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So after alot of requests on the "best blu ray ripper" thread I have finally got round to sorting out a new updated guide for you guys with screens. So without further distraction hear it is:

Software

http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/

MKVtoolnix

http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/

Haali media splitter

http://x264.nl/

x264 encoder

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...Downloads.aspx

WMP 11

http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/software2.htm

Graphedit (Under filters)

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page

AVIsynth

http://madshi.net/eac3to.zip

eac3to

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=82303

Media Player Classic & a number of other useful codecs etc

http://madshi.net/madFlac.rar

Madflac decoder

GUIDE 1: COMMAND LINE CONVERSION OF BLU - RAY (HD-DVD) TO MKV FOR DIRECTSHOW PLAYBACK.

EXCEPTIONS:

1. If the track you have has either dts Master Audio or dts High Resolution Audio then to MAKE A CONVERSION TO LOSSLESS FLAC you must have Arcsofts Total Media Theatre (TMT) installed (On your SYSTEM DRIVE i.e. C) or the best you can hope for with ffmpeg supplied with eac3to is the "core" legacy dts track. TMT is NO longer available for download (used to download a time limited full version of software) but since I'm a nice guy you can down load it here (this is the trail version for 30 days, after this you will have to buy it or do a frewsh install of your OS drive to use it again ...DO NOT ASK FOR CRACKED VERSIONS/KEYGENS etc):

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JHKJLL7D


2. If all you want is the audio tracks untouched, then you will require the following extentions for your output files: Dolby TrueHD (.thd), dts Master audio (.dtshd), dts High Resolution (.dtshd), Dolby Digital plus (.eac3) etc.

3. Use a bit of common sense ....these are provided as a GUIDE AND CAN BE MODIFIED TO SUITE A USERS NEEDS. Just because you don't see any arguement for audio in an example doesn't meen you can't add one i.e. If you have a container that has audio, video, chapters. subs etc you can use any and all of eac3to's features. Its quite a logical program.

4. THIS IS IMPORATNT - If you choose to use this method over the more advanced guide that uses Blu - Ray as an example then eac3to WILL ONLY CONVERT LOSSLESS tracks (TrueHD, dts MA & LPCM ONLY) automatically to FLAC format. ALL LOSSY tracks such as DD+ will be output in the format they were origionally encoded in. Theses can be run back through eac3to to be converted to what you like or not as the case may be.

5. If you want to create a dts (not core which libav can extract: ships with eac3to) but from say .eac3 track YOU MUST have the surecode DTS encoder installed on your machine, this can be baught from here:

http://www.minnetonkaaudio.com/products/surcode06.html



The link for eac3to can be found at the top of this guide.

In addition to this you will require AnyDVD HD and for dts Master Audio decoding Arcsoft TMT (links provided above).


For this we will be using the command line interface but each of these commands can be writen into a .bat file and double clicked to engage. For today's tutorial we will be using the region B (UK) OLDBOY Blu Ray Disc (Tartan distributor).


Once you have loaded your disc and AnyDVD HD has done its magic then open a command prompt and navigate to where your eac3to folder is located on your hard drive. From here type the following command:


eac3to.exe G:


Followed by enter. Note that here G: represents my Blu ray drive so amend accordingly .....This will give you a list of "titles" that are available on the disc like in the following example:




For us we want the main movie, so the length, format etc tell us that this is title 1 (this is also a very good method to tell seamless branching titles apart ...each will be listed as a separate title and usually have a different duration
). To this end we now type:


eac3to.exe G: 1)


This will now give us a detailed overview of what is contained in title 1 as shown in the following still:




We can now see what numbers/tracks we need to extract, since this is a foreign language title we will need subtitles, the main video, main audio and the chapters. This can be achieved by using the numbering system employed by eac3to. For this title we want tracks 1:, 2:, 5:, 11:, 12:, 13:, & 14: (written in the same manner). So to extract these to a directory (alter to reflect your own structure) of my choosing we write:


eac3to.exe G: 1) 1:"D:\\OLDBOY\\chapters.txt" 2:"D:\\OLDBOY\\OLDBOY.mkv" 5:"D:\\OLDBOY\\OLDBOY.flac" 11:"D:\\OLDBOY\\OLD.sup" 12:"D:\\OLDBOY\\OLD1.sup" 13:"D:\\OLDBOY\\OLD2.sup" 14:"D:\\OLDBOY\\OLD3.sup"


If you make a mistake then don't worry eac3to will tell you that "this ********** conversion is not supported" as in the figure below:




If you get everything correct you will get the following:




Once you have finished you can then mux everything back together using the same technique as outlined in GUIDE2 (below). A couple of things to note:


1. eac3to now auto-corrects for the delay in any audio file that it decodes so you do not need to add this value anymore when muxing using mkvmerge. For example if yoou convert a dts Master Audio track to lossless flac then you are decoding the track firsts (into PCM) & then re-encoding it back into flac. On the other hand if you rip out the core legacy dts track from the dts MA track, eac3to doesn't have to decode it. Hence if the track has a delay (see eac3to log) you MUST add it in the delay section of MKVmerge (see below).

2. Channel mapping for Blu ray LPCM channels in now the default option so you no longer need the -Bluray handle.

3. Pulldown is now automatically removed by default when stripping the video and muxing into matroska so the -StripPulldown flag is no longer required. If you want to keep pulldown flags you can add the handle -KeepPulldown after the video portion of your command.
GUIDE 2: RIPPING 1080p BLU - RAY/HD-DVD USING HDBRStreamExtractor GUI FOR EAC3TO.I must stress before anybody assumes this is the "best" way to use eac3to, that it is not! The reason that this is included is for those of you who have command line phobias or do not have sufficient experience/time to learn. All the features that eac3to offers are ONLY available in the command line, this GUI uses the most common features and places them in a point & click interface. IF YOU WANT to get the MOST from the power that eac3to has to offer I STRONGLY suggest you master at least basic command line skills. That said, for those who can't or will not this will get you by. You can download the GUI from here:

http://code.google.com/p/hdbrstreame...downloads/list


Extract it & then place it in your eac3to folder (along with the config file too). On opening of the executable you will be presented with this screen:




Just like using the command line option you will need AnyDVD HD running & decripting the disc, now the first thing to do is define either the folder (folder icon on far right of "input") from which the movie files are stored (weather this be on your HD or direct from the BR disc) or the m2ts file(s) ("select input file(s)" icon on immediate right of "input" box) we are interested in turning into a shiny new mkv (for this demo we are using folders). We are doing this using the UK Trainspotting Blu-Ray direct from the BD drive. In ALL cases you will have to show eac3to to the location of the "\\BDMV\\STREAM\\" folder. In my example (pic below) you can see "F:\\BDMV\\STREAM\\" this is because my BD drive is located at F:




You will also need to specify a destination folder, my example is "D:\ rainspotting", one this is done hit "feature(s)" link (in blue) and let eac3to analyse the disc. This will then give you a list of m2ts (along with playlist mpls files) files with corresponding durations. Choose the one that is the most likely candidate for the movie i.e. usually the longest. In our case this is title 1 (equivalent in command to scripting eac3to.exe F: 1) to do a more in depth analysis). Double click this one and let eac3to do a deep analysis, following this you will be presented with a screen like this one (complete with all the streams within the main movie i.e. audio, video, subtitle tracks):




Now just like the command line we need to tell eac3to what we want to extract from the disc. We do this using check boxes under "stream(s)" to choose the orrect tracks & we decide how they are going to be processed by choosing what the extention of the output files are going to be from under the "Extract As" column. When you are happy hit the "Extract" button on the lower right hand pane and eac3to will do the magic. This like the command line should take approx 30mins - 1 hour depending on what you are ripping, your drive speed & how many conversions i.e. dts MA to flac conversions are taking place. See below:




