How to: Convert Blu-ray Discs for Audio File Playback (Atmos supported)

[HomerJAU]

Give it a try, loading the bad discs

 

[quadrifonico]

yes once at least i managed to copy an "opaque" DVD, took like a century but then the file was playable

 

[letting1]

Your PC/drive is probably blocking the LibreDrive driver from loading.

Also, please use the very latest MakeMKV version. So do that now please, then:

Try turning your PC off, wait 30 sec, restart.

Now run MakeMKV BEFORE any BD is inserted in the drive,

AFTER MakeMKV is running, load the disc


THX

Ok, I did the above. I got exactly the same results from MakeMKV - it would not load the bad disc and the screen showed what is in my original post #103. It did load the good disc but VLC showed this error message:

I usually get this message from VLC with Blu-Rays but I've always ignored it since I'm not trying to play the disc on VLC. The MakeMKV panel says the same thing as in post #114. Hopefully that's not too confusing.

I'm thinking there are maybe two issues here. One is that the "bad disc" is rotten and the second is that MakeMKV doesn't like my drive, but allows me to back up Blu-Rays as long as the Region code matches. What d'ya think?

Thanks.

 

[HomerJAU]

I'm thinking there are maybe two issues here. One is that the "bad disc" is rotten and the second is that MakeMKV doesn't like my drive, but allows me to back up Blu-Rays as long as the Region code matches. What d'ya think?

The evidence points to that. So I agree.

Remember a BD disc is encrypted, it wont be read by standard media player software. Its encrypted for that purpose.

 

[letting1]

Right.
So...is there a thread anywhere on QQ about what drives LibreDrive likes best? There's a lot on the MakeMKV forum but it will take me a week to read it all.
Also, it would be nice for me to figure out a way to change region codes on my player (it's A now) so I could confirm the suspected disc rot. It's an older Panasonic DMP-BD65.

Many thanks to all who have responded.

 

[HomerJAU]

Right.
So...is there a thread anywhere on QQ about what drives LibreDrive likes best? There's a lot on the MakeMKV forum but it will take me a week to read it all.
Also, it would be nice for me to figure out a way to change region codes on my player (it's A now) so I could confirm the suspected disc rot. It's an older Panasonic DMP-BD65.

Many thanks to all who have responded.

Try the MakeMKV forum.

I know the Pioneer USB BD drives work. If you want to rip 4K UHDs you may need a 5 1/4 drive in a USB enclosure, read the MakeMKV forum, maybe answers there.

 

[letting1]

Try the MakeMKV forum.

I know the Pioneer USB BD drives work. If you want to rip 4K UHDs you may need a 5 1/4 drive in a USB enclosure, read the MakeMKV forum, maybe answers there.

Thank you, @HomerJAU. You're the GOAT!

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

That image was posted in #114 in reply to @HomerJAU to show that the drive works on other BD's, ie. Mumford and Sons. In my original post #103, I showed the MakeMKV screenshot when I have the Keane disc in the drive and it says No Disc. The drive can't see it and Windows Explorer can't see it.

Ah, okay... Thanks.

And how odd, I didn't have any issues backing up the Keane disc (from SDE).

 

[andyp]

As far as i’m aware you cannot pass atmos with a usb stick, but I may be wrong

I download video Atmos demo files often and put them on a thumb drive then plug it into my Oppo UDP-203. I'm not sure if all Atmos capable players can do that though.

 

[quadrifonico]

I’m assuming what you have is a BDMV folder, in which case you can use MakeMKV to open the index file that is found in the BDMV folder and rip it as you would a normal Blu-Ray.

From there you’d need to select the right stream and make sure the Dolby TrueHD 7.1 is checked and whatever other audio format you may want, and then what you get is an MKV file which you can play over USB on your Blu-Ray player.

I hope I explained in a somewhat coherent way, any others feel free to join in and correct me if I’m wrong!

So worked for me halfway blu-ray player detects all the audio streams but when sending 5.1 or 7.1 amplifier plays both of them as 5.1 in direct mode...if I want heights I have to select manually... No big deal you would say... But I wonder if that way I properly hear the Atmos as supposed to be from that disc .....or a sort of UP MIX

 

[bookofsaturdays]

So worked for me halfway blu-ray player detects all the audio streams but when sending 5.1 or 7.1 amplifier plays both of them as 5.1 in direct mode...if I want heights I have to select manually... No big deal you would say... But I wonder if that way I properly hear the Atmos as supposed to be from that disc .....or a sort of UP MIX

Glad I was able to help somewhat! As for your other issue I’m not completely sure about it as I personally don’t have an Atmos system.

Only thing I can suggest is making sure your Blu-Ray player is set to “Bitstream” and disabling BD Secondary Audio, both should be found in settings.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

I download video Atmos demo files often and put them on a thumb drive then plug it into my Oppo UDP-203. I'm not sure if all Atmos capable players can do that though.

Hmmm...

What container are these downloaded demo files in? Are they lossy (DD+) or lossless (TrueHD) Atmos files? And what would you consider is an "Atmos capable player"?

For example... A hardware SoC player such as the Sony UBP-X800M2 might be able to play lossy or lossless Atmos files when muxed within the .m2ts container but not when muxed within the .mkv or .m4a container. Or any other combination of the afore mentioned.