Since I will be using Clown_BD to actually create my main movie rip I simply rely on it via its use of eac3to to view the playlist. There are several tools you can use to view the playlists (such as BDInfo, HDBRStreamExtractor, etc…). So in a case like this, how do you figure out what the correct playlist you want is without ripping each playlist and then watching for those small changes? Well, let’s take a look at one method to sort this out, using my software duo of AnyDVD + Clown_BD: The language differences though are not actually the audio track but instead the wording (for example there may be a logo on a door during the movie, and this logo is what changes according to the playlist you choose). Many of these discs that I have encountered typically have three different versions of the main movie (French, Spanish, and English).

Disney Blu-rays seem to be the most notorious for this. However, there are cases where just looking at the playlist it is extremely difficult to determine the correct playlist unless you want to attempt trial and error. Another easy way to determine the correct playlist would be to look up the actual movie runtime (whether it be from IMDB or other). For example, if you have a movie that has the theatrical release and the extended cut you know that the runtime for the extended cut will be the longer of the two. In some instances it should be fairly obvious what each playlist is. Typically this will occur when there are multiple languages of the same movie included on the disc, or when there are different versions (such as a theatrical and extended version). Odds are if you rip your Blu-ray collection (the main movie only) using a tool like Clown_BD you have come across at least several movies where there have been multiple playlists for what appear to all be for the main movie.

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