Which m2ts is correct movie?

[unc-newbie]

I have just started using the makemkv program and noticed something on some of the blurays I am ripping. Wolverine has 2 movies on it that are practically the same size and have the same amount of chapters. I went ahead and dumped both of them and played both of them but haven't noticed any difference. Like one being widescreen and the other full screen. Just want to make sure I get the right movie. Another one I noticed like that was the movie UP. It had 4 files that were around 23-24gb in size. How do you know which one is the movie that you want without dumping all of them and watching them?

Thanks,

[skittle]

Unfortunately there is not a good way to tell. Bluray files are tied together via a playlist and the other files, though probably almost all the same, may contain alternate angles or alternate scenes like a sign may be in a different language or something.

[MilesAhead]

Often I'll see something similar with standard DVD. A program may show 4 main movies of 4 GB each. I usually just pick the top one in the list. Then I check languages and subtitles and do a test burn with an erasable disc. Sometimes all you have is trial and error.

[Crass]

I always had this problem too, and the solution is somewhat awkward. In the movie "Up" and "WALL-E", the differences is the language the writing on the screen shows up in. First time I ripped it, I picked the first playlist and wound up with French text. Terminator 2 Skynet Edition is another one that has at least 3 playlists, with the differences being the theatrical, extended edition, and special extended edition (or something like that).

Way to tell which is which: Other than looking at total time for the playlist (which is sometimes a dead giveaway), use eac3to to have it show which m2ts files make up each playlist. eg. From the 2009 move "Up":

O:\eac3to.exe "r:\up.2009"
1) 00102.mpls, 1:36:38
[50+52+54+56+58+60+62+64+66+68+70+72+74+76+50266+80+82+84+86+88+90+92+94].m2ts
...
2) 00103.mpls, 1:36:38
[50+53+54+57+58+61+62+65+66+69+70+73+74+77+50266+81+82+85+86+89+90+93+94].m2ts
...
3) 00100.mpls, 1:36:08
[50+51+54+55+58+59+62+63+66+67+70+71+74+75+50266+79+82+83+86+87+90+91].m2ts
...

Look at the differences between the m2ts files used in each playlist. The first difference you'll notice is the 2nd m2ts file is different for each playlist (52 vs 53 vs 51). Just open each of these files in a video player and see what the differences are. In this case, 00052.m2ts shows French text on-screen, 0053.m2ts is Spanish (I think), and 0051.m2ts is English. So if you want the English movie, pick playlist 00100.mpls.