Download MakeMKV beta
MakeMKV for Windows and Mac OS X is available for download below. MakeMKV for Linux
is available on the
forum page.
Revision history
MakeMKV v1.17.3 (1.2.2023)
- Added support for 4K BDAV discs
- Small improvements and bugfixes
- Notable bug fixes:
- DV HEVC streams with certain encoding were processed in a non-compatible way
- CellWalk scan faild on some DVDs
- Linux AArch64 version crashed on Raspberry PI3
- MakeMKV v1.17.2 (10.10.2022 )
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Small improvements and bugfixes
- MakeMKV v1.17.1 (13.7.2022 )
- Small improvements and bugfixes
- Bug fixes:
- Program could hang when scanning certain protected DVD discs using CellWallk method
- Some titles were truncated on DVDs with structure protection, when using CellWallk method
- Small bugfixes
- 1.17.0 regressions:
- On some UHD HEVC streams program spitted thousands of invalid "Corrupt" messages, appearing to hang
- Program crashed decoding certain AC3 (DD) streams, usually during transcoding
- MakeMKV v1.17.0 (27.6.2022 )
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- A new, rewritten DVD engine - much better handling for discs with structure protection
- Many internal improvements and small bugfixes
- Notable Bug fixes:
- Program failed to recognize some exotic USB drives
- Program failed on some DVD streams recorded from sattelite feed (TiVO DVD)
- Program could hang if internet connection wasn't available
- MakeMKV v1.16.7 (27.2.2022 )
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Many internal improvements and small bugfixes
- MakeMKV v1.16.5 (1.11.2021 )
- Miscellaneous UI improvements
- WinCDArb update, fixes occasional "no optical drives" error
- LibMMBD stability improvements
- Many small bug-fixes
- MakeMKV v1.16.4 (8.7.2021 )
- Much better support for discs with Java playlist obfuscation
- Any Java runtime version is now supported, including Java 16
- Mac OS: Support for Mac OS 12.0 Monterey
- Some small improvements
- Bug fixes:
- Program failed to recognize some AAC streams with exotic channel encoding
- Picture dimensions were displayed incorrectly for some exotic HEVC streams
- Conversion of some DVDs could fail at the very end of title
- MakeMKV v1.16.3 (18.3.2021 )
- Bug fixes:
- Some non-English messages were displayed incorrectly
- Opening DVD in manual mode from GUI was broken in 1.16.0
- Some E-AC3 streams with surround channels were ignored when opening M2TS files
- MakeMKV v1.16.2 (17.3.2021 )
- Bug fixes:
- Mac OS: Program produced random errors when running on OS X 10.11 El Captain or earlier versions
- Linux: ccextractor is now part of OSS package
- MakeMKV v1.16.1 (4.3.2021 )
- Bug fixes:
- Mac OS: Program could fail to start
- Mac OS: ccextractor helper app failed to start
- Windows XP: Program failed to start
- Some small improvements
- MakeMKV v1.16.0 (27.2.2021 )
- ARM port, support for Apple silicon, Linux on ARM
- MMMBD on OSX - support for applications with hardened runtime (Handbrake)
- Some internal improvements and small bugfixes
- MakeMKV v1.15.4 (8.12.2020 )
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Many internal improvements and small bugfixes
- Implemented seamless joining of TrueHD streams with overlapping frames based on Dominik Mydlil's idea
- MakeMKV now recognizes and converts double-track Dolby Vision MKV files
- Bug fixes:
- Program could fail when processing TrueHD streams from MKV file
- DTS core was not extracted from DTS-HD streams (1.15.0 regression)
- MakeMKV v1.15.3 (1.10.2020 )
- Massive internal rewrite, many bugfixes
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Brand new network code, it is now possible to set proxy server in preferences, to access network over TOR/VPN
- MakeMKV now can extract Dolby Vision metadata from elementary stream data and rebuild missing or invalid DV descriptors
- Drive speed control update - MakeMKV now forces low speed when reading data around disc edges, working around firmware bugs
- Bug fixes:
- Program could hang or crash when converting files with many audio streams
- On some multi-segment sources with LPCM audio program failed to produce MKV file
- Program could crash when producing testdump or when conversion failed
- On 32-bit x86 system program could run out of memory on big mult-segment sources
- MakeMKV v1.15.2 (20.7.2020 )
- Massive internal rewrite, some improvements and small bugfixes
- Muxer updated to the latest matroska specification
- Advanced usage changes:
- Sdftool included as standalone executable
- Drive speed control option
- MakeMKV v1.15.1 (15.4.2020 )
- Added support for AACS v76 (for those poor souls without LibreDrive)
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Many internal improvements and small bugfixes
- Bug fixes:
- For some HD audio streams frames were dropped incorrectly on segment boundaries
- MakeMKV v1.15.0 (3.3.2020 )
- User interface update
- New preferences page for LibMMBD integration
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Better tolerance for corrupted input data
- Many internal improvements
- Previous history
System Requirements
- Supported OS
- Windows XP or later
- Mac OS X 10.6 and later
- Linux x86 or amd64
- 512 MB of RAM, 1 GB recommended. MakeMKV will run on computers with low memory amount
but conversion speed will be very slow.
- 10 MB of hard drive space for program files.
- Adequate hard drive space for converted content. Typical DVD movie takes 6 GB on
hard drive. Typical Blu-ray movie takes 30 GB.
Beta version restrictions
MakeMKV BETA has several major restrictions.
- Program is time-limited -- it will stop functioning after 60 days. You can always
download the latest version from makemkv.com that will reset the expiration date.
- HD-DVD support is limited - some discs may fail to open and not all audio and subtitle
tracks will be preserved.
- Blu-ray and DVD discs are fully supported.
- Computer administrator privileges are required on Windows to run the beta version.
This is limitation of Windows SCSI application programming interface. Eventually
MakeMKV will not require administrator privileges to run.
Aside from restrictions above, the program is fully functional. Produced MKV files
are not degraded in any way and have no time or usage restrictions.