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#317412 13-Oct-2024 13:18

Might seem a silly question, but - if a BluRay disk is backed up (say with DVDSmithMovie), are the resultant video files any different from standard DVD ones?

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#3296886 13-Oct-2024 13:33

They shouldn't be different.

While audio CD backup is legal under current New Zealand copyright law, video content backup (CD, Videodisc, BluRay) is not.

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#3297137 14-Oct-2024 11:45

Thanks ... and yes, aware of copyright 😊

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#3297212 14-Oct-2024 12:48

DVDs contain .vob files, typically containing MPEG-2 video.

Blu-rays contain .m2ts files, which can be MPEG-2, but are usually H.264 or VC-1. Software intended for DVDs won't know how to handle these files.

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