Category Archives: Blu-ray Disc Format

[HOW TO] Extract PGS subtitles from MKV/Convert PGS subtitles to SRT from MKV

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Earvin

MakeMKV users could face such kind of issue: a Blu-ray Disc is successfully ripped into MKV with original video quality, and it plays well with WD TV Live Hub (or whatever HD media player), just not any subtitles are displayed … Continue reading →

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What is forced subtitle? How to obtain forced subtitles only from a DVD/Blu-ray movie?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Earvin

What is forced subtitle? Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. Subtitles are common on DVD and Blu-ray movies. The most common type of subtitle is narrative … 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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[HOW TO] Merge/Join Blu-ray .m2ts files together with tsMuxeR

Posted on July 25, 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), can not only create Blu-ray file … 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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[HOW TO] Extract .sup subtitles (PGS) from M2TS stream with tsMuxeR

Posted on July 19, 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), can not only create Blu-ray file … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray subtitles format/PGS/.sup subtitles/Play and convert PGS subtitles

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Earvin

What is .SUP file format? 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 … Continue reading →

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Can PopCorn Hour A-200/A-210 downmix and pass-through TrueHD/DTS-HD?

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Earvin

Can PopCorn Hour A-200/A-210 downmix the original Blu-ray HD audio? Yes.  The A-200/A-210 boxes can down-mix both TrueHD and DTS(MA) to stereo for playback when connected directly to a TV (a review FYI). In fact the Popcorn Hour NMT boxes … Continue reading →

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Stream Blu-ray TrueHD and DTS-HD 7.1 audio from HTPC

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Earvin

The following post is reproduced from Bitstreaming Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD with the Intel Core i3, Published on Do it Yourself HTPC Blog, written by ddewaele, to whom I would like to say THANK YOU. “When the Intel Core i3 platform … Continue reading →

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