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by wmcclain
Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:44 pm
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: General question about Calculated BUP offset for VTS
Replies: 1
Views: 337

Re: General question about Calculated BUP offset for VTS

I've seen those messages for years and they have caused no problems for me.

DVDs are not always authored with care and you sometimes see strange errors.
by wmcclain
Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Mutliple BluRay Drives Question
Replies: 2
Views: 516

Re: Mutliple BluRay Drives Question

Are you using:

Preferences -> IO -> Ask for single drive mode
by wmcclain
Mon Sