How to play Blu-Ray DVD's

[Blue Racer]

I am looking for a way to either play blu-ray dvd's or play a blu-ray iso on my tv using the pch. I currently have a blu-ray drive in my computer, AnyDVD HD software, and ffdshow on my computer. Cyberlink Power DVD software came with my computer to play dvd's on the computer. I am able to play regular dvd's from my computers drive to my tv through the pch. With blu-ray, the disk directory comes up and if I try to click on a m2ts file it just locks up gbpvr and I have to reboot the pch. Any help would be appreciated.

[pBS]

there is a plugin available that might help, at least a starting point..
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...ies+plugin
it doesn't work on pch tho, just convert movie to .ts or to .mpg with ffmpeg or whatever works for you..

i just convert it with anydvdhd and tsmuxergui/tsremux and remove the trueHD audio [pch can't play] and save as .ts or recompress using ffmpeg into mpg...[always extract core-ac3 and dts-core as pch can't play them,or you won't have audio]

nobody can get menus working on pch, too much work...but movies play nicely..
[anydvdhd is pretty much a must]

[Blue Racer]

pBS,
After you convert the movie are you still getting the same hi-def video as the original blu-ray.
If, so could you give me more detail or hints on how to do your method.
I already had anydvd copy the movie to my computers harddrive. It created 2 directories, one called BDMV and the other certificate. After that I need tsmuxergui/tsremux & ffmpeg?

[pBS]

yep, tsmuxergui just changes container, keeping video as-is, and only stripping out the uncompatible audio,leaving remaining audio untouched..so same exact quality...

just download tsmuxergui,open your bdrom folders, and unselect any audio you don't want and export to .ts...
try playing it with pc, then pch...
if no audio on pch try different audio options/tracks...
i usually remove any audio i don't use to make file smaller also..

tsremux does same thing pretty much, but i find it outputs better .ts, but it doesn't have as nice an input options as tsmuxergui...
try tsremux if tsmuxergui doesn't work well for you...it also removes hd audio the best of any of them...

to archive after watching i usually just ffmpeg it to a .mpg w/-qscale=4.5 to around 4-6gigs...
[quality looks like hdtv but fits on dvd instead of 25gigs]
here's my ffmpeg line to reduce filesize w/decent quality:

Code:

ffmpeg.exe  -y -i "inputfile.ts"  -qscale 4 -copyts -bufsize 2474k -maxrate 14000k -vcodec mpeg2video -acodec ac3 -ab 224k -f vob "outputfile.mpg"

[mvallevand]

The key to back ups is going to be AnyDVD HD. This is a complete guide for making your backups http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/i...r_Playback

Martin

[Blue Racer]

Ok, I tried tsmuxergui. I went to the /bdmv/stream directory and picked the largest m2ts file. I ran it through the tsmuxergui program. I then tried to run the .ts file it created on my pc using pvrx2. I got sound only, no video, just a black screen. What did I do wrong?

[pBS]

check the properties of the output video in wmp or mpchc and see if the video made it inside..
did you select .ts as output type?

if h.264 appears as video in file with other player then try tsmuxer...
you do have a h.264 codec installed correct? [bluray player app like cyberlink]

also, those directions on nmt site are good for odd discs...not all bdroms are as consistent as dvd's so on some 1 program works, on others it can be tricky..
look for "clownbd" as it is specifically for converting bd for pch use...[not bad for gpbpvr use also]
it's basically a front end for tsmuxer, etc. but it works very well and can fix audio to other formats also..
link: http://www.clownbd.com/
basic info:
http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?p=166910

[Blue Racer]

I ran it through the tsmuxergui again. It was able to play in wmp. I then just tried to play through the pch. The video worked, although it looked a little bit choppy. No sound though. How would I correct this using the tsmuxergui?
Should the largest m2ts file I am choosing have to whole main movie in it?
Its like 35gb. Is that how you do it?

[mvallevand]

I temporarily closed this thread because I don't want this forum to become an mini NMT forum, it's open again, but please try and post where the expertise is. GBPVR users shy away from the NMT forums and so mvpmcx2 gets almost no exposure and this problem which is really about ripping and not mvpmcx2 and GBPVR really should not be here.

I guess I'm also a bit jealous that on the NMT forums other apps like mpd and even a trivial generic online EPG that isn't integrated with anything, generate more discussion then GBPVR.

Martin

[pBS]

BluRacer, did you try Clown-bd? it does a much better job at making it nmt compatible..
also, are you on wired net? because of the high bitrate of bdrom, that's probably the only way to play them without reencoding, maybe wireless-n would do also...[or internal/usb hd]

Mav, i don't mean to post unrelated stuff, but i just thought it'd helpful on the total gbpvr experience...and i think it may now be a bandwidth issue..
but i totally understand your frustrations...
i always found it so much 'work' finding something usefull in the nmt forums, tho it's gotten better, your wonderfull work has left me with little to go there for..:o

i'm still trying to think up some way to get a good legal demo video going..there has to be a way..[the E.F.F. is located here so may get some info there]
when i post my hardware mod over at nmt i'll stick in a glowing review and shots of the interface and the mvp remote with it too..