MakeMKV - Revision history

Revision history

MakeMKV v1.8.3 ( 22.5.2013 )

Updated support for AACS v40
Reduced memory usage during conversion
Bug fixes:

MakeMKV could crash when backing up an incorrectly mastered 3D blu-ray disc

MakeMKV v1.8.2 ( 13.5.2013 )

Bug fixes:

Randomly, MakeMKV could hang during eject, leaving console portion running in background

Expert mode:

MKV track flags may be changed in GUI
Forced tracks may be automatically marked as default in conversion profile
Navigation keys may be used in property editor

MakeMKV v1.8.1 ( 23.4.2013 )

Improved compatibility of produced MKV files
Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
Visual enhancements for HiDPI displays
Many miscellaneous improvements
Bug fixes:

Mac OS X - Randomly, a disc could be unrecognized if inserted while MakeMKV running
Mac OS X / Linux - Eject button was not always working
Audio transcoding could fail for certain DTS HD HRA tracks
Chapter names were inconsistent for blu-ray discs
Some (rare) MKV files couldn't be opened

Expert mode:

Chapter names may be changed in GUI

MakeMKV v1.8.0 ( 21.2.2013 )

Updated support for AACS v38
Updated BD+ engine
Added support for multi-angle blu-ray 3D
Visual enhancements
Improved compatibility of produced MKV files
Italian translation
Many miscellaneous stability improvements
Bug fixes:

Cover picture was always embedded into MKV file, even if not selected
Failed to process some DVD with LPCM audio
Saving to NFS volume on Linux could fail

Expert mode:

Additional profile settings

MakeMKV v1.7.10 ( 2.1.2013 )

Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
Many miscellaneous improvements

MakeMKV v1.7.9 ( 5.11.2012 )

Bug fixes:

Audio transcoding could fail on Windows 7 under some circumstances
MakeMKV no longer requires GLIBC 2.15 on Linux

Few miscellaneous improvements

MakeMKV v1.7.8 ( 15.10.2012 )

Added support for AACS v35
Updated BD+ engine
Added ability to produce MKV files with compressed tracks (WDTV profile)
Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with mastering errors
Bug fixes:

Audio transcoding could fail or hang at the very end of file
MakeMKV could crash when reading DVDs with a specific structure protection

Many miscellaneous stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.7.7 ( 16.8.2012 )

Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with mastering errors
MakeMKV now prevents computer going to sleep mode during copy
Miscellaneous stability improvements
Max OS X changes:

BDMV folder bundles can be selected on Mountain Lion
Switched from GROWL to Mountain Lion notifications

Expert mode:

MakeMKV now includes ffmpeg executable with 24-bit FLAC encoder
New FLAC profile

Bug fixes:

On some DVDs MakeMKV could go into endless loop when opening disc in CellWalk mode
MakeMKV could hang (endless ASSERT) on titles with seamless branching and LPCM tracks
Forced subtitles were extracted incompletely on certain blu-ray discs
Aspect ratio was sometimes incorrect for H.264 SD content
Occasionally makemkvcon executable could stay running in background even after application window was closed

MakeMKV v1.7.6 ( 30.6.2012 )

Added support for AACS v32

MakeMKV v1.7.5 ( 20.6.2012 )

Miscellaneous stability and improvements
Expert mode - support for DTS-HD decoding/transcoding

MakeMKV v1.7.4 ( 10.4.2012 )

Added support for AACS v31
Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with mastering errors
Conversion profile improvements in expert mode
Bug fixes:

On some discs 3D MVC video was not recognized
Subtitle tracks were not available on HD-DVD discs after 1.7.0 update

MakeMKV v1.7.3 ( 27.3.2012 )

Added ability to extract and put 3D MVC Video into MKV container
Initial support for on-the-fly audio reencoding
Improved functionality in expert mode
Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with mastering errors
Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with structure protection
Better handling of MKV files created by other programs
Many UI and stability improvements
Bug fixes:

MakeMKV could crash on profile change in expert mode
A single audio frame could be incorrectly dropped at the start of file
HD-DVD processing was accidentally broken in 1.7.0

MakeMKV v1.7.2 ( 9.2.2012 )

Added support for AACS v30

MakeMKV v1.7.1 ( 28.1.2012 )

Improved handling for Blu-ray discs with seamless branching
Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
Improved handling for DVD discs with structure protection
Expert mode:

Profile can specify more complex default selection configurations
Tracks order may be specified in profile and changed in GUI

Bug fixes:

MakeMKV could randomly crash in expert mode
Rarely, some chapters could have been discarded from DVD disc

MakeMKV v1.7.0 ( 21.12.2011 )

Improved handling for Blu-ray with structure protection
Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
Small performance improvements
Expert mode:

Many attributes of MKV file may be edited in GUI
Output file name may be specified per title
MakeMKV can output detailed AV synchronization statistics
Arbitrary default track selection logic may be specified in profile

Bug fixes:

Short titles were incorrectly skipped on some DVDs
On multi-angle DVDs chapters were not preserved for non-first angles
Program could crash when processing Blu-ray discs with LPCM audio
On some DVDs different titles were incorrectly marked as duplicates
Some multi-angle or interleaved DVDs produced MKV files with noticeable AV synchronization issues

MakeMKV v1.6.16 ( 28.10.2011 )

Updated BD+ engine
Added support for new DVD copy protections
MakeMKV is now much more tolerant to DVD mastering errors
Improved support for AVCHD discs
Many stability improvements
Bug fixes:

Backup failed for blu-ray discs with DCOPY folder
Some multi-angle DVDs were processed incorrectly
Some DVDs could hang in CSS search phase
Some DVDs could hang with code 2025 during conversion

MakeMKV v1.6.15 ( 20.9.2011 )

Updated BD+ engine
Added workarounds for incorrectly-mastered discs
Miscellaneous bug fixes and stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.14 ( 18.8.2011 )

Bug fixes:

MakeMKV was "stuck" when processing some blu-ray discs
MakeMKV could randomly crash at start in rare cases

Improved debug logging
Miscellaneous stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.13 ( 5.8.2011 )

Added support for AACS bus encryption
Fixed failures on blu-ray discs with variable multi-angle playlists
Added ability to open MKV files
Various user interface improvements
Many performance and stability improvements
Bug fixes:

Discs with LPCM audio could have failed occasionally
Sparsely-encrypted discs could have failed
No other fixes for submitted DVD and blu-ray reports, sorry

MakeMKV v1.6.12 ( 9.7.2011 )

MKV engine fixes:

Some MKV files produced from h.264 AVC blu-ray discs were not seekable
Subtitles were displayed too short on some players
Occasional errors on titles with forced subtitles
Improved compatibility of produced MKV files

Added workarounds for new DVD protections
Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.10 ( 29.5.2011 )

Added support for AACS v25
Fixed MKV multiplexing error introduced in 1.6.9

MakeMKV v1.6.9 ( 27.5.2011 )

Updated BD+ engine
New MKV multiplexing engine
Fixed occasional program errors on Mac OS X
Fixed DASPI for Mac OS X 10.5.8
Stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.8 ( 26.4.2011 )

Updated BD+ engine
Workarounds for incorrectly-mastered discs
Stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.7

Added support for new DVD copy protections
Workarounds for incorrectly-mastered discs
Stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.6

Added support for AACS v23
Workarounds for some incorrectly mastered discs
Workarounds for external USB drives with JMicron chipset
Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements
Fixes:

Disc access speed was very slow in some cases
AACS auth could randomly fail on Linux
Some discs failed to open with error "UpdateTrackInfo failed"

MakeMKV v1.6.5

Fixed several UI errors introduced in 1.6.4
Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.4

Improved conversion speed in most cases
Improved handling for protected DVDs with episodic content
Fixes:

Some DVDs failed to open with error "Titleset #0 is invalid"
Conversion failed with "code 15" at the end

Max OS X changes:

New disc access method - DASPI
Overall UI improvements
Growl notifications

Miscellaneous stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.3

Added support for AACS v20
Updated BD+ engine
Improved compatibility with incorrectly-encoded H.264 streams
Improved processing for some DVDs
Many stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.2

Improved processing for some DVDs
Fixed occasional crashes introduced in 1.6.0
Many stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.6.0

Updated blu-ray keys for AACS v19
Updated BD+ engine
On backup MakeMKV now validates content hash tables and detects corrupted M2TS files
Better support for DVD discs
MakeMKV is now more tolerable to badly-mastered or damaged discs
Better support for HD-DVD discs
Many stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.5.8

Updated BD+ engine
Added (optional) automatic checking for program and svq updates
Miscellaneous stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.5.6

Improved handling for DVD discs
Added default tracks selection based on language
Many small improvements

MakeMKV v1.5.5

Updated BD+ engine
Corrected rare error with some H264 interlaced video
Improved handling for DVDs with incorrect DVD-TEXT metadata

MakeMKV v1.5.4

Updated blu-ray keys for AACS v17

MakeMKV v1.5.3

OS X: OS access mode is now default
Many miscellaneous stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.5.2

Added support for MPEG audio tracks on DVD
Corrected "code 28" error with some Blu-ray discs
All LPCM audio formats from Blu-ray are now handled correctly
Fixed occasional GUI failures
Improved handling of Blu-ray discs with episodic content
Various stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.5.1

Added myiBox streaming for NMT devices
Improved compatibility of produced MKV files
Stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.5.0

Added ability to decrypt M2TS files during backup
Added UPnP streaming mode
Added OS drive access mode supporting all drives on OSX
Significantly enhanced command-line interface
Improved support for AVCHD sources
Corrected error when chapters were missing with some blu-ray discs
Corrected error when some blu-ray discs couldn't be opened
Improved disc access speed on Linux
Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements

MakeMKV v1.4.12

Added support for AVCHD sources with recognition of camera metadata
Corrected error when subtitles were missing with some blu-ray discs
Added ability to save only forced subtitles for blu-ray discs
Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements

MakeMKV v1.4.11

Corrected compatibility issue with HD audio streams
Corrected incorrect processing of blu-ray discs with seamless branching (introduced in 1.4.10)
Miscellaneous stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.4.10

New functionality: instant video streaming
Added support for all blu-ray HD audio tracks:

Dolby TrueHD
Dolby Digital plus (E-AC3)
DTS-HD
DTS-HD Losless (Master audio)
DTS-HD Low bitrate

Corrected drive access problems on Windows (AHCI)
Corrected "MKV_ASSERT" error on titles with many subtitle tracks
Miscellaneous stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.4.9

Faster processing for some DVD discs
Miscellaneous stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.4.8

Fixed error leading to A/V desync in some cases
Small UI improvements
BD+ engine

MakeMKV v1.4.7

Small stability and UI improvements
Fixed error leading to SIGSEGV on some Linux distributions

MakeMKV v1.4.6

Fixed error causing MKV files to be too short for some DVDs
Fixed error leading to duplicate and out-of-order audio frames in some MKVs
Many corrections in MKV multiplexor (forced subtitles, default tracks, simple blocks)
MakeMKV now produces more detailed debug log
Aspect ratio and frame rate information is now displayed for video streams
Blu-ray discs now open significantly faster
Improved conversion speed on OSX and Linux

MakeMKV v1.4.5

Updated to the latest AACS keys

MakeMKV v1.4.4

Added support for multi-angle Blu-ray discs
Fixed MKV compatibility issues (chapter UIDs)
Improved complex mpls handling

MakeMKV v1.4.3

First version for Mac OS X
Added support for LPCM audio tracks
Stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.4.2

Many stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.4.1

Improved handling for incorrectly mastered Blu-ray discs
MakeMKV now produces compatible timecodes for VC-1 streams

MakeMKV v1.4.0

Improved handling for incorrectly mastered DVD discs
Stability and user interface improvements

MakeMKV v1.3 build 797

Stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.3 build 778

Improved compatibility of produced MKV files
Stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.3 build 722

Improved support for Blu-ray discs, including support for Blu-ray chapters
Improved handling for DVD discs with structure protection
Many stability improvements

MakeMKV v1.2 build 692

Fixed error during opening of already decrypted Blu-ray and HD-DVD files on harddrive

MakeMKV v1.2 build 684

Updated to the latest AACS keys
Added support for multi-angle DVD discs
Added support for Blu-ray PGS subtitles
Fixed container incompatibility for VC-1 streams

MakeMKV v1.01 build 650

Fixed previously broken processing of already decrypted Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs

MakeMKV v1.01 build 646

Improved recognition of bogus titles on DVD discs with structure protection

MakeMKV v1.01 build 634

Improved handling for DVD discs with structure protection

MakeMKV v1.01 build 630

Initial beta release
DVD functionality is fully implemented
Blu-ray and Hd-dvd support is experimental