Bluray downsized to fit on DVD-R or +R ??

[Ch3vr0n]

it's just fine there, but there aint no match to BD-Rebuilder atm

[DrXenos]

Originally Posted by Ch3vr0n

it's just fine there, but there aint no match to BD-Rebuilder atm

So far, from what I am seeing, I tend to agreeing you, except for a few minor points.

1) Speed: BD Rebuilder seems much slower than commercial offerings (but for free, I won't complain!).

2) Size: It used much less of the available space on a DVD-9 than other tools (5.67 GB). I could not figure out how to make it use more (i.e., compress less). Admittedly, the results still looked very good, though.

[Movietime]

Perhaps I confused many by being a little obscure, here is what I want to do:

1. Buy a blu-ray burner (doesn't make sense to just buy the player when a burner is only a few bucks more)

2. I have AnyDVD HD and CloneDVD2, Once we get this figured out I will purchase whatever extra software is required.

3. I will take a Genuine Blu-Ray Movie and put it in my Blu-ray computer drive.

4. I will put a blank DVD-R or +R in my Lite-on iHAS424 drive (I can use a DVD-R DL if necessary but not preferred)

5. Copy from the Blu-ray to DVD (using whatever software is needed, don't care about menu's or special features, just want the movie!)

6. Take the newly made backup and use it in a standard home DVD player.

I have a 400 Disc Sony DVD Jukebox that I don't want to upgrade to Blu-ray, this is one of the reasons I am willing to do this. Thanks for all the help!

[just curious]

I rip all my Blu Rays to full size .ISO

If I want to convert a Blu Ray movie .ISO to standard dvd format I use a competitor's product to process the .ISO image so that the end result is a standard VIDEO_TS folder. I have the option to set the output size to fit either a dual layer or single layer dvd.

I use ImgBurn (Free blu ray/cd/dvd burning software) to burn the VIDEO_TS folder to dvd.

Processing time is typically under 1 hour on my pc and the resulting dvd plays fine.

There is FREE software available that also converts a Blu Ray movie .ISO to a standard VIDEO_TS folder but I have no experience using it.

[vze2mp9g]

Originally Posted by just curious

I rip all my Blu Rays to full size .ISO

If I want to convert a Blu Ray movie .ISO to standard dvd format I use a competitor's product to process the .ISO image so that the end result is a standard VIDEO_TS folder. I have the option to set the output size to fit either a dual layer or single layer dvd.

I use ImgBurn (Free blu ray/cd/dvd burning software) to burn the VIDEO_TS folder to dvd.

Processing time is typically under 1 hour on my pc and the resulting dvd plays fine.

There is FREE software available that also converts a Blu Ray movie .ISO to a standard VIDEO_TS folder but I have no experience using it.

What is the name of this "competitor's product" that allows you to convert a Blu-Ray disc to a regular DVD disc? This is news to me! I guess you loose allot of quality because that's allot of data to compress down to a duel layer regular DVD. I don't think that Slyce will be able to do that when it's first released!

[DrXenos]

Originally Posted by Movietime

Perhaps I confused many by being a little obscure, here is what I want to do:

1. Buy a blu-ray burner (doesn't make sense to just buy the player when a burner is only a few bucks more)

2. I have AnyDVD HD and CloneDVD2, Once we get this figured out I will purchase whatever extra software is required.

3. I will take a Genuine Blu-Ray Movie and put it in my Blu-ray computer drive.

4. I will put a blank DVD-R or +R in my Lite-on iHAS424 drive (I can use a DVD-R DL if necessary but not preferred)

5. Copy from the Blu-ray to DVD (using whatever software is needed, don't care about menu's or special features, just want the movie!)

6. Take the newly made backup and use it in a standard home DVD player.

I have a 400 Disc Sony DVD Jukebox that I don't want to upgrade to Blu-ray, this is one of the reasons I am willing to do this. Thanks for all the help!

I understood you perfectly. That is exactly what I did this weekend. There are several pieces of software that will do this for you. The free ones are:

BD Rebuilder
Clown BD
multiAVCHD

All three do a great job (good video and well sync'd audio). I am sure there are others, but any one of these will do. I think BD Rebuilder is by far the easiest of the three to use.

After you convert the Blu-ray to a DVD folder, just use IMG Burn to burn the DVD. Again, I did just this, this weekend and watched the result on a 52" TV. It looked and sounded superb.

I am in the same boat as you. I am unwilling to move to Blu-ray.

[Movietime]

Originally Posted by DrXenos

I understood you perfectly. That is exactly what I did this weekend. There are several pieces of software that will do this for you. The free ones are:

BD Rebuilder
Clown BD
multiAVCHD

All three do a great job (good video and well sync'd audio). I am sure there are others, but any one of these will do. I think BD Rebuilder is by far the easiest of the three to use.

After you convert the Blu-ray to a DVD folder, just use IMG Burn to burn the DVD. Again, I did just this, this weekend and watched the result on a 52" TV. It looked and sounded superb.

I am in the same boat as you. I am unwilling to move to Blu-ray.

Perfect, do I still need AnyDVD to break the copy protection?
Thanks,

[Ch3vr0n]

yes and no. No, you don't need Anydvd to break the protection, yes you'll need anydvd HD. Classic Anydvd does not handle blu-rays or anydvd, Anydvd HD does. That being said neither of those 3 free tools decrypt. They only process the discs, anydvd hd must break the protection for them

[DrXenos]

Originally Posted by Movietime

Perfect, do I still need AnyDVD to break the copy protection?
Thanks,

Yes, as Ch3vr0n said, you need AnyDVD HD to rip the disc onto your hard drive. Use one of the tools above to convert the Blu-ray folder to a DVD folder. Then use Img Burn to burn the DVD. I would use a media player, like VLC, to test the DVD folder before you burned it.

[Ch3vr0n]

There is another thing op needs to be aware of, if you downsize to a dvd it will still be a blu-ray structure but on a DVD. Something us more advanced users call a BD5 (for single layer DVD) or BD9 (if dual layer dvd media). However a standard dvd player won't be able to read the disc as it won't be a valid dvd, regardless of the fact that it's burn't on a dvd it's still a blu-ray structure. BD-Rebuilder has the ability to shrink & conver to a valid DVD structure however it can do this only for the main movie. You'll lose all menu's.