Then you are done & need to now mux your new streams back together using MKVmerge (see Guide 4) or if you need subtitles sorting out then go to Guides 5 & 6.
GUIDE 3:USING "ANOTHER EAC3TO GUI" TO RIP BLU - RAY/HD-DVD FILES INTO LOVELY 1080P MKV'S.For this you will need to download a copy of MikeEby's newest creation from here: http://www.acdnow.com/AnotherEAC3toG...toGUISetup.zip


This is as the title suggests is Another eac3to GUI but this has a wee difference in as much as it will parse video/audio quite well to give you previews of what you are going to rip to mkv ...pretty good function. This software is very very new & needs a bit of work but it has lots of potential so without further distraction lets get on with taking a look at how it works. Mike has posted on here & I'm sure he would value your feedback on his software, suggestions etc (correct me If I'm wrong Mike?) but please guys & gals don't be too pushy. Writing software is a labour of love but its still pretty time consuming (Thanks).


You first need to install this software to your local drive, after you have done this you will get this screen asking you for the location of eac3to & a destination folder for your rips, as shown here:




Fill this out in a similar fashion to me above. Then click OK & you will be greeted with this lovely screen, which I think looks very clean:




Now you have to give it both the path to the streams (BDMV/STREAM/ for either on disc or on HDD) & to the destination, remember as with any eac3to usage AnyDVD HD must be running! Once you have done this click "Analyze" & in the lower left hand box the titles will appear with the appropriate file sizes, choose the largest and click on the arrow to move the selected m2ts file to the "Source Stream files" box. At this point you can use the video box to preview the video & audio. This feature is very handy for working out the episodes of TV series on BD:




Click either "Add Batch" followed by run all (add multiple jobs as you want, possibly all from HDD or if you have multiple BD drives, repeating the appropriate processes where needed) or click "Command line" followed by "Run Command". Both will result in the following command line being employed:


eac3to.exe "F:\\BDMV\\STREAM\\00004.m2ts" "D:\\HD-movie-folder\\MyMKVFile.mkv" (obviously this is specific to my title: Star Trek - The Voyage Home) but the general command is:


eac3to.exe "F:\\BDMV\\STREAM\\xxxxx.m2ts" "D:\\YourFolder\\MyMKVFile.mkv"


This type of command as some of you will be aware will cause eac3to to parse ALL streams in the container so what you end up with is a number of audio files (diff languages), a number of subtitle files (all for diff languages again), the video file (more than one with pic-in-pic), the chapter & log .txt files. Since eac3to by default converts lossless Audio to flac these will be done automatically but with legecy/lossy files such as ac2 or standard core dts, these will remain as is. This means if they have a delay associated with them (check eac3to -log.txt for details) it will have to be applied during the muxing stage in Guide 4. LOSSLESS Tracks (unless output in origional format i.e. .thd, .dtshd) that have been decoded & converted to anything else weather this be lossless flac or a legecy format such as DD (ac3), dts, aac etc DO NOT NEED A DELAY APPLYING.




Now all is taken care of, be aware that doing a mass conversion of everything does take a while longer than only converting the tracks you need ...so be prepared to take a time penalty. That said I'm sure this program will evolve quickly & I will update regularly as to the improvements.


GUIDE 4: USING MKMERGE TO RECOMBINE THE FILES WE JUST CREATED.


Start up mkvmerge and click on the add button to add the files that you want to mux into an mkv i.e. video, audio (as many as you want), subs (must be converted to srt or idx first...see GUIDE 5 & 6!).




Once you have done this to find out any delays that must be applied etc open up the eac3to log (open in previous screen), any audio delays will be displayed next to the relavent track. To apply this click on your track in mkvmerge and go to the format specific options and write it in under delay. If their is no delay in the log leave it your good to go. NOTE: With new versions of eac3to (v2.2 onwards) their is no need to apply a delay in mkvmerge with tracks that are DECODED by eac3to i.e. TrueHD to flac, but you still require the delay on tracks that are just demuxed i.e. AC3 to AC3.




