Blu-ray Wesley Novack on 30 Jul 2008
Burn Blu-ray’s: A How To Guide For Burning BD-R discs
Burn Blu-ray’s: A How To Guide For Burning BD-R discs
For this guide, we ripped the Blu-ray movie “Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid”. This title is housed on a 25GB Blu-ray Disc. After ripping a disc or obtaining the Blu-ray video files through other means, you can burn the content onto a BD-R or BD-RE disc using ImgBurn using the following steps.
Blu-ray BD-R Burning Step 1) Open ImgBurn in Build Mode
Open ImgBurn, click on the Mode drop down menu and select Build mode. On the Device tab, you can see useful Disc Information such as: Disc ID: VERBAT-IMO-000, which means that the disc we are using is manufactured by Verbatim. Disc Type: BD-RE, which means the disc is a Blu-ray Disc Rewritable. Size: 24,220,008,448 bytes or about 25GB.
Blu-ray BD-R Burning Step 2) Add your BDMV folder into the IMGBurn project
From Windows Explorer, you can drag and drop the BDMV folder of the movie you want to burn into ImgBurn. The latest ImgBurn will automatically create a CERTIFICATE folder so that you will only need to add a BDMV folder to the burning project. As our screenshot shows, our movie will fit a 25GB BD-RE with 86,310,912 bytes of remaining free space on the disc.
Blu-ray BD-R Burning Step 3) Click the Burn icon
Shown below, where the mouse hand cursor is placed on the screenshot.
Blu-ray BD-R Burning Step 4) Select UDF
If you didn’t set the options to use the UDF file system, a warning window will appear, asking to correct the file system settings. Click Yes. Thanks IMGBurn!
Blu-ray BD-R Burning Step 5) Confirm the Volume Label.
IMGBurn will help with that too! Click Yes - duh.
Blu-ray BD-R Burning Step 6) Verify your settings
Next up, IMGBurn will display an informational window, allowing you to confirm all of your selections before the actual burning process starts. Click OK and the burn will start!
Blu-ray BD-R Burning Step 7) Burn baby burn!
IMGBurn will display a burning progress window as the burn process progresses. In our example shown below, we are burning the blu-ray movie files on to a Verbatim BD-RE disc at 2x. The total writing time was approximately 45 minutes.
Blu-ray BD-R Burning Step 8 ) Verify the files on the disc
Once the IMGBurn burning process is completed, you can verify that your BD-R or BD-RE disc has the correct files on it by browsing with Windows Explorer. Our example screenshot below displays the content of the STREAM folder, which is where the movie is located. Note that the CERTIFICATE folder is created by ImgBurn. This certificate folder is necessary for the disc to play back correctly on some devices.
Blu-ray BD-R Burning Step 9) Play the movie from the disc!
Once you have verified that your Blu-ray movie files are now on your BD-R or BD-RE disc, you can test the disc by playing back the movie using your Blu-ray burner, a standalone Blu-ray player or a PS3. Enjoy your movie and happy Blu-ray burning!
Thanks to zevia from CDFreaks for providing screenshots and instructions.
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on 28 Aug 2008 at 4:33 pm 1.Kevin Cosby said …
How do you shrink 50gb movied onto a 25gb bd-r?
on 30 Aug 2008 at 10:04 pm 2.Steven Kippel said …
You don’t.
on 06 Sep 2008 at 1:47 pm 3.Luiz said …
You can use Nero Vision (part of Nero 9 Ultra edition)
on 15 Sep 2008 at 4:44 pm 4.kwik said …
Don’t you mean Nero 8??
on 17 Sep 2008 at 11:56 am 5.Corey said …
Thank you for the post. In step * (verify the files on the disc) your screen shot lists the file types as “MPEG-2 Transport stream”
The blu-ray disc I burned using this guide shows the file types as m2ts files and the blu ray player that came with my computer will not play the movie. Do you have any suggestions or advice on how to address this situation?
Thank you
on 17 Sep 2008 at 3:34 pm 6.Wesley Novack said …
Does your computer Blu-ray Drive play regular BD-ROM discs? You need special player software to be able to play back Blu-ray discs.
Did you follow all directions precisely? Are your m2ts files located in a subdirectory named “STREAM” with a parent directory named “BDMV” at the root of the BD-R/RE disc?
Do you have a PS3 that you could try playing the disc on?
on 20 Sep 2008 at 1:48 pm 7.Corey said …
Wesley, thanks for the response.
The computer I bought has a blu-ray read/write drive, however, I have not tried to play a regular BD-ROM disc yet. I will go rent one and try and play it soon.
Yes, I followed the directions precisely.
Yes, the m2ts files are in the stream file with a parent directory of BDMV.
Unfortunately, I do not have a PS3 player.
