Free Windows Version Of Blu-ray Copy

SkribbelKat said:
It's okay to disagree. I sorta expect people to find that kind of comment a little outrageous at the moment and I also don't at all argue the point that there's not a lot of money spent in getting to the point where one can notice a difference in video and audio quality (which is why I said a little extra money and not a hugenormic money mountain). And yup, bandwidth to get identical quality isn't there yet.

What I hafta disagree with is storage of the media itself. If you keep the boxes the discs shipped in, you could quickly amass an entire shelf of media which would push aside that space for storage of collections of Ty Beanie Babies, plastic Angels, or leg warmers. HOW CAN YOU SACRIFICE SUCH A THING JUST FOR STUPID MOVIES?!
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if you hate holding onto optical media so much, then i would think youd be all for this program. you can get a BD movie from redbox, a friend, blockbuster, etc and then rip it to your computer. then put everything into WMC for easy viewing. i prefer that to disks, and even more to not watching movies or watching them in netflix quality.
 
GoldenTiger said:
While I really normally agree with you and find your posts pretty insightful, I'm afraid I need to strongly disagree on this one :).

It's not a minor increase in video quality at all, it's like looking at early 8-bit NES games vs. later Nintendo DS titles... night and day difference. Also the audio quality is way, way better. My setup for home theater is "only" about $1500-1700 which is on the low side for most (many pay that for a TV alone, let alone a projector setup like I have) and I can't stand watching normal DVD's anymore (I don't buy or use them, haven't for several years now), as well as barely ever watching SD programs through cable. My setup afforded me a 5.1 tower speaker setup of good quality, an Epson 8350 1080p LCD Projector, an 84" screen 16:9 1.1 gain matte white by EliteScreens (it could be bigger, but I don't have the space right now... all I'll need to do is grab a new screen once I can expand though!), a decent Onkyo receiver + subwoofer, and all the cabling, in that price, as well as a blu-ray player, bookshelf that acts as a stand for my projector, etc. Quality even during daytime is a non-issue with the bright Dynamic mode, and for darkroom viewing I can boost image quality with one of the lower-light modes at the touch of a button.

Streaming 25-50gb of video is impractical and unneeded when you can own a physical backup of the product complete with art and case for anywhere from $4-14 shipped of virtually every movie (even brand new releases) so long as you watch for a sale for a week with deal alerts on slickdeals or whatnot that go to your inbox.

I'm having trouble seeing how "storing" your movies is a huge deal... unless someone were to own thousands of them, and even then a small closet would hold them. It also couldn't be easier to play a Blu Ray disc: pop it into your player and enjoy the best quality you can get, other than 4K projector setups and their associated content.

Many Blu Ray titles come with free DVD copies in the same box. If the one you buy doesn't, you can simply transcode the main movie title on the disc easily to a portable file for your tablet or laptop. Since you won't really see the difference on those screens, you can downsize it to reasonable levels in a quick amount of time with any good modern PC. With programs available, it's dead-simple to do. Most laptops still have optical drives which can play DVD's, and many new laptops come with blu-ray drives that can just play the disc directly. Finally, many movies include a free digital copy or download if you desire (UltraViolet, Digital Copy disc, etc.). Between all of these options, you have plenty of flexibility.
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100% agree.

Coincidentally, my laptop does have a blu ray drive and I have also coppied the movies to my Android tablet after transcoding them. The cost of blu-ray media definitely offsets the extra bandwidth costs from trying to download true blu-ray media from the internet as well (which is usually illegal to do anyway).
 
Thanks. I'll download this and try it. I have a blu-ray drive on my desktop but not in the HTPC, so this could be useful if it works well.
 
ekuest said:
if you hate holding onto optical media so much, then i would think youd be all for this program. you can get a BD movie from redbox, a friend, blockbuster, etc and then rip it to your computer. then put everything into WMC for easy viewing. i prefer that to disks, and even more to not watching movies or watching them in netflix quality.
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It's just such a pain to have to fiddle with discs and optical media. Plus, who even owns something that can play a BD these days? That'd be like moving back to the last century and bringing forth all those old Iomega Zip disks to move files between computers even though I have a perfectly good 10 Mbps hub to transfer them directly between my 486 and Pentium. I have a couple CD and DVD ROM drives sort of laying around either in computers or in a box someplace, but BD isn't a common format so I've never bothered to even buy a drive that can read them. After I went through all this silliness with standard DVD media, I didn't care to walk into another soon-to-be-deceased form of optical media.
 
Sounds sketchy to me. I haven't downloaded it, since I use MakeMKV, but for those who want to try this app, I would suggest uploading it to virustotal.com. That will run it through 50+ virus scanners and give you the results.
 
No thanks.
Been doing this for a long while now for free with LINUX.
MakeMKV+Handbrake

Forgetaboutit.................... ;)
 
Dr. Righteous said:
No thanks.
Been doing this for a long while now for free with LINUX.
MakeMKV+Handbrake

Forgetaboutit.................... ;)
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MakMKV is great, but I can't use it with VirtualBox and Blu-ray since VB doesn't support Blu-Ray discs. I suppose I may have to pony-up the $50 bones.
 
pgwalsh said:
MakMKV is great, but I can't use it with VirtualBox and Blu-ray since VB doesn't support Blu-Ray discs. I suppose I may have to pony-up the $50 bones.
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I know a lot of guys that have no use of linux accept for this express purpose.
They set it up as a "coder box" just for DVD and BD rips and transcodes.
Personally with the exception of gaming I'm a linux only guy, so I typically transcode a MakeMKV rip in the background while I continue to work my cushy desk job. ;)
 
Good to know, though I've been using DVDFab QT for a few years now.
 
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