If you want chapters then go to the global tab and enter your chapter file, this can also be edited by draging and dropping it in the window in the chapter editor:






Note that chapter files can be used with any title at your need ...they are essentially just text files and can be modded using a text editor i.e. notepad/wordpad etc to reflect any changes you want to make i.e. Add chapter names etc.

Set your output file and any other permiters that you want i.e. default track flags/names etc and press mux and you will get the following screen:




This shouldn't take too long and then you can delete all the files you do not want and you can play this file back in any directshow capable player as long as you have the relervent codecs installed, no more crap comercial players that will not let you play the discs that you have bought, no more down sampling audio and an infinate amount of tweaking to get the best possible picture if you should so choose




The shining in HD in MPC.



MPC with working chapters.



MPC-HC showing Star Trek - The Voyage Home with 7.1 24 bit sound & English Subtitles.

I would always make sure you use a good renderer i.e. Haali/EVR or VMR9 ...never use overlay or simular, this will make your new HD mkv look soft, flat and boaring.


You can use this method for HD-DVD also you just have to reflect the change in disc structure when using eac3to as per the example given, all else is the same. Happy encoding guys and girls.....hope this is helpful. Any Qs please post or PM me and I will do my best to help you out.

Cheers,

Jiff.
 
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#3,103 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Killroy™ /forum/post/18558606


Hey Mike,


With the last two versions I am encountering a huge CPU spike when demuxing. Both Cores top out at 100% for the duration of the process but if I run it from eac3to directly I get between 40-60% on the same files.

I noticed that too, I'm running eac3to in a high thread priority. Expect very soon selectable thread priority. On my real fast box I don't notice it being an issue but on my laptop it really hogs down the CPU pretty bad. With an adjustable setting the user can then tune it to their system.


Mike
 
#3,104 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Killroy™ /forum/post/18558606


Hey Mike,


With the last two versions I am encountering a huge CPU spike when demuxing. Both Cores top out at 100% for the duration of the process but if I run it from eac3to directly I get between 40-60% on the same files.

Killroy™,

I just posted a new version with adjustable thread priority in the Advanced Options Dialog box. Give it try, Normal is now the default so your CPU useage should be back to "Normal".
I'm going rip a few disks to with different settings to see if it makes any difference in rip times.




Mike
 
#3,105 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeEby /forum/post/18541377


Desideratum,

Standard subtitles are next on the list.


After that Flac and core audio in the same MKV.


Support for 1080i60 disks.


I wanted to get some simple updates out of the way before taking on the more challenging ones like standard subtitles and more audio options that require much more testing. Also my media server that I do all my testing on was about out of space and a new drive should be in by mid week. This will allow me to run lots of testing before releasing the new code.


I just finished a new version with one feature that I think people might like. When you insert a disk after AnyDVD is done analyzing the disk the GUI will then automatically analyze the disk and display the playlists. This saves the trouble of having to select the stream folder every time. There is also an option to select lower resolution subtitles (Captions) making the subtitles compatible with Popcorn Hour A-200 media tank.


This gets the whole rip process down to a couple of clicks and typing in the name of the movie in the output file name textbox. To enable this new feature turn check the Detect disk when inserted checkbox in the options dialog.

Download.. (Version 0.9.1.14)





Mike

Sounds great, Mike! I'll be eagerly awaiting the next version. Thanks again for all your hard work, it's really appreciated. I just wish I knew a little more about all this so I could contribute back, heh.
 
#3,106 ·
What am I missing here?? audio encoder??


eac3to v3.18

command line: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\eac3to\\eac3to.exe" "E:\\BDMV\\STREAM\\" 1) 1: "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - Chapters.txt" 2: "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight 1080p h264.mkv" 4: "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - 4 DTS Master.flac" 8: "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - 8 English Subtitle.sup" -log="C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - Log.txt" -progressnumbers

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

M2TS, 2 video tracks, 4 audio tracks, 2 subtitle tracks, 2:01:50, 24p /1.001

1: Chapters, 17 chapters

2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)

3: h264/AVC, 480p24 /1.001 (20:11)

4: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz

(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48khz)

5: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -29dB

6: AC3, English, 2.0 channels, 192kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB

7: DTS Express, English, 2.0 channels, 24 bits, 192kbps, 48khz

8: Subtitle (PGS), English

9: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish

Creating file "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - Chapters.txt"...

