Keep Blu-ray Chapters for WD TV — Lossless Blu-ray to MKV Backup

In this short guide I want to share with you a plain way to rip Blu-ray Disc with chapters for playing back in WD TV Media Player, a consumer device which is capable of playing High-definition video through an HDMI port, in addition to standard video through composite cables. Find below a detailed guide of ripping Blu-ray for WD TV with chapters and playing ripped Blu-ray movie by chapters.

Pavtube ByteCopy is the a Blu-ray ripping software i recommended here .It will converts your BD Movies to MKV with chapters for WD TV.Moreover,Pavtube ByteCopy is a professional tool to rip and convert commercial Blu-ray movies and DVDs to MKV container format with multiple audio tracks/subtitles.Pavtube ByteCopy is also able to encode the original soundtracks into DTS 5.1 channels, AC3 5.1 channels, AAC 6 channels, PCM 6 channels, etc. with your wanted languages. ( ByteCopy for Mac is the alternative tool for Mac Users )

Part 1. Rip Blu-ray movie to MKV with original chapter structure using Pavtube ByteCopy
Step 1. Run Pavtube ByteCopy software, and click “Load Disc” button to import movie files from Blu-ray Disc (or a regular DVD). The software decrypts Blu-ray and DVD copy-protections of all regions.

Step 2. Click the “MKV” button to start ripping Blu-ray movie to MKV file with chapter markers in the file for WD TV. The software uses original chapters’ structure from the DVD/Blu-ray media. After conversion, just press “Browse Export Path” to find generated videos.

Tip 1: By default Pavtube ByteCopy creates a lossless backup of Blu-ray main movie, with all subtitles and audio streams and video clips preserved in original quality.
Tip 2: It takes much space (25GB- 50GB) and requires a powerful PC to play the ripped Blu-ray movie.

When WD TV Don’t Support for PGS (.SUP) subtitles in MKV files

But another issue comes up- subtitles are not displayed as you watch ripped movie on HDTV, because WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player does not supports PGS subtitles in MKV container. In order to have subtitles displayed correctly, you have to extract the subtitles and convert it to a format that Live Plus does support, like srt, ssa, sami, etc. Just use ByteCopy to convert the PGS subtitles for Western HD media players

First of all,Highlight the movie directory; click the “Edit Disc” button to select desired subtitles and audio tracks you’d like to keep. The software keeps all subtitles and audio streams by default, so just uncheck the ones you don’t want.

Then,Choose “HD Player” in dropdown list of “Format” box, and click “Settings” button. Here you uncheck the “Encode” box for video and audio stream to pass-through the original BD streams, and check the “Encode” box under “All Subtitle Streams” to set “dvdsub” for WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player playback. Press “OK” to confirm.

Finally, Back to the main interface, and press the “Convert” button to start backing up Blu-ray movie to MKV file.
[Best rating] Why choose Pavtube ByteCopy for Blu-ray to WD TV Live Plus backup:

Lossless video quality. Pavtube ByteCopy can copy Blu-ray contents to MKV without changing anything. You get highest possible video quality, i.e. original Blu-ray video contents, just in a different container format. And WD TV Live handles Blu-ray contents well.
Fast forward and chapter locating. Original chapter structure is preserved. You can quickly skip to any chapter you like when playing MKV.
Proper subtitles display. Since Western Digital players do not support Blu-ray PGS subtitles in MKV file, Pavtube ByteCopy converts the subtitles to vobsub when ripping Blu-ray for WD TV media players.
Fast speed. When ripping Blu-ray in “lossless” mode, it takes around an hour to copy a 25GB and 10 minutes to copy a DVD 5.
Flexible audio output. Audiophiles can pass-through Dolby TrueHD, DTS-MA, and LPCM audio to MKV so as to send the audio to AV receiver for de-coding and reproducing the surround sound faithfully (studio effects). Average users can down convert 7.1 audio to Dolby Digital 5.1 or stereo.
Pavtube ByteCopy always keeps a pace with latest Blu-ray copy-protections, and registered users can upgrade Pavtube ByteCopy for free whenever a new version is released.

Hope this guide on Keep Blu-ray chapters for WD TV will be of some help for you !

If you want to keep correct order of chapters when ripping Blu-ray to iTunes, iPad, Apple TV, PS3, etc, have a try with Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper.

More Useful Guide:

1) How to enjoy Blu-ray movies on HDTV with WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player?
2) Lossless Blu-ray to MKV backup with TrueHD/DTS-MA audio pass-through
3) Blu-ray ripping- how to keep Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio?
4) How to rip Blu-ray to MKV with DTS 5.1 for all audio streams?
5) Keep both English and French audio tracks when ripping Blu-ray Disc to MKV

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