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People are comparing practical Blu-ray playback/backup approaches, focusing on how much compression is required to fit a retail Blu-ray onto lower-capacity media and whether Blu-ray-encoded video remains playable after being burned onto DVD-R data discs.

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Key Takeaway For Blu-ray rips, the limiting factor is fitting bitrate onto smaller media—some encodes may still play cleanly even when written to DVD-R data discs.
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For Blu-ray rips, the limiting factor is fitting bitrate onto smaller media—some encodes may still play cleanly even when written to DVD-R data discs.

People are comparing practical Blu-ray playback/backup approaches, focusing on how much compression is required to fit a retail Blu-ray onto lower-capacity media and whether Blu-ray-encoded video remains playable after being burned onto DVD-R data discs.

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Briefing Findings · For Blu-ray rips, the limiting factor is fitting bitrate

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source topic Compression needed to fit a retail Blu-ray onto a limited-capacity target
encode resolution 1080p Blu-ray encode
burn method Burned as a DVD-R data disc
playback outcome Ancient Blu-ray player handled it with no issues and full encode quality

What to Watch

  • Check r/DataHoarder for follow-up threads comparing disc media limits (capacity) versus achieved compression ratios. r/DataHoarder
  • Look for more r/DataHoarder reports on which Blu-ray players handle DVD-R data discs without playback artifacts. r/DataHoarder

What Changed

  • Burned a 1080p Blu-Ray encode to a DVD-R data disc and my ancient Blu-Ray player had no issues handling it in full quality of the encode r/DataHoarder
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