[v02] Extracting video track number 2...

[a04] Extracting audio track number 4...

[s08] Extracting subtitle track number 8...

[a04] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...

[a04] Encoding FLAC with libFlac...

[v02] Muxing video to Matroska...

[a04] Creating file "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - 4 DTS Master.flac"...

[s08] Creating file "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - 8 English Subtitle.sup"...

[a04] Writing the destination file failed.

[a04] One of the FLAC encoder's callbacks returned a fatal error.

Aborted at file position 16043212800.
 
#3,107 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by japjoe7 /forum/post/18576784


What am I missing here?? audio encoder??


eac3to v3.18

command line: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\eac3to\\eac3to.exe" "E:\\BDMV\\STREAM\\" 1) 1: "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - Chapters.txt" 2: "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight 1080p h264.mkv" 4: "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - 4 DTS Master.flac" 8: "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - 8 English Subtitle.sup" -log="C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - Log.txt" -progressnumbers

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

M2TS, 2 video tracks, 4 audio tracks, 2 subtitle tracks, 2:01:50, 24p /1.001

1: Chapters, 17 chapters

2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)

3: h264/AVC, 480p24 /1.001 (20:11)

4: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz

(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48khz)

5: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -29dB

6: AC3, English, 2.0 channels, 192kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB

7: DTS Express, English, 2.0 channels, 24 bits, 192kbps, 48khz

8: Subtitle (PGS), English

9: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish

Creating file "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - Chapters.txt"...

[v02] Extracting video track number 2...

[a04] Extracting audio track number 4...

[s08] Extracting subtitle track number 8...

[a04] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...

[a04] Encoding FLAC with libFlac...

[v02] Muxing video to Matroska...

[a04] Creating file "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - 4 DTS Master.flac"...

[s08] Creating file "C:\\MOVIE TEMP\\Twilight - 8 English Subtitle.sup"...

[a04] Writing the destination file failed.

[a04] One of the FLAC encoder's callbacks returned a fatal error.

Aborted at file position 16043212800.

Are you trying to encode a DTS(MA) track to FLAC? If so you need the Arcsoft decoder (just install the TMT trial)
 
#3,108 ·
On the main menu click on Tools>Eac3to Info. It can take several seconds to run but will report the status of all the encoders required, paste the results here. This is an example from my machine...It looks like I need to do a little updating myself.


Code:
Code:
eac3to (v3.17) is installed                                                    
  There's a new version (v3.18) available                                      
  http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125966                               
Nero Audio Decoder (Nero 6 or older) doesn't seem to be installed              
  http://www.nero.com/eng/store-blu-ray.html                                   
  CAUTION: You need Nero 7. Nero 8 won't work with eac3to.                     
ArcSoft DTS Decoder (1.1.0.0) works fine                                       
Sonic Audio Decoder (3.17.0.0) doesn't seem to be installed                    
Haali Matroska Muxer (2009-01-10) is installed                                 
Nero AAC Encoder (1.5.3.0) is installed                                        
Surcode DTS Encoder doesn't seem to be installed                               
  http://www.surcode.com                                                       
MkvToolnix (3.0.0.0, release version) is installed                             
  There's a new release version (3.3.0.0) available                            
  http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix                                  
  There's a new beta version (3.3.0.0, 2010-04-26) available                   
  http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/pre

Mike
 
#3,109 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by dbone1026 /forum/post/18576814


Are you trying to encode a DTS(MA) track to FLAC? If so you need the Arcsoft decoder (just install the TMT trial)

Yes, DTS to FLAC but I do have TotalMedia installed and running in the background.


eac3to (v3.18) is up to date

Nero Audio Decoder (Nero 6 or older) doesn't seem to be installed
http://www.nero.com/eng/store-blu-ray.html

CAUTION: You need Nero 7. Nero 8 won't work with eac3to.

