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Author Topic: MKV - Um, Why? Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-23-2016 02:36 PM                        Wanna know an even faster method? Leave the data on the Blu-ray disc and just play THAT back when you watch it.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-23-2016 02:44 PM                        I always thought it was kind of a dumb idea to have the Blu-Ray player over by the TV set. Somebody should come out with a line of end-tables or recliners with BR players built in. Then the whole "getting up to change disks" thing wouldn't matter.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-23-2016 10:12 PM                     It would be cool to have BD players incorporated into coffee tables or end tables close to where the viewer is sitting. But I can imagine a couple possible complications with that: cables for power and audio/video connection. There's going to be a trip hazard between the table and TV unless the cables are routed under the floor somehow. Wireless HDMI could eliminate one cable, but a power outlet in the floor would still be required. quote: Joe Redifer Wanna know an even faster method? Leave the data on the Blu-ray disc and just play THAT back when you watch it. Well, yeah, obviously that's normally what anyone would do. I'm kind of getting at more unconventional use. Say for instance a disc is starting to exhibit signs of laser rot, it would be desirable to attempting salvaging the disc by ripping its contents to a hard disc. I have some old DVDs that have rot. Make MKV can rip them pretty easily, but into that strange format. If I want to have some fun making my own "honest trailer" of a movie I can't place MKV-wrapped content into Premiere Pro. I have to change it to something else PPro can use.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-24-2016 03:11 AM                        Well if you wanna go into Premiere Pro (hopefully one of the many bugs won't hinder you) then it'd be easiest to just record from the HDMI connector. Just record the scenes you like, edit your program, export, upload to Youtube, get a strike on your channel, repeat two times, have your channel deleted. That really is the easiest way I can think of rather than having to rewrap the entire movie. Premiere or any editing app edits like shit with those kinds of interframe codecs anyway.  |  IP: Logged Magnus Eriksson Expert Film Handler Posts: 121 From: Stockholm, Hägersten, Sweden Registered: Jan 2011 posted 02-24-2016 10:49 AM                     Try these. MKVextract Gui /M.E.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 02-24-2016 03:14 PM                     quote: Bobby Henderson It would be cool to have BD players incorporated into coffee tables or end tables close to where the viewer is sitting. But I can imagine a couple possible complications with that: cables for power and audio/video connection. There's going to be a trip hazard between the table and TV unless the cables are routed under the floor somehow. Wireless HDMI could eliminate one cable, but a power outlet in the floor would still be required. I guess the general consensus in the industry is that physical media will eventually go away and will be replaced by Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. At least they have you on the hook for a monthly subscription then. I'm no fan of wireless HDMI, it's either uses some cheap form of compression or if you want it uncompressed, way to expensive for home use. Also, it's a perfect waste of free-for-all frequency spectrum. That being said, an easy, widely accepted wireless screen sharing method, even if it is compressed over wifi, is definitely lacking. Ever tried to share a few pictures or recordings on your phone, notebook or tablet on someone else's smart TV? Just plugging in a HDMI cable, where possible, is still the easiest way...  |  IP: Logged

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