The software that came with my new computer is HP-DVDPlay and it is supposed to play both blu ray and dvd’s.
I will see if I can find a stand alone player or a ps3 to play the blu ray disc on.
Any other suggestions?
on 22 Sep 2008 at 1:20 pm 8.Wesley Novack said …
It could be your player software. Try the free trial of Power DVD 8 to see if that plays your disc. http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/download/trials_1_ENU.html
on 30 Sep 2008 at 7:35 pm 9.josh said …
how do i burn just a m2ts file?
on 10 Nov 2008 at 12:30 am 10.Nick said …
I ripped a blu-ray movie via AnyDVD HD and used ImgBurn to burn it to my media. I used all the appropriate settings as described here and the burn was successful. Now when I load it into my PC Blu-Ray player, the movie reads and shows the Paramount’s Hi-Definition screen, and then after that screen it stops and nothing else pops up. I can’t get to the movies menu select screen or any other screen for that matter. I tried the disc in my Ps3 and the same happens. The paramount Hi-Definition screen plays and then the screen goes blank. I have no idea why this keeps happening and was wondering if any of you had any ideas or have had this happen to you. It just seems like it won’t access any additional chapters on the disc. Thanks for your help.
On a side note: I tried playing the m2ts files straight off my HD and they work. I also tried playing the m2ts files off the BD-RE disc via windows explorer and they also work! So the movie burned fine.
on 11 Nov 2008 at 11:18 pm 11.Wesley Novack said …
Could have been a bad BD-R disc, especially if the files play fine from the PC. I would try another burn, maybe with a BD-RE at first to see if it works with a rewritable.
on 13 Nov 2008 at 7:31 pm 12.Corey said …
Nick,
I have attempted to burn about 8 blu ray discs using the method here. I have had success with 3 and the other 5 did not work. On a few of the ones that did not work for me I had the same issue as you describe with it playing the first screen or two and then not working after that. I too have played the m2ts files straight off the hard drive but the language is never in english and I am unable to switch languages this way. I do not have the answer on why or how to fix, but thought you might want to know you are not alone.
on 03 Dec 2008 at 7:12 pm 13.BA TRAN said …
Hi Wesley,
I used Imageburn new version 2.4.2.
I have 2 drivers in my PC :
1)DVD-RW drive
2)HD DVD(HL-DT-ST BD-RE)drive
I rip Blu-Ray discs to My HDD succesfullty with Any DVD.
When I drag and drop a blu-Ray folder from my HDD to Imageburn to create an iso image, even I already choose BUILT and UDF according to your instructions, Image burn do not see my files.
On the DEVICE tab and the destination, it shows only my DVD-RW drive,not my Blu-Ray drive. I click the drop down icon to find my Blu-Ray drive but don’t see it.
So, in the information tab, everything is mark : Unknown.
I don’t know what happened? Do it use the right version of image burn for Blu-Ray disc?
If you have any idea about my trouble please help me. I appreciate your guide, it’s very clear and useful.
Thanks very much and have a good day.
BA TRAN
on 04 Dec 2008 at 11:48 am 14.Wesley Novack said …
Does your Blu-ray drive show up in other programs? If not, it may not be installed correctly or have the correct driver loaded.
If your drive is showing up in other burning programs, IMGBurn might not support your drive, but that is unlikely. Check the official IMGBurn website for more info on drive compatibility.
on 08 Dec 2008 at 3:59 am 15.brian said …
i think this trying to burn blue ray movies is to much of a head problem. I here to many people having bad problems when trying to carry out the steps above. If you ask me i think it’s alot better to just buy the blue ray movies and not waits my times carrying out these steps. The only reason I’m saying this is because i was just going to go out and buy a blue ray burner to burn rented blue ray movies and I’m not even sure if that will even work. Well i thank you all for making me think first before waiting my money i can buy about 6 movies for 200 dollars and not have this many problems.
on 17 Dec 2008 at 11:24 am 16.Tim said …
I am attempting to burn a blue ray disk. I have followed all the instructions. I have a 25GB disk and when I go to calculate its says 108%. Also I get an error that says “There does not appear to be enough space to burn this image.”
Image size: 24.921 GB
Disk Size: 23.098 GB
How is this possible if it is a 25GB disk? Any ideas on how to fix?
on 31 Dec 2008 at 2:00 am 17.Tim said …
Ok. I have been reading all the comments and still havent found my answer yet. I use Any DVD-HD to back up the movie from a blu ray. Well when i looked at the m2ts files, the one that is the movie, I think, still is 31 gigs. Is there a way to burn it? Or am I doing something wrong?
on 31 Dec 2008 at 8:03 am 18.Wesley Novack said …
You can burn it on to a BD-R DL (dual layer) disc if your burner supports it. I’m not sure how to shrink the larger movies to fit on a BD-R single layer disc.
on 01 Jan 2009 at 2:16 pm 19.Tim said …
Thanks for the reply. But the dual layer disc are higher than the original movie itself. Just hope they come out with something soon. Oh also, has anyone heard of a program that will burn the ps3 games?
on 02 Jan 2009 at 10:33 am 20.Paul said …
@Tim
You can remove all the menu’s and extras to get it under 23Gig (The Packaging will say 25Gig but it is really 23Gig) Use BDinfo to find out what Stream and use tsmuxer to create the Disc then use Imgburn to create the iso which you can then burn with Nero or VSO Blindwrite.
But the Downside is not all will be under 23Gig but the Majority will.
I Know it is Long winded but it works and they will all play in any Blu-ray Player. (I am yet to test Playstation 3 However!)
on 07 Feb 2009 at 11:03 am 21.dino said …
just tried it for the 1st time with Wanted.
i got the movie to work on my PS3 but with no audio.
how will i know with future movies to pick the correct audio? trial and error..
thanks..
on 07 Feb 2009 at 11:04 am 22.dino said …
for to thank you for the how too..
great tutorial!
on 07 Feb 2009 at 10:16 pm 23.Ricardo said …
i burn the blue ray with nero and image burn.. power dvd wont play the movie but my ps3 did… i put an original blue ray on power dvd and works.. weird.. the movie backup works on ps3 but not on pc… help… what i am doing wrong
on 08 Feb 2009 at 1:51 am 24.dino said …
after tsmuxer,if needed to choose audio to fit on a 25gb. Are we using these files with the ones from anydvd hd?
on 08 Feb 2009 at 10:31 am 25.dino said …
well. I finally got my backup to play fine on my PS3.
Just took out the junk files in BDMV and kept the movie in it.. Burned both folders on my 25gb bd-re, and it played fined. it kept skipping at times. gotta put it on a bd-r now see if that corrects the skipping issues..
on 08 Feb 2009 at 11:38 am 26.Wesley Novack said …
I’ve read that the PS3 has trouble playing back TDK BD-R/BD-RE media. FYI.
on 08 Feb 2009 at 6:02 pm 27.dino said …
bd-re - memorex - plays but then skips
bd-r tdk — going test now…
on 12 Mar 2009 at 9:41 am 28.Steve said …
I’m looking for the best way to back up a PS3 game disc. Software, Hardware, etc…….
on 30 Mar 2009 at 3:47 pm 29.don said …
If you want movie with dolby true audio you have to use tsremux if shrinking size of the movie to fit 25g. if not just put the movie files in imageburn and say yes to everything!! true audio every time!!
on 30 Mar 2009 at 3:55 pm 30.don said …
don’t forget BDINFO will tell you everything you need to know about a blu-ray movie! also TSMUXER will work for dts master audio! you can also cut the Beginning or end off, or split the movie in half to burn on 2 25g discs if you so choose!
on 31 Mar 2009 at 6:33 pm 31.Mike said …
Hi, I backed up doomsday following the steps above with the LG GGW-H20N with memerox bdr 1-4x but it would not play in ps3 nor lg bh200, nothing would come up, just a black screen. can someone suggest a good bdr media to try?
thanks
on 31 Mar 2009 at 7:19 pm 32.Mike said …
I just tried it again, this time with transporter 2 and I unchecked the “verify box”, it’s working now. I will watch the movie to make sure everything goes smoothly. Will report back later, if these media work, then frys has them 15 pack for 49.99 from time to time, currenty 89.99.
on 08 Apr 2009 at 7:42 am 33.mike said …
transporter 2 worked, it seems like I can only play non bd-live back up in ps3 and stand alone player, anydvd shows doom having bd-live disable, same with a few others and they would not play, i can rip however, anyone know how to get bd-live back up to play in ps3/standalone?
on 19 Apr 2009 at 11:47 am 34.yakuzah said …
How do u squeeze a 50GB Blu-Ray into a 25GB? Easy use Ripbot264
on 28 Apr 2009 at 9:15 am 35.mike said …
wouldn’t that degrade the quality of the blu ray and defeat the its purpose? or is the loss in quality minor that it’s a better trade than backing it on a costly 50g?
on 28 Apr 2009 at 1:40 pm 36.moosedoc said …
when i pick the destination as the drive that has the disc which will hold the BDMV file, what do i pick as the ’save as type’; is it .iso, .img, or all files?
on 02 Jul 2009 at 1:46 pm 37.Jose Castillo said …
im new at ripping blurays, but i ripped yesterday my foo fighters bluray, and when i burn it today and put it on my ps3 it read it as bd-r bdmv so as data disc right? can you explain me what to do? or how to fix this? thx a lot!
btw i did a full backup to bd-25! thx in advance!