on backing up bluray movies...

[leemajors]

4.5GB 720 blu ray rips are very watchable, and pretty damn good quality.

[TDMVPDPOY]

get a NAS

or what u can do is if you have a ps3, upgrade the hdd to 640gb, or get a ssd hdd faster loading

[PM5K]

Doesn't matter. Most BR movies will fit on a single layer disk, before you add the special features and all.

How do you know if it matters or not if you don't know why I'm asking?

[Wild Cobra]

How do you know if it matters or not if you don't know why I'm asking?

I'm assuming the compression to a single layer BR disk. Almost no extra compression is needed for any movie, no compression for most. This was one reason why BR beat out HDVD. Most movies would fit on a single 25 GB layer, where nearly all needed a dual layer (15 GB/layer) HDVD. By layer, BR is more expensive because of the architecture. However, the single layer BR was cheaper than the dual layer HDVD, has a faster speed that supports all HD formats at the time where HDVD didn't support one or two, and could go up to 4 layers/100GB. My understanding is they have prototyped a push to 250 GB, but when the standard was set, it was set to 4 layer/100GB.

[PM5K]

I'm assuming the compression to a single layer BR disk. Almost no extra compression is needed for any movie, no compression for most. This was one reason why BR beat out HDVD. Most movies would fit on a single 25 GB layer, where nearly all needed a dual layer (15 GB/layer) HDVD. By layer, BR is more expensive because of the architecture. However, the single layer BR was cheaper than the dual layer HDVD, has a faster speed that supports all HD formats at the time where HDVD didn't support one or two, and could go up to 4 layers/100GB. My understanding is they have prototyped a push to 250 GB, but when the standard was set, it was set to 4 layer/100GB.

Ummm, no. That has nothing to do with why I asked him which movie.

[resistanze]

4.5GB 720 blu ray rips are very watchable, and pretty damn good quality.

Yeah, some rips as even damn near indistinguishable from the blu-ray.

I had a 8GB 720p version of Watchmen on my PS3. I eventually ended up buying the Watchmen Ultimate Cut Collection on BR (1080p). Really, I could not for the life of me see the difference after flipping between them for the same scenes.

Many instances I can tell the difference, albeit subtle (720p vs 1080p of Toy Story 3), but the quality is still great.

[hater]

movie I ripped is law abiding citizen. Ripped it no problem but compressing it is taking crazy time. 5+ hours. and still cannot burn in on a bluray for some reason.

will keep trying and post my thoughts...

[hater]

oh btw, what media server are you guys using to play movies through ps3? I'm looking for a free one.

[PM5K]

So a friend of mine had a Blu-Ray rbackup of Law Abiding Citizen that was compressed down to 4GB. Now he normally has stuff that is sized for dual layer DVD disks which is about 8.5 GB, but this particular version was made for a single layer disk for playback on a Blu-Ray player (PS3 or stand alone), and to be honest the quality was pretty damn good. In these pictures it's downscaled to about 720P but the movie itself was 1080P, and while not as good as the original, it wasn't enough for you to be reminded throughout the movie that it was a backup.

Obviously the resolution was the same, and the compression wasn't really noticeable in any way except that the picture was obviously softer than the original. If I had to give a reference point I'd say it's better than the HD content you'd see on cable, but not as good as the source material.





So the point being that if a 4GB rip can look this good, an 8.5GB rip will look even better. If you want to rip movies and compress them yourself you can, but someone else has already done it before you so you might want to consider saving some of your time and effort.

[MannyIsGod]

I use PS media server. Works extremely well and reads ISOs as well.

[hater]

So a friend of mine had a Blu-Ray rbackup of Law Abiding Citizen

haha that is the 1st movie I ripped. Used RipBot to compress down to 8GB and quality is just as good as original.

Just finished burning my 7th movie. Funny thing is, some movies you don't have to compress cause they fit a 25gb bluray. some you do. quality is excellent and I can get rid of the stupid trailers/garbage menus.

Getting Inception tomorrow see how big that bad boy is.

[hater]

I use PS media server. Works extremely well and reads ISOs as well.

is this free? you have a link?

thanks

[Viva Las Espuelas]

it's actually PS3 media server, but yeah
http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

[IronMaxipad]

I agree. Not to mention Bluray is going away in a few years and everything will be streamed.

But if you want a collection of hundreds of movies and not spend thousands of dollars. This is the way to go.

Streaming is still ways away. Especially with all the isp's beginning to add bandwidth caps. Not to mention you won't be getting anything near blu-ray quality. And when i say blu-ray quality i don't just mean the picture i mean the sound as well.

[Wild Cobra]

Streaming is still ways away. Especially with all the isp's beginning to add bandwidth caps. Not to mention you won't be getting anything near blu-ray quality. And when i say blu-ray quality i don't just mean the picture i mean the sound as well.

No . I don't see bandwidth keeping up with demand, and of course people will cry for net neutrality saying that will fix it.

[ElNono]

No . I don't see bandwidth keeping up with demand, and of course people will cry for net neutrality saying that will fix it.

Streaming doesn't have to be through the internet. Most PPV services by the cable co and satellite are currently streamed, but on bandwidth reserved for that...