Burn SL DVDs or burn Blu-Rays?

[php111]

With the way to play it back as provided with MKV and using Kodi for playback, will that way be playback on a PC monitor or playback on my TV?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Mkv is very universal. It would play on almost anything nowadays. Both pc and tv

 

[php111]

Mkv is very universal. It would play on almost anything nowadays. Both pc and tv

In your second reply of this thread, you said higher bitrate like 1080p MKV with DTS soundtrack.

1.) I am assuming you are not shrinking it?

2.) How to convert the default Blu-ray audio to DTS and than take out the default audio and add the converted DTS audio?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

In your second reply of this thread, you said higher bitrate like 1080p MKV with DTS soundtrack.

1.) I am assuming you are not shrinking it?

2.) How to convert the default Blu-ray audio to DTS and than take out the default audio and add the converted DTS audio?

1) yes to compressing the video. I consider a 2h movie at 1080p to take about 10-12gb of space.

2) like i said, I'm not an expert on ripping BDs. I assume MakeMKV will take care of grabbing right tracks.
As lullimet for more details

 

[php111]

Ok I'll ask him that audio question.

You wouldn't recommend ripping it only without compressing it?

 

[fuzz092888]

In your second reply of this thread, you said higher bitrate like 1080p MKV with DTS soundtrack.

1.) I am assuming you are not shrinking it?

2.) How to convert the default Blu-ray audio to DTS and than take out the default audio and add the converted DTS audio?

When you rip with MKV, you're going to get a full size file and AFAIK the audio is untouched. When you shrink using handbrake you can usually select DTS HD Master passthrough, but with dolby true HD I think you have to select the AC3 file. I haven't done this with a True HD movie in awhile so I don't recall exactly what settings to use.

 

[php111]

When you rip with MKV, you're going to get a full size file and AFAIK the audio is untouched. When you shrink using handbrake you can usually select DTS HD Master passthrough, but with dolby true HD I think you have to select the AC3 file. I haven't done this with a True HD movie in awhile so I don't recall exactly what settings to use.

Thank you!

 

[Lulimet]

When you rip with MKV, you're going to get a full size file and AFAIK the audio is untouched. When you shrink using handbrake you can usually select DTS HD Master passthrough, but with dolby true HD I think you have to select the AC3 file. I haven't done this with a True HD movie in awhile so I don't recall exactly what settings to use.

Correct. MakeMKV will leave the audio untouched. I usually select the DTS-HD and the core DTS tracks.
With Handbrake, you can convert the audio track to different formats. I usually have 3-4 audio tracks in a movie. DTS-HD, core DTS, FLAC 5.1, and 2.0 either DD or DTS.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Best not to burn anything, but play digital files with htpc media client

Agree 100%.

I'm still on XBMC and too scared to update to Kodi.

HTPC is so great.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Agree 100%.

I'm still on XBMC and too scared to update to Kodi.

HTPC is so great.

Don't be. Kodi is mostly a name change. Very few core changes.

 

[Lulimet]

You wouldn't recommend ripping it only without compressing it?

Ideally, you want a 1:1 copy to preserve the full bluray quality.
Many people compress because they can't afford to buy lots of storage. I have about 150 bluray movies that I ripped. They would take 4-5 TB of storage space. I can't afford to buy that many HDDs because I have a ton of music and hundreds of thousands of pictures from my wife's photography business, so I have to compromise.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

These (16 mpix ?) RAWs - and you MUST always preserve the RAWs - do take a lot of space

On other hand HDs are getting bigger daily. 4TBs drives are now a commodity. 6Tb are almost commodity. 8Tb are for enterprise only for now, but they will roll down to consumer soon enough.

 

[php111]

These (16 mpix ?) RAWs - and you MUST always preserve the RAWs - do take a lot of space

I am constantly re-reading over and over again by this part of your reply, but I am not understanding. What exactly do you mean? I do apologize!

 

[fuzz092888]

I am constantly re-reading over and over again by this part of your reply, but I am not understanding. What exactly do you mean? I do apologize!

It's picture taking lingo. Has nothing to do with you or what you're trying to do.

