More than one DVD on Blu-Ray disc.

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More than one DVD on Blu-Ray disc.

by mopscare42 Mar 10, 2015 1:10AM PDT

I have goggled the question and see some programs, one being DVD Cloner that says it can do that, but before I spend the money just want to check and see if there is an easier way.
Family members and friends have taken old 8mm family movies, starting in the early 1960s and had them put on DVDs. There are also some from the newer video cameras on them.
There are several DVDs and I would like to put them all on one or maybe two blu-ray discs.
I have a blu-ray burner in my computer so the hardware is not a concern.
I have Nero 12 which has a blu-ray feature, but can't find in their directions if it will do what I want to do.
What would be the best way to go about this?

Thank you.

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Thanks Bob

by mopscare42 Mar 10, 2015 2:18AM PDT

I will get a set of the DVDs from one of the in-laws and start playing around with them.
Beings some of the people wanting to watch and reminisce about the good old days are in their upper 80s to mid 90s, they will be watching them on a TV with a Blu-ray player. No computers.

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No computer? WD TV?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 10, 2015 2:27AM PDT

http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-TV-Media-Player/WD-TV-Media-Player-ISO-file-support/td-p/805599

Since a ripped DVD can be about 4.7GB or less that means I could put 10 or more on a 64GB USB stick.

Frankly I've dismissed using BR media as a consolidator due to how much time I would have to invest to make a compilation video with menus. I'll just duplicate the existing Video DVDs and then put them into a multipack.

Example 4 DVD holder: http://www.amazon.com/STANDARD-Black-Quad-Disc-Cases/dp/B002ROAZE8/

I see chubby 10 DVD holders as well.
Bob

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Have never play with BD recording but...

by Oldartq Mar 10, 2015 5:08PM PDT

one of these day I will. My logic says you need to convert the dvd format to BD format before burning it. Does Nero do conversion also?

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by mopscare42 Mar 24, 2015 2:15PM PDT

Have you heard of a program "VidOn DVD to Blu-ray Converter"?
The program says it will do pretty much what I want to do, but can't find anything positive or negative about the program.
It says it has a 45 day money back guarantee, but I don't want to waste my time if it's just another one of those snake oil programs.
Any advise from you would be appreciated.
Thanks.

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There is a 30 day trial for this program download.

by Oldartq Mar 25, 2015 4:08AM PDT

Why not give that a go and you be the judge. Have fun.

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Sorry.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 25, 2015 4:37AM PDT

Never had the need for this. Look at .ISO players like WD TV Live, etc. VidOn would not be something I will go near for a few reasons. First, is no need for that. Second is that DVD media is pretty cheap and burners too. For me to craft BR media just for a few doesn't push me hard enough to do this given all the other solutions today.
Bob

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Thanks oldartq and Bob

by mopscare42 Mar 25, 2015 5:22AM PDT

I am really a novice at this kind of thing, actually I know squat about all the ways to do this that I have been reading about. Just can't get my head wrapped around it.
So I need the simplest way to get it done if possible.
I will download the trial version and see if it will do what I want.
I know that trial versions leave a lot out of what the paid versions give you, but at least I will get some idea if what I want could be done.
If not, I will bag the whole idea.

Thanks again!

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Choose VLC

by mariah_devin Mar 30, 2015 7:27PM PDT

VLC is a free media player that allows you to play DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray ISO files and other media formats as I know.

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VLC

by mopscare42 Mar 31, 2015 1:29PM PDT

I have VLC on my tablet and it works great.
Will install it on my desktop and try out it's features.
Can that be used to copy video ISO files on my hard drive?

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I have yet to use VLC to copy ISO files.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 1, 2015 1:46AM PDT

I use Windows Explorer, the command line, any other methods so why would I copy files of any type in VLC?
Bob

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Just a followup

by mopscare42 May 4, 2015 9:29AM PDT

Turns out it was much easier than I was was making it out to be.
I had a program that had been on my computers for years that I could use to burn the DVDs to ISO files on my hard drive and put them in a folder.
Downloaded a program which allowed me to put as many DVDs as a Blu-ray disk could hold as long as the DVDs weren't encrypted or copy protected, which none of them were. I put 11 on one 25gig blu-ray disk.
Took some time, but have some very happy old timers now. I also learned a lot doing it.

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Thanks for the update,

by Oldartq May 5, 2015 11:21AM PDT

that was one of Robert's suggestion. My question now is...the BDplayer will play the .iso files? Never try it so i am really curious.

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Yes

by mopscare42 May 5, 2015 12:14PM PDT

The program "Vidon DVD to Blu-ray converter" takes those ISO files and coverts them to a ISO Image file that can be played on a Blu-ray player.
I am sure there are other, more difficult ways to do it, but from what I have read, this is the easiest.
The Blu-ray disks I have made are being played on many different brand and age players with no complaints.
I am in no way into file types and what they can do and can't do, I am just going by what the program is telling me it does.
That program can be downloaded and used for a 30 day trial period at no cost. That's what I did until I found that is what I wanted to do. It works perfect so I bought it.
Hope that helps.

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r. proffitt · Accepted Answer · Mar 10, 2015 1:24AM PDT

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There is no best way but what you decide.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 10, 2015 1:24AM PDT

There is no standard for doing this. One could create .ISO files, one each from each DVD and plop those files onto a DATA BluRay disc. To play them you could use VLC Player on a PC.

Or you can rip each DVD and create some menu with your choice of video editor and dvd creation software. But there is no set standard for that either. With dozens of software titles out there, there would be no step by step today.
Bob

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