ArcSoft DTS Decoder (1.1.0.0) works fine

Sonic Audio Decoder (3.18.0.0) doesn't seem to be installed

Haali Matroska Muxer (2009-01-10) is installed

Nero AAC Encoder could not be located
http://www.nero.com/eng/nero-aac-codec.html

Copy NeroAacEnc.exe to the eac3to or to the Windows folder.

Surcode DTS Encoder doesn't seem to be installed
http://www.surcode.com

MkvToolnix (3.3.0.0, release version) is up to date
 
#3,110 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by japjoe7 /forum/post/18576997


Yes, DTS to FLAC but I do have TotalMedia installed and running in the background.


eac3to (v3.18) is up to date

Nero Audio Decoder (Nero 6 or older) doesn't seem to be installed
http://www.nero.com/eng/store-blu-ray.html

CAUTION: You need Nero 7. Nero 8 won't work with eac3to.

ArcSoft DTS Decoder (1.1.0.0) works fine

Sonic Audio Decoder (3.18.0.0) doesn't seem to be installed

Haali Matroska Muxer (2009-01-10) is installed

Nero AAC Encoder could not be located
http://www.nero.com/eng/nero-aac-codec.html

Copy NeroAacEnc.exe to the eac3to or to the Windows folder.

Surcode DTS Encoder doesn't seem to be installed
http://www.surcode.com

MkvToolnix (3.3.0.0, release version) is up to date

I don't see anything wrong there....How long does it take to fail? I mean 10 seconds into the rip or a several minutes. You don't need TMT running...Just the filters installed.


Mike
 
#3,111 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeEby /forum/post/18577322


I don't see anything wrong there....How long does it take to fail? I mean 10 seconds into the rip or a several minutes. You don't need TMT running...Just the filters installed.


Mike

It goes for a good 30 minutes then errors out. I tried with just the core DTS and got a different error:


...

[s08] Extracting subtitle track number 8...

[a04] Extracting audio track number 4...

[v02] Extracting video track number 2...

[a04] Extracting DTS core...

[v02] Muxing video to Matroska...

[a04] Creating file "D:\\Movies\\Twilight - 4 DTS Core.dts"...

[s08] Creating file "D:\\Movies\\Twilight - 8 English Subtitle.sup"...

[a04] Writing the destination file failed.

Aborted at file position 12796821504.



grrr??



I'll also get this from EAC3 when it fails.
 
#3,113 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by japjoe7 /forum/post/18578939


Got the same error with Clown_BD too!


The format of the source file could not be detected.


WTF am I doing wrong?

Few things to check...Can you copy the disk to the hard drive with AnyDVD-HD? If you cannot...Then I think something is wrong with the disk or your drive. I had a copy of Public Enemies that did the same thing, I took it back to the store got a different disk and it worked fine. Do you have a different disk you can try?



Mike
 
#3,116 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeEby /forum/post/18579014


Few things to check...Can you copy the disk to the hard drive with AnyDVD-HD? If you cannot...Then I think something is wrong with the disk or your drive. I had a copy of Public Enemies that did the same thing, I took it back to the store got a different disk and it worked fine. Do you have a different disk you can try?


I cleaned the disc, had a few finger prints.

I cant back to disc up, don't have enough disc space for the entire disc. SIGH! Thanks for the help! I'll get there...hopefully.


Mike
Quote:
Originally Posted by tlmaclennan /forum/post/18579037


See, even computers don't like Twilight!


Just kidding! Yea try backing up the entire disc to see if the disc is faulty.

LOL yeah it's just a test disc.

