VC-1 and Roku 3

[daawgees]

Super Newb here, so please bear with me. I am ripping blu-rays to a hard drive for playback on my Roku 3. Has been working great until I tried ripping The American. Whenever I tried to play it on the Roku 3 I would get audio but no video. After several different attempts I finally noticed that when MakeMKV reads the disk from my computer's BD drive it says the main movie is in VC-1. Could this be the problem? If so how can I correct this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[crowfax]

You would need to use a video encoder, such as Handbrake.

[daawgees]

You would need to use a video encoder, such as Handbrake.

I'm assuming that I will need to rip the movie first via MakeMKV and then recode it using Handbrake?

[crowfax]

Correct. I'd use Handbrake on the "High Profile" setting and not fiddle with any settings, the Roku should handle the output just fine.

[daawgees]

Correct. I'd use Handbrake on the "High Profile" setting and not fiddle with any settings, the Roku should handle the output just fine.

Handbrake was difficult to get acclimated to, I did end up messing with some of the settings just because I love DTS. It worked perfectly and I reduced the movie size from approximately 20gigs to around 5-6. Thanks so much for your help!

[doncht]

By the way, the best thing about Handbrake is that it's Open Source.