BD Rebuilder to MKV question

[red23wolf]

Good day all, I looked around the forums for awhile & after multiple tries without success I'd like to put it out to you all. I want to backup the movie only of Captain America: First Avenger. Now I would like to make it a MKV with the HD 7.1 audio intact. I use the MKV Container, 1920x1080, intact audio alternate output. but I only get 5.1 audio output. Is there a different setting somewhere that I'm missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[jdobbs]

Make sure you have "Keep HD Audio" checked in the SETUP menu and also set the target size to BD-25. I know... the target isn't really related to MKV creation -- but it still has to be set (because HD audio extraction is only allowed on BD-25 or greater). I guess I need to look at changing that (even though my opinion of the uselessness of HD audio is well-documented on this forum).

[bobrap]

Just an FYI...tried setting things up as you suggested and when the mkv file is finished, just DTS audio, no "uselessness HD audio" :D

[jdobbs]

Just an FYI...tried setting things up as you suggested and when the mkv file is finished, just DTS audio, no "uselessness HD audio" :D You're saying you tried to keep HD but still only got the core? Hmm... I guess I'll have to look at it.

[bobrap]

You're saying you tried to keep HD but still only got the core? Hmm... I guess I'll have to look at it.

Yes, sir.

[techno1]

With the cost of hard drives plumetting I've decided to make backups to mkv format and share on a NAT server. What settings would yield the equivalent mkv file size of 25gb. I usually select movie only and HD audio. Thanks.

[setarip_old]

@red23wolf

Hi!

Since your stated requirements don't include compressing video or audio, I'd suggest to you that, as an alternative to BD-RB, you should simply use MakeMKV directly that "with one click" and with NO OTHER programs needed (No need for AnyDVD or DVDFab) will decrypt and convert your selected Blu-ray file(s) to MKV - With no change to the audio...

[setarip_old]

@techno1

Hi! With the cost of hard drives plumettingHuh? Due to recent floods in Southeast Asia, there's a worldwide shortage of hard drives, with prices going through the roof, while warranty periods have been drastically reduced...

[jdobbs]

Prices for 3TB USB 3.0 external drives have come close to doubling around here... glad I bought just before the flooding.

[RobertM]

Prices do seem to be coming down now.

I looked about a month ago and was shocked, SHOCKED, at the price. After a short WTF moment I used the Google to see what was going on, and discovered that the Thailand flooding had strangled the supply. At that time the prices were pretty much double what I paid for identical drives a year earlier. Now the prices have fallen a bit to about 50% more than I paid.

So, relative to their peak, prices are indeed dropping, and pretty quickly at that. If I didn't know what the prices USED to be I might be inclined to believe that they were, indeed, plummeting. But they still have a long way to go yet before the return to pre-flood levels.

[jdobbs]

Interesting you'd mention it -- I just got home from a trip to Costco and the prices have dropped by quite a bit since I last looked.

[setarip_old]

Do not give short shrift to the other fact that I mentioned - recent announcements regarding significant reductions of warranty periods. This amounts to an indirect or "hidden" substantial cost increase...