A stupid question (not for me)

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Relapsed
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A stupid question (not for me)

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I need a backup for my 28 blu Ray disk.
I will create a mkv file for each one and store it on my external 2 TB disk.
Do i need a blu ray player on my pc or it is enough the dvd player on my computer ?
What about the loss of quality converting a brand new bluray disk in mkv file ?
Thanks , sorry for my english :D
crowfax
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Re: A stupid question (not for me)

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If you wish to rip blu-ray disc's on your PC, you will need a blu-ray drive.
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NomadCF
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Re: A stupid question (not for me)

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Relapsed wrote:Do i need a blu ray player on my pc
Yes
Relapsed wrote:it is enough the dvd player on my computer ?
DVD drives play DVDs & CDs , Blurays drives play Blurays & possibly DVDs/CDs (model dependent)
Relapsed wrote:What about the loss of quality converting a brand new bluray disk in mkv file ?
zero quality loss
Relapsed
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Re: A stupid question (not for me)

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zero quality loss

Same for dvd's into mkv ?

Thanks for your patience.
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Re: A stupid question (not for me)

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Relapsed wrote:Same for dvd's into mkv ?

Thanks for your patience.
yes.
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Relapsed
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Re: A stupid question (not for me)

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Do u think i have to buy an internal bd player for my PC or is there any way to simulate it, connecting a stand alone bd player on my pc and open makemkv ?
Thanks.
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Re: A stupid question (not for me)

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connecting a stand alone bd player on my pc and open makemkv
Just to be certain, by "a standalone bd player", are you referring to a so-called "tabletop" player that connects directly to your TV, or a BluRay ROM/player, that connects directly to your PC via a USB cable?



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Re: A stupid question (not for me)

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Okay just to recap everything.

1. You need a Bluray drive to rip the blurays with MakeMKV into MKV's
2. For playback you'll need something that can Play back MKV's with H264+slected Audio streams.
3. A backed up blurays is way to big to fit on one DVD, even a DVD DL (..although kung-fu panda does come close).
Relapsed
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Re: A stupid question (not for me)

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1) Ok , got it, just askin if the blu ray player should be a stand alone player like my samsung C5300 or i need a PC blu ray player to work with makemkv ?
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Re: A stupid question (not for me)

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Relapsed wrote:1) Ok , got it, just askin if the blu ray player should be a stand alone player like my samsung C5300 or i need a PC blu ray player to work with makemkv ?
You can either use an internal Blu Ray drive (usually connected via SATA) or an External Blu Ray drive connected via USB, E-SATA (or possibly Firewire).

From what I can tell from the C5300, it is a Blu Ray "Player", however, you need a Blu Ray "Drive". The player you have has a drive in it, but I would discourage removing it and trying to get it to work with your PC.

There is no way around this, you need to get a Blu Ray "Drive" either internal or external
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