Multiple M2ts files in a folder

[rbk123]

I use DVDfab to rip my Blurays onto my media server. When it rips them, it will create multiple M2TS files in the Stream folder (even if I change it to rip only the "Main Movie"). I'm playing back the files on a WD TV Live Plus and I can set it to play all the files in the folder however there's a large black-screen lag as Mezzmo switches to the next file. Is there a way around this (to eliminate the delay)?

If not, does anyone know of a tool where I can concatenate the multiple files into 1 single file?

[Paul]

The delay may be impossible to remove, since both Mezzmo and the WD TV treat those files as separate movies, not as a single one.

I can't recommend any specific software to concatenate the files, but there have been a few mentions on our forum of software people use to rip BluRays, so I'd do a search and see what others are using. Perhaps even DVDFab has an option to create one file?

[smitbret]

A lot of the BR discs out there have the video files split up like this. The easiest way that I've found to create one file is to use the free programs BDinfo and Tsmuxer.

Rip your movie with DVDFab. You'll treat the resultant folder like the original BR for the purposes of this guide.

http://www.dvd-guides.com/guides/blu-ray-rip/256-remux-blu-ray-to-mkv

The difference is that instead of selecting "Demux", you'll choose a file destination and click ".M2TS Muxing". You'll get a single .m2ts file with all of the streams you chose.

I use this process for all of my BR Rips except that I run AnyDVD HD in the background so I get to skip the DVDFab part and just let TSMuxer rip straight from the disc. It should work with the DVDFab output folder, though. I don't know if there will be any difference with doing just the movie or the whole disc. You may just have to play around but it will work.

If you have a large library of DVDs and/or Blu-Ray discs (a couple dozen or more) then it would probably be worth your money to invest in AnyDVD HD or DVDFab Passkey. They just run in the background and allow you to use whatever tools you'd like on all your BR and DVD discs.

[Paul]

Thanks for sharing this, smitbret. Excellent information.