Category Archives: Blu-ray ripping/authoring/playing apps

GPU-Accelerated encoding with AMD APP (formerly ATI Stream): Faster video converting/DVD & Blu-ray ripping

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Earvin

AMD APP(Accelerated Parallel Processing) stands alongside Nvidia CUDA as one of the two most prevalent GPU computing platforms available today. Initially known as ATI Stream, the AMD APP is a set of advanced hardware and software technologies that enable AMD … Continue reading →

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Things you should know before ripping a Blu-ray to HD media player

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Earvin

When people rip Blu-ray for HD media player playback, they want the best quality, if possible, everything original.  However, this is not a good idea. Not any HD media player can replace a Blu-ray Disc player so far. Even there … Continue reading →

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[HOW TO] Rip Blu-ray to MKV with original video, audio, subtitles and chapters

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Earvin

The Pavtube ByteCopy software was developed for Blu-ray movie collectors to protect their collections by decrypting and backing up Blu-ray Disc to MKV files with all subtitles and audio tracks included. To save your time and efforts, lossless Blu-ray to … Continue reading →

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[HOW TO] Convert MKV to BDMV/Burn MKV to Blu-ray Disc/Create Blu-ray file structure from HD MKV

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Earvin

tsMuxeR, a freeware developed by SmartLabs for users to create TS and M2TS files for IP broadcasting as well as for viewing at hardware video players (i.e., Dune HD Ultra, Sony PS3 and others), creates Blu-ray file structure not only … Continue reading →

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SupRip- a free but useful tool for converting Blu-ray PGS subtitles

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Earvin

You might have learned that SubRip allows you to rip DVD subtitles with their timing as a text file.  It converts vobsub(sub and idx) to srt text subtitles(vobsub to srt / sub to srt / subtosrt / sub2srt ) at … Continue reading →

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[HOW TO] Convert PGS to SRT subtitles with SupRip|SupRip Guide

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Earvin

PGS subtitles- The .sup file extension stands for subtitle bitmap image extracted from a Blu-ray movie; it contains subtitle text graphics that are displayed during movie playback. The .sup subtitles are encoded with PGS codec, and sometimes known as PGS subtitles. … Continue reading →

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ByteCopy Guide-Rip Blu-ray to MKV with Dolby Digital TrueHD 7.1 Audio

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Earvin

How to keep best audio quality when ripping Blu-ray Disc to PC? This is a frequently asked question. In the Blu-ray specification, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-MA, LPCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and PCM are optional codecs for Blu-ray audio encoding. Earlier Blu-ray … Continue reading →

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HandBrake- Not only a DVD Ripper, but also a Blu-ray Ripper?|Blu-ray Ripping with HandBrake

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Earvin

If there is a best Free DVD Ripper, it must be HandBrake. In fact Handbrake stands up against any other commercial DVD Ripper applications. There’s a good chance you’ve used Handbrake before,  so I’ll make the introduction as short as … Continue reading →

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Finally. Blu-ray Movies on Mac Instantly. The 1st Blu-ray Player for Mac OS Released.

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Earvin

“Will Mac ever support Blu-ray?” While Mac users look forward to any positive news, Macgo has already changed history. With the release of Macgo’s Mac Blu-ray Player, watching a Blu-ray disc on a Mac is finally possible. Macgo has recently … Continue reading →

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[Reviews] Best Mac Blu-ray Rippers/Select a Blu-ray Ripper for Mac OS X

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Earvin

The following article was originally posted at http://portable-media-device.com/?p=409 It’s much easier to choose a Blu-ray Ripper tool for Windows than for Macintosh. Although you can install Windows on a Mac computer to run Windows oriented Blu-ray Ripper software occasionally, it is stopgap … Continue reading →

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