adhawkins;687876 Wrote: > > Any recommendations on getting DVDs ripped such that they'll play on > Popcorn > Hour? Would be nice if I could maintain any 5.1 soundtrack. > > Is it also possible to rip such that capable players will get the 5.1 > soundtrack, and others will just get stereo? >
I use AnyDVD HD for both DVD and BluRay, but just for DVD you could use DVD Shrink (free) and set the compression option to 100% so it doesn't actually alter the mpeg stream at all. These will give you ISO images of the full discs so you'll still have all the audio tracks from the original available to you. I go a step further and strip out the main movie into an MKV file with high-def audio (on BluRays) so I don't have to watch adverts and go through the menus; I just hit play and the movie starts, but the Popcorn Hours are quite happy with ISOs and that'll give you the DVD player functionality but with files stored on disk somewhere (I use the same NAS that I use for Squeezebox). The players can also downmix 5.1 to stereo (with the exception of Dolby Digital TrueHD tracks which it doesn't have a license for and so can only pass through unaltered) so if you have a room with only stereo capability then you just choose downmix on that particular player. -- paulster Receiver stuck at blue LED state after reboot? Please vote for bug '17462' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17462) Web Interface sending music to the wrong player? Please vote for bug '17144' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17144) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paulster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93278 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