 

[php111]

It's picture taking lingo. Has nothing to do with you or what you're trying to do.

I now understand. Thank you!

 

[php111]

Ideally, you want a 1:1 copy to preserve the full bluray quality.
Many people compress because they can't afford to buy lots of storage. I have about 150 bluray movies that I ripped. They would take 4-5 TB of storage space. I can't afford to buy that many HDDs because I have a ton of music and hundreds of thousands of pictures from my wife's photography business, so I have to compromise.

Hello,

I am not saying I could afford this, but if I could than here are some questions.

1.) if I want to make an exact 1:1 copy in MKV of any kind of movie or TV show than which would be better along with a link to buy it between external HDD or an NAS?

2.) For a 1:1 copy than would it be best to leave the audio untouched or convert the audio to DTS?

 

[fuzz092888]

Hello,

I am not saying I could afford this, but if I could than here are some questions.

1.) if I want to make an exact 1:1 copy in MKV of any kind of movie or TV show than which would be better along with a link to buy it between external HDD or an NAS?

2.) For a 1:1 copy than would it be best to leave the audio untouched or convert the audio to DTS?

Leave the audio untouched. Just rip using makeMKV and that's it for a 1:1 copy.

It depends. If you want to be able to play the movies from multiple points in the home, than a NAS would be the better option. If you are only going to be playing from a single point, than external HDD's would be better.

If you go external, it's going to be expensive. You'll need a multi-bay enclosure with multiple large drives. Not that a NAS with enough space wouldn't be, but I have more experience with former than the latter.

With minimal googling you end up with something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817198060

Now according to the spec's this will handle up to 6TB's for a total of 24TB's. Which gives you about 530ish movies at 45GB's/movie or 1600 movies at 15GB/movie (roughly what handbrake yields with minimal compression if memory serves) or 3000 movies at 8GB/movie (more aggressive compression, but still with minimal quality loss depending on the movie). Now you can see what a difference doing a little compressing can do to your storage needs.

It's late so hopefully my math is correct. In either case you get the idea.

 

[php111]

I do get the drift.

 

[php111]

Leave the audio untouched. Just rip using makeMKV and that's it for a 1:1 copy.

It depends. If you want to be able to play the movies from multiple points in the home, than a NAS would be the better option. If you are only going to be playing from a single point, than external HDD's would be better.

If you go external, it's going to be expensive. You'll need a multi-bay enclosure with multiple large drives. Not that a NAS with enough space wouldn't be, but I have more experience with former than the latter.

With minimal googling you end up with something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817198060

Now according to the spec's this will handle up to 6TB's for a total of 24TB's. Which gives you about 530ish movies at 45GB's/movie or 1600 movies at 15GB/movie (roughly what handbrake yields with minimal compression if memory serves) or 3000 movies at 8GB/movie (more aggressive compression, but still with minimal quality loss depending on the movie). Now you can see what a difference doing a little compressing can do to your storage needs.

It's late so hopefully my math is correct. In either case you get the idea.

Thank you so much for your posts and thank you to everyone else as well!

 

[php111]

Leave the audio untouched. Just rip using makeMKV and that's it for a 1:1 copy.

It depends. If you want to be able to play the movies from multiple points in the home, than a NAS would be the better option. If you are only going to be playing from a single point, than external HDD's would be better.

If you go external, it's going to be expensive. You'll need a multi-bay enclosure with multiple large drives. Not that a NAS with enough space wouldn't be, but I have more experience with former than the latter.

With minimal googling you end up with something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817198060

Now according to the spec's this will handle up to 6TB's for a total of 24TB's. Which gives you about 530ish movies at 45GB's/movie or 1600 movies at 15GB/movie (roughly what handbrake yields with minimal compression if memory serves) or 3000 movies at 8GB/movie (more aggressive compression, but still with minimal quality loss depending on the movie). Now you can see what a difference doing a little compressing can do to your storage needs.

It's late so hopefully my math is correct. In either case you get the idea.

With multiple larger drives like what TB size do you have in mind where TB would be per drive? And for multiple TB drives than would it be good to go for a WD Black Caviar?