Off-topic - How to rip/convert Blu-ray to a HD Media Player file tutubebe99 - Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:06 am Post subject: How to rip/convert Blu-ray to a HD Media Player file
How to rip/convert Blu-ray to a HD Media Player file with 1080p high-qualitifed picture
HD media players have become more and more popular. If you have got a HD media player like Western WD TV, PopCorn Hour, Roku 2 players (Roku XS, HD, and XD) in hand, why not backup your Blu-ray movies for playback with these HD media players? As far a i know, instead of enjoying Blu-ray movies via a Blu-ray Player or BD Drive, many folks are fond of viewing a 1080p Blu-ray movie with a HD Media Player especially when they just wanna keep Blu-ray discs from scratching, or manage their movies in a more convenient way. This article here mainly talks about how to get Blu-ray movies ready for HD Media Players for playback with 1080p video quality. Of course, we need to get some help from the third-party software.
There are many programs out there that allow you to make copies of your Blu-rays and let you watch them with a WD TV or Popcorn Hour HD media player. Most of you are likely familiar with the excellent Handbrake for ripping standard Def DVDs, but while the latest version of the software has added some support for reading Blu-Ray folder structures, it cannot yet decrypt the Blu-Ray discs the way it can with regular DVDs, so you'll need to add an intermediate step. The software recommended here is Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper.
Specially designed for Blu-ray video zealots, the top Blu-ray Ripper for HD Media Player is the programs that can achieve all kinds of Blu-ray ripping tasks. It is easy to use for editing and conversion and makes great quality copies of my Blu-rays and DVDs. It can help you convert Blu-ray into a HD media player file with 1080p high-qualified pictures.
The following guide tells you how to rip blu-ray to 1080p DivX AVI video, which would down the file size to around 10GB and meanwhile still looks stunning on HDTV using HD media player like WD TV HD Media Player, Seagate HD media player, Netgear NeoTV 550 Ultimate HD Media Player, video DVD player, or even your BD player.
The process is straightforward. Insert the Blu-ray disc, click on the "Format" bar to choose "HD Video -> DivX HD (*.avi)" as output format. The DivX HD format gives out video of 1920*1080, 8000kbps, 30fps, which works well with the HD media players and plays spellbinding picture on 48' HDTV. To further improve the video quality, you may click on "Settings" and set video bit rate up to 1200kbps or 18000kps. To shrink the output file size, you may set video bit rate and frame rate down.