Quote:
Originally Posted by dbone1026 /forum/post/18579119


It does sound like an issue with the disk. Check the underside to make sure there are no fingerprints, smudges, cracks, etc... Almost every case where I had an issue with being able to play back a disc it was because of this

I'll try ANC3 again with the clean disc. If that doesn't work I'll try another disc. And...if that doesn't work maybe I don't have enough disc space. 16GB should be enough for the main movie right? I have a 2TB NAS I'm setting up right now but have to use the laptop HD to try this out.
 
#3,118 ·
Good luck- I have a nas on a gig network and found that ripping directly to it is painfully slow- just not worth it IMO.. My NAS is there for storage and streaming- not for using as a "live" drive for extraction etc.. Granted, I really didn't try to tweak anything so maybe it can be done effectively..
 
#3,119 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by japjoe7 /forum/post/18579355


FRIG! found the problem, not enough disc space. Thanks for the help guys, I' gotta get the NAS up and running to rip the movies. Sigh...

That brings up a good point...I probably should do some type of available disk space check before starting a rip based on the selected playlist.


Mike
 
#3,120 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeEby /forum/post/18579669


That brings up a good point...I probably should do some type of available disk space check before starting a rip based on the selected playlist.


Mike

That would be a nice feature. I found out by watching the drive I was ripping too. It slowly lost space until it had no more and then EAC3 immediately popped up with that error.


Big props to you for the great software though!
 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeEby /forum/post/18579669


That brings up a good point...I probably should do some type of available disk space check before starting a rip based on the selected playlist.


Mike

Yep, that gets me all the time.


You need to check both the temp files drive, and the final destination drive.


Thanks Mike



Mark

PS. Avatar worked great, with yellow funky subtitles and everything
 
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Mike,


First of all great program! I'm loving all the little updates you've added recently.


I got The Basketball Diaries over the weekend and was attempting to rip it to MKV. Put it in, disc detected and analyzed, I select the only playlist available, subtitles to 2.35:1 (even though there are no subs, it's just a habit), select output, add it to batch and start the rip.


Problem is that it has both a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track and LPCM 2.0 track. I have the option "HD track with core track" selected and because both tracks are HD it selects the first track available, which is the LPCM track.


No big deal, it seems like this movie may be one of the very few exceptions that your program has issues with. I was able to use the eac3to command line to rip it.


I was just wondering if you were considering giving an option to select which audio track is selected? Maybe an option for DTS-HD MA / Dolby TrueHD over LPCM...or 7.1 / 6.1 / 5.1 over 2.1 / 2.0 tracks.


It really isn't a big deal and I understand if you would not consider this. I just wanted to let you know of my situation.
 
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Originally Posted by tlmaclennan /forum/post/18582640


Mike,


First of all great program! I'm loving all the little updates you've added recently.


I got The Basketball Diaries over the weekend and was attempting to rip it to MKV. Put it in, disc detected and analyzed, I select the only playlist available, subtitles to 2.35:1 (even though there are no subs, it's just a habit), select output, add it to batch and start the rip.


Problem is that it has both a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track and LPCM 2.0 track. I have the option "HD track with core track" selected and because both tracks are HD it selects the first track available, which is the LPCM track.


No big deal, it seems like this movie may be one of the very few exceptions that your program has issues with. I was able to use the eac3to command line to rip it.


I was just wondering if you were considering giving an option to select which audio track is selected? Maybe an option for DTS-HD MA / Dolby TrueHD over LPCM...or 7.1 / 6.1 / 5.1 over 2.1 / 2.0 tracks.


It really isn't a big deal and I understand if you would not consider this. I just wanted to let you know of my situation.

For t he time being to get around this you can use the command line in AEAC and uncheck the PCM track. The only additional step though is that you will have to remux everything back together with MKVMerge.
 
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Originally Posted by tlmaclennan /forum/post/18582835


I wasn't aware you could go to the command line in AEAC...I'll have to check it out.


And no problem with manually remuxing with MKVMerge...it sure beats doing that AND manually demuxing with the eac3to command line.

Yeah, I do the command line + mkvmerge so I can add a secondary AC3 track. Here is my writeup:

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2010...er-eac3to-gui/
 
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