First Free Software Blu-ray Encoder

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The x264 project has released an entirely free Blu-ray encoder. It even comes with a torrent containing free content for you to view just incase you didn’t believe them ;)
With x264’s powerful compression, as demonstrated by the incredibly popular BD-Rebuilder Blu-ray backup software, it’s quite possible to author Blu-ray disks on DVD9s (dual-layer DVDs) or even DVD5s (single-layer DVDs) with a reasonable level of quality. With a free software encoder and less need for an expensive Blu-ray burner, we are one step closer to putting HD optical media creation in the hands of the everyday user.
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Packing a brd down to dvd5 totally defeats the point of bluray. seriously. and sure, it'll look better than a eve (probably). but again who cares. I didn't invest in a big display to watch macroblocks and quant banding.
 
ianken said:
Packing a brd down to dvd5 totally defeats the point of bluray. seriously. and sure, it'll look better than a eve (probably). but again who cares. I didn't invest in a big display to watch macroblocks and quant banding.
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Fail...
 
ianken said:
Packing a brd down to dvd5 totally defeats the point of bluray. seriously. and sure, it'll look better than a eve (probably). but again who cares. I didn't invest in a big display to watch macroblocks and quant banding.
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Be nice to be able to create DVD discs of your Blu-ray collections for portable players and laptops though. You could save money and buy Blu-ray alone than go looking for the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.
 
But MultiAVCHD has been doing this for almost 2 years now. It will take almost any file format and convert it to either AVCHD compliant file or a bluray disc.
 
I'm not so sure about that "reasonable level of quality" bit. x264 is amazing, but a feature-length film on a DVD9 at 1080p? Not quite there, in my opinion. Needs a bit more breathing room than a DVD9 affords.

Now, 720p — that's easy.
 
phide said:
I'm not so sure about that "reasonable level of quality" bit. x264 is amazing, but a feature-length film on a DVD9 at 1080p? Not quite there, in my opinion. Needs a bit more breathing room than a DVD9 affords.

Now, 720p — that's easy.
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Try watching a film at 720p vs 1080p from 10-15ft away... it'd be pretty hard to tell the difference. For people who are going to use this for watching films I doubt they'll care about the difference either :p

And yea I've been able to burn 1080p video onto DVD's for a while now... just compress them... alot
 
Last time I looked there wasn't a free bluray player yet. I'd like to play them back before worrying about encoding them.
 
phide said:
I'm not so sure about that "reasonable level of quality" bit. x264 is amazing, but a feature-length film on a DVD9 at 1080p? Not quite there, in my opinion. Needs a bit more breathing room than a DVD9 affords.

Now, 720p — that's easy.
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I have seen 1080p rips from HDDVD movies taking around 8 gigs. Imho fitting it onto DVD9 is only a matter of downgrading sound tracks.
 
sbuckler said:
Last time I looked there wasn't a free bluray player yet. I'd like to play them back before worrying about encoding them.
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free players exist BUT no real-time decoding exists (that is the real problem). The BR needs to be ripped and un-encoded 1st
 
Michaelius said:
I have seen 1080p rips from HDDVD movies taking around 8 gigs. Imho fitting it onto DVD9 is only a matter of downgrading sound tracks.
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Blasphemy. I would rather run the video at 720p and keep the ear candy. Any good upscaler makes me pretty happy but the sound is so much better.
 
ianken said:
Packing a brd down to dvd5 totally defeats the point of bluray. seriously. and sure, it'll look better than a eve (probably). but again who cares. I didn't invest in a big display to watch macroblocks and quant banding.
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Why not check the bitrate of releases, chances are it is 2 = 3x the amount thus better quality, even decent .avi rips can look good on a HD Tv, at least on my 42' Sony Bravia.

it is like saying a DVD9 ripped via x264 sucks cause it is only 1.2G vs a 4.6G DVD5 rip....
 
bacon said:
Blasphemy. I would rather run the video at 720p and keep the ear candy. Any good upscaler makes me pretty happy but the sound is so much better.
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AMEN.

Why does EVERYONE want to sacrifice audio. Jeez, isn't Dolby Digital enough of a sacrifice. Give me DTS / DTS-ES or death!
 
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