“Hi, I have a Blu-ray disc, and I wish to convert to TS format. Is it possible to convert to TS? If yes, can you recommend a good solution?”

Yes, you can convert Blu-ray to TS with the help of a Blu-ray to TS converter or a Blu-ray converter. You are indeed a lucky dog to come across this post as the post introduces a professional Blu-ray converter for you to convert Blu-ray to TS.

Part 1: What Is TS Video Format and How to Play TS Video?

Standing for Transport Stream, TS is a video stream file format that is used for storing video on DVDs, and it can store audio and data information as well. Specified for MPEG-2 part 1 systems that compresses the video data, TS files hold multiple pieces of data in a single container-format. It allows for simultaneous streaming of audio, video, and data output. TS files can be converted into .AVI, .WMV, .WMA, .MPG, .MP3, and .MP4 files by using a TS Converter such as Leawo Prof. Media.

Leawo Blu-ray Player

Except Blu-ray video file, Leawo Blu-ray Player can also play TS video format. Actually, as a powerful and professional multimedia player, Leawo Blu-ray Player is able to play video and audio file of various formats, such as Blu-ray, DVD, ISO files, common video, HD video and audio files. Launch the player, click “Open File” option to browse TS video file for unlimited playback. What is more amazing is that Leawo Blu-ray Player is totally free of charge.

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VLC Media Player

The famous VLC Media Player can also be used to play TS video file. Launch VLC Media Player, Click “Media > Open File” to browse target TS video file on your hard drive, and choose the TS video file you want to play. Once chosen, VLC Media Player will start to play TS video file.

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Part 2: How to Convert Blu-ray to TS File with Leawo Blu-ray to TS Converter?

Leawo Blu-Ray Ripper is able to convert Blu-ray to various videos. If you’re looking for a tool to convert Blu-ray to TS file, just give it a shot. It’s not only easy to use, high in quality, but also flexible on customization. No matter you’re going to convert the whole Blu-ray movie in folder, or only the main movie in folder, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper could perform as a wonderful Blu-ray to TS converter to help you complete it.

Step 1: Download and install Leawo Blu-ray to TS converter on your computer.
Step 2: Load Blu-ray movies
Click "Add Blu-ray/DVD" button or direct drag-and-drop to browse the Blu-ray movie folder on your computer for loading. Since you only need to convert the main movie to TS format, select Main Movie mode on the left. If you want to convert the whole Blu-ray movie folder, select Full Movie mode. Under the Custom Mode, you’re able to select clips you like for converting.

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Step 3: Set output profile
Click the drop-down box next to the "Add Blu-ray/DVD" button, then select "Change > Format > TS" as output format.

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By clicking "Edit" option after you check the drop-down box, you could change video codec, audio codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, resolution, frame rate, channel, and other parameters.

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Step 4: Start Blu-ray to TS conversion
After output profile setting, save the settings and exit the Profile panel. Then, click the green "Convert" button to call out the conversion setting side bar, on which you need to set "Save to" option and then start Blu-ray to TS conversion by clicking the "Convert" button.

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Part 3: How to Convert Blu-ray to TS File via tsMuxeR?

tsMuxeR is a Transport Stream muxer, which can be used to join, split or cut source files based on the segment you need to process. Furthermore, you can split the output file, trim source files, detect the audio delay for TS, M2TS, MPG, VOB and EVO sources and add language information into Blu-ray structure and TS header. And, with a straightforward user interface, you will discover your way around the application fast enough. This article will guide you through the steps of ripping a Blu-ray disc, demux it and then remux it to TS file format. This way you will get a huge, but unprotected, easy to use and store TS file that contains the exact video and audio streams as your Blu-ray disc quality and size-wise.

Step 1. Download, install and launch tsMuxeR in your computer, and click Add on the right side of the window.

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Step 2. Find the video file you want to convert and click Open. tsMuxeR will automatically load all the files associated with it. Now we have our main movie loaded and ready for extraction. Select the main video track, the audio that you want to keep and any subtitles you may need later on. If you need, you can find a list of compatible video formats and codecs that you can convert on the application’s website.
Step3. Under the Output option, choose "TS muxing".
Step 4. Then, on the right side of the screen, click the “Browse” button to find a place to store the converted TS files. This location is deemed to have enough space to store an entire copy of the movie you’re planning to burn, at least temporarily, so make sure there’s plenty of free space on that drive.
Step 5. When you’re done, click “Start muxing.” This will convert (or remux) your video into a folder of files. tsMuxeR will now copy the tracks you have selected to your hard drive. This process will take from about 45 to 90 minutes, depending on the speed of your Blu-ray drive and the size of the disc. When it is done, click OK and close tsMuxeR.

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Part 4: How to Convert Blu-ray to TS File using VLC?

VLC is the most popular as well as powerful free and open-source tool in the market. It can not only play multimedia files as well as Blu-rays, Audio CDs, VCDs in a convenient way, but also can be used as a powerful video converter, both in Mac and window based computer including DVD of course. Can we convert Blu-ray to TS File using VLC? If you've no idea about this, you're definitely in the right place! This article will guide you to convert Blu-ray to TS File with the famous VLC Media player.

Step 1. Free download and run the VLC Media Player, click the "Media > Open Disc" to select the Blu-ray movies that you want to rip/convert.

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Step 2. In the Open Media window, you can choose the Disc tab. Make sure Blu-ray is selected under Blu-ray Selection and hit "Browse" to choose the right disc device. You can choose the Blu-ray title and chapter to get the exact part that you want to rip. The button "Play" allows you to preview the Blu-ray part you selected to make sure it is the right video.
Step 3. Later, after you have got the right video, go to Media > Convert/Save.
Step 4. Under Settings > Profile, you need to choose “Video-MPEG-2+MPGA(TS)” as output format. When doing this, just make sure the file extension is right –TS. You can edit the Profile settings by clicking the edit button beside the profile options.

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Step 5. Under Destination, you can set the name and output location for the ripped videos. Then, click Start.
Step 6. When you finished the settings, click on the Start Button to begin the extraction. VLC should begin streaming. The amount of time it takes will depend on the file format and size of the Blu-ray but it will take a while no matter what.

After ripping Blu-ray to TS with VLC, you can get output files. That’s it. Enjoy!
In conclusion, though VLC Media Player comes with powerful abilities to Blu-ray to TS, it still has some drawback. For example, its supported output format is limited. Therefore, you will definitely disappointed if you cannot get the format you need. Maybe you can try Leawo Blu-ray Ripper, which is capable of ripping Blu-ray DVD to 180+ video/ audio with 100% original quality and 6X faster speed.