Burn Backup won't play in PS3

[Scoubidou]

Hi all,

I just compile and install makemkv 1.6.3 on Ubuntu 10.10 x64.

I made a backup of disk using this little guide : http://www.makemkv.com/faq/item/4/catid/4

I then try to burn the content of the directory to a blank Blu-Ray using Nero 4 linux, but it won't play in my PS3.

I've used the same version of Nero (on Ubuntu 10.4) to burn blu-ray .iso before. I was using AnyDVD HD in virtualbox to create the .iso.

Anyway, my real question is : How can I put the content of a blank Blu-Ray to be able to watch it on my PS3 or any other BD player?
I've notice there's a directory in my backup dir that isn't on the original disk here's the output

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$ ls -l /media/cdrom0
total 6
dr-xr-xr-x  3 4294967295 4294967295 700 2010-10-27 03:59 AACS
dr-xr-xr-x 10 4294967295 4294967295 520 2010-10-27 03:59 BDMV
dr-xr-xr-x  3 4294967295 4294967295 404 2010-10-27 03:59 CERTIFICATE
$
$ ls -l /backup/movie/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 10 mats mats 4096 2011-01-22 12:16 BDMV
drwxr-xr-x  3 mats mats 4096 2011-01-22 12:16 CERTIFICATE
drwxr-xr-x  3 mats mats 4096 2011-01-22 12:16 MAKEMKV

Do I need to move the AACS folder in MAKEMKV in the root?

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ls -l /media/cdrom0/AACS/
total 4836
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295     308 2010-10-27 03:56 Content000.cer
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295     468 2010-10-27 03:56 Content001.cer
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  926992 2010-10-27 03:56 ContentHash000.tbl
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  800368 2010-10-27 03:56 ContentHash001.tbl
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1048576 2010-10-27 02:50 ContentRevocation.lst
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295    2048 2010-10-27 02:50 CPSUnit00001.cci
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295    2048 2010-10-27 02:50 CPSUnit00002.cci
dr-xr-xr-x 2 4294967295 4294967295     652 2010-10-27 03:59 DUPLICATE
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295     432 2010-10-27 02:50 mcmf.xml
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1048576 2010-10-27 02:50 MKB_RO.inf
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1048576 2010-10-27 02:50 MKB_RW.inf
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295   65536 2010-10-27 02:50 Unit_Key_RO.inf
$
$ ls -l /backup/movie/MAKEMKV/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 3 mats mats 4096 2011-01-22 12:16 AACS
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats  100 2011-01-22 12:16 discattd.dat
$
$ ls -l /backup/movie/MAKEMKV/AACS/
total 4852
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats     308 2011-01-22 12:16 Content000.cer
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats     468 2011-01-22 12:16 Content001.cer
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats  926992 2011-01-22 12:16 ContentHash000.tbl
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats  800368 2011-01-22 12:16 ContentHash001.tbl
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats 1048576 2011-01-22 12:16 ContentRevocation.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats    2048 2011-01-22 12:16 CPSUnit00001.cci
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats    2048 2011-01-22 12:16 CPSUnit00002.cci
drwxr-xr-x 2 mats mats    4096 2011-01-22 12:16 DUPLICATE
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats     432 2011-01-22 12:16 mcmf.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats 1048576 2011-01-22 12:16 MKB_RO.inf
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats 1048576 2011-01-22 12:16 MKB_RW.inf
-rw-r--r-- 1 mats mats   65536 2011-01-22 12:16 Unit_Key_RO.inf

Blank double layer Blu-Ray aren't exactly free so I'd like to have a good step by step on how to make the backup play!

Thanks in advance.

[jdbower]

I can't directly help your question, but I may be able to give you a little food for thought. In my opinion backing up BluRays doesn't seem to be worth it. The price of the media is almost the same as just buying the movie again a year or two after release (which also allows you to vet which movies you actually want to back up). If my CD-Rs and DVD-Rs are any indication, it also seems like pressed optical media has much better longevity than recordable media - if I need to redo a backup every two years that's not a good way of saving money.

Have you considered splurging on a 2TB (or bigger) drive for your computer and running a DLNA server (like MediaTomb) to stream the movies to your PS3? This allows you to store your discs someplace safe rather than risk scratches, plus it means you no longer need to fumble around to find discs when you want to watch something. My DVD collection is in boxes in the basement thanks to this strategy, they only need to come out if I want to use any of the special features which get old very quickly.

The only thing to worry about is whether the PS3 can play full resolution MKV files. My XBox 360 is a little lacking in this arena as it wants WMVs and I doubt it can handle 1080p, but the PS3 does seem to have the edge as a DLNA player.

Obviously there may be some other compromises along the way, and it doesn't actually answer your question, but in my opinion this method is much more cost-effective and worth consideration.

[mike admin]

PS3 can play AVCHD images from USB media. All you need is to convert MKV or decrypted M2TS into AVCHD folder on external hard-drive or big USB stick. There are many guides on the web for this, I suggest starting with MultiAVCHD.

[Scoubidou]

These are interesting solutions, but it's not exactly what I asked...

I prefere to put the backup on a Blank Blu-Ray. I have the writer and some blank media.
Anyone succesfully done that with a makemkv backup?

Thank you