Blu-ray Backup with BD Rebuilder

By Adub

An accompanying screencast to my post on BD Rebuilder and it’s uses in backing up Blu-rays.

Note: I recommend that you turn HD on and use the Fullscreen option.

13 Comments

Yuwannano on Sunday 27, 2009
Adub,
Great video, and tutorial of how things work. I do have one question though. In the settings section for the audio it has an option that says “Keep HD Audio for BD 25 encoding”. I have a BD burner and have 25 gb disk. If I enable this option, what would be the pros/cons of it? Also, since I do not need to worry about compression, which options are best for the absolute greatest output. Thanks!
Adub on Sunday 27, 2009
The pro’s would be that you would be able to keep your HD audio (and it’s higher quality fidelity), instead of sacrificing it’s quality for a smaller filesize if you were to keep that option unchecked.
Quick note: Just because you have a bd-25, doesn’t mean that you won’t have to worry about compression. Based on the size of your original Blu-ray (which can be up to 50 GB sometimes) you may actually have to do some compression work if you were keeping the entire disk. If you were keeping just the main movie, chances are you wouldn’t have to compress, but that’s not guaranteed. Movies like The Dark Knight have main movies that are over 25GB (30GB I believe), so you would still need some minor compression to reach the 25GB mark.
For best settings, I usually just do a movie only backup, with my Encoder Settings set to Highest. If my main movie is already under 25GB, everything should be handled just fine by BD Rebuilder automatically.
iStorm on Tuesday 12, 2010
Hey A-Dub,
First off, I would like to say that I love your videos and step by step guides.. You seem very knowledgeable so I thought I would ask you some questions..
Here is what I want my end result:
Specifications
* Codec ———–> H.264
* Resolution —–> 1920×1080
* Average Bitrate ———–> 3.6
* Framerate ——> 24fps
* Audio ————> AC3 Dolby Digital 5.1CH Surround (384Kb)
* Subtitles ——–> english subs for african dialogue
* Extension ——-> M2TS
* Source———–> Blu Ray Disc
* This file is kept under 4 gigs for easy storage (Dang FAT32!) Hi quality 2-pass H.264 standard encoding.
As you can see, I want full 1080p picture with a file size of 3.99gb total for video and audio.. so obviously 264 video in a regular m2ts file so I can easily transfer right to my External Hard drive to plug into my ps3 and direct steam it and obviously I want to get rid of the DTS Master Audio and go to a AC3 5.1 CH. What is the best/easiest/fastest software to use to go about this? I have some blu rays that I want to back up on my external fat32 hard drive and just want 1 m2ts file in the end result with digital sound and 1080p picture.. If I have to go down to 1280×720, that will work at well.. but like I said.. I really want the above end result. Please provide me with the best software (i don’t care if it is not freeware) so I can set the file size, change DTS to AC3, and end up with just an m2ts file. I would greatly appreciate the help :)
Adub on Tuesday 12, 2010
Hmm… there are a couple of programs that can do this for you. MeGUI is one of them (it’s a little bit more advanced, and you would probably be working with it’s One Click Encoder).
Another is RipBot. RipBot was originally designed to be simpler, with a more streamlined albeit reduced workload. It even offers support for exporting to AVCHD/Bluray. You can limit the file size using the “Lock Filesize” option. Here is a link to the program. If you need a tutorial, let me know….
jason on Friday 12, 2010
Thanks for tutorial I have a problem when I used bd rebuilder it doesnt have a BDMV or certificate folder I am trying to back up a 45gb blu-ray to a 25gig blank when it finished it is just a bunch of files no folders and no iso any suggestions
Adub on Saturday 13, 2010
Unfortunately, I’m not quite sure that I understand your question. Does your source not have a BDMV folder or your destination? If the latter, it sounds like you are either looking in the wrong folder, or your backup did not fully complete. Are you sure that there were no errors in your log?
jason on Saturday 13, 2010
when I used bd rebuilder to shrink 50gb disc to 25gb it is just files no BDMV or certificate folder
there were no errors and the only folder was called work files is there somewhere else
Adub on Sunday 14, 2010
Inside your output folder, there should be two folders. One called WORKFILES and the other should be named according to your source (ex. THE_DARK_KNIGHT). Inside the latter are the BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders.
jean on Tuesday 23, 2010
hola buenas estoy comprimiendo un blu ray de 29 gigas a 22 gigas al finalizar , el BD REBUILDER hace todo el proceso perfecto pero al terminar todo el trabajo queda en el archivos directorio de trabajo (workfiles) y crea una carpeta que tiene dos carpetas (BDMV y CERFICATE ) ESA PESA 3;28 GIGAS
jean on Tuesday 23, 2010
PERDON NO FORMULE LA PREGUNTA COMPLETA
hola buenas estoy comprimiendo un blu ray de 29 gigas a 22 gigas al finalizar , el BD REBUILDER hace todo el proceso perfecto pero al terminar todo el trabajo queda en el archivos directorio de trabajo (workfiles) y crea una carpeta que tiene dos carpetas (BDMV y CERFICATE ) ESA PESA 3;28 GIGAS y la de workfiles pesa 22;gigas que proceso estoy haciendo mal o si configure el BD REBUILDER el programa dice que realizo los dos proceso perfectamente y no es asi porque no esta creando la carpeta (BDMV y CERFICATE )completa ya que cuando lo abro desde mi total media theatre solo corre hasta el menu mas nada no esta termiando de hacer el archivo completa gracias
Adub on Tuesday 23, 2010
I’m afraid I don’t speak spanish well enough to answer your question. Sorry.
ftb32 on Tuesday 30, 2010
Adub,
Great video, and tutorial.
Adub on Wednesday 31, 2010
Thanks ftb32! I’m glad you liked it and I hope it helps you!