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Darksoul71
18th January 2013, 12:10
Hi all,

this might actually be a stupid question but how do I find out which "button" of the bluray menu belongs to which M2TS file or PLS file on the BD ?

I am currently tranfering my BDs to my HTPC. Since I am not only ripping single movie BDs but also TV series stuff and anthology boxes, there often is more than one movie on the BD I am interested in.

Example #1: The walking dead Season 1 and 2
When I rip this with either wiht MakeMKV or Bluray Ripper (DVDFab Stuff), any BD results in multiple MKV files which are named after the title, e.g.
Title1.mkv, Title5.mkv and so on.

Problem here: For Walking Dead Season 2 we are talking about two blu-rays filled up (theoretical) with 13 title sets (since we have 13 episodes for season 2). Walking dead has no good visible episode title within the beginning of a movie, which you could quickly search for. I spent an hour yesterday evening with a webbrowser open at one monitor which showed the episode content and the MKVs on the other monitor and tried to match the title two the episode. "Nice" work for someone who has too much spare time (if there is such a person). Also there were some duplicate titles where lets say title1.mkv was the same movie as title12.mkv.

Example #2: Alien Anthology
This great box features all four Alien movies in the standard theatrical form and as new directors cut. When I rip them, I get the same issues as described above. Not only that I have each movie sometimes 2-3 time as different title. No, I also have the problem to find out what the "Official Theatre cut" is and what the "Directors Cut 2009) is. At least during my www search I could not find a list of all titles with playtime, which at least partially would solve this problem.

Is there some sort of player / software where I can find out which movie is referenced by a certain menu button ?

How do you solve this for your season BD rips ?

TIA,
D$

setarip_old
18th January 2013, 22:12
Hi!

Try running the .MPLS files through tsMuxeR or checkout the vast information at:

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1155731/new-unofficial-blu-ray-audio-and-video-specifications-thread

Darksoul71
19th January 2013, 11:10
Hi,

thanks for your reply !

For the Alien Anthology "Facehugger" Edition I found a detailed description by one of the customers naming each movie with title (e.g. 2003 Directors cut) and play length !

That would rather be something I expect by the one selling the BD set (e.g. Amazon).

For movies I will check the list you have mentioned.

Best regards,
D$

rotty
19th January 2013, 14:00
Type VIDEOHELP in google
select TOOLS on the website
type BDinfo into VIDEOHELP search field
Download and install BDinfo

Its a good tool and will help you with your request.

Darksoul71
19th January 2013, 16:07
rotty,

thanks for your reply as well !
It is not obvious how BDInfo helps me with my issue.
I can already see the content of certain playlists or duration of movies prior or during ripping. My issue is more matching which movie on the BD is what part of the disk. The only thing that I could imagine which solves this is either a list / database with the content of the BDs available which also lists playtime (see my example with the Alien Anthology Box and the Amazon posting).

-D$

setarip_old
19th January 2013, 19:10
You might also review the many pertinent posts and threads at the MakeMKV forums ("General", "Blu-ray", and "DVD")

Darksoul71
19th January 2013, 20:32
Yes, will do..
I am happy that I do not own too much episode stuff and X-ology boxes...
Ripping them to MKV really sucks but I do not feel to rip the full BD with original file structure.

setarip_old
19th January 2013, 21:33
Perhaps my reference to the MakeMKV Forums wasn't clear - I'm suggesting that, at those forums, you'll find MANY posts about identifying the separate episodes on some discs, not to necessarily convert to .MKVs...

Darksoul71
19th January 2013, 21:35
Oh, sorry, then I misunderstood your reply.

OK, I will have a look then there next time.

Thanks again...