Rob P

I realize this is an old thread, but just in case people still follow it...<br /> <br /> It is not necessary to have Any-DVD. There is a free program called MakeMKV that will rip the Blu-Ray to an mkv file, which you can then demux with TSMuxer. <br /> <br /> Also, with ATI 5XXX series video cards, it is now possible to do bitperfect streaming of the HD audio (DD True-HD, DTS-MA, etc). A really good guide for this can be found here > http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2010/02/02/guide-setting-up-bitstreaming-with-your-windows-7-htpc-part-i/<br /> <br /> If you want true streaming of LPCM and FLAC files (without Windows mixer interfering), see this guide > http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=152520<br /> <br /> Finally, there is another program which some may find useful, called multiAVCHD. It has a feature which will create audio-only AVCHD files - technically, it adds a still image to audio streams to create playable files of smaller size than the original BluRay. If you want to have HD audio tracks, without taking up the hdd space that the full video takes up, it's an excellent tool.