Tools and other software How do you rip your Blu-rays? (2 Viewers)

[Stéphane Lenclud]

I'm using DVDFab and I used to rip into AVI with external subtitles.
However I've had issues where subtitles stop working after some time in long running movies.
I think Istick to AVI such a long time for better compatibility, notably subtitles compatibility in WMC.
However WMC has become rather irrelevant to me now so I was considering changing my habits.

Which container do you use? Which ripper to you use? Why?
Does MP supports chapters? Does MKV support chapters?

 

[kilik360]

Hi Stéphane, I use AnyDVD HD to copy the movie in .m2ts on my HDD. Why AnyDVD HD, I dont know, it works ! After that I use RipBot264 to compress the movie in MKV.
This way it saves chapters and subtitles when I encode. And yes MP supports chapters, if I remember well...

I'm here if you need help with Ripbot264.

 

[Helios61]

MakeMKV -> Link. The Blu-Ray Key you will find in MakeMKV Forum -> Link. With MakeMKV subs are working fine!

Best regards
Helios

 

[kilik360]

If you don't want to compress, forget Ripbot264 and go with MakeMKV.

 

[Edalex]

Does MP supports chapters? Does MKV support chapters?

MKV supports subtitles/chapters/editions/menus etc and it's the most advanced container.I'd not go with PGS subtitles because of its possible compatibility issues. I suggest to rip them to srt.

 

[HomeY]

Been using tsMuxer for Blu-rays for year and i use folder structure. And i use PGS subs (made with easySUP), because those are a lot better looking/quality than srt.
MP has chapter support, just gotta make sure you drag the playlist in tsMuxer and not the m2ts, or else you'll get the default chapters every 5 minutes.

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

So I did try PGS on Firefly episodes and Return of the Jedi using DVDFab MKV and both have the same kind of issues. They get cut like shown here:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/mkv-subtitles-being-cut.128874/
You guys don't have those issues with your PGS? They sure look good it's a shame they are not working properly.
Moreover my PGS do not use the black band at the bottom which is a waste of screen space then.
Single line VobSub for instance end up in the black band and thus don't ruin your movie.
I guess I'll report that PGS bug on DVDFab forum.

Also I just tested chapters and they work quite nice. Is there a way to name the chapters rather than having just numbers?
How easy is it to edit embedded metadata in MKVs?

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

And i use PGS subs (made with easySUP), because those are a lot better looking/quality than srt.

Don't you get the placement and cut issues I have?

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

I'd not go with PGS subtitles because of its possible compatibility issues.

Do you have concrete examples? Are you talking about the same issues I have? Placement and cut?

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

For my ripping process I like the one click, one tool approach. Having one tool for copy, one for compress and one for subtitles is probably too much for me