and lose a little quality the same way itunes store does.

iTunes does not rip blu-rays.

 

[iOrbit]

iTunes does not rip blu-rays.

hahaha

how do they compress i wonder?

 

[mic j]

hahaha

how do they compress i wonder?

I don't think anyone knows exactly how "Apple" transcodes the movies that have been provided to them. I think, most people will agree that they start with "original" uncompressed movies/tv shows, often 4k sources. After that, it's anybodies guess but I would be very very surprised if they used any of the commercial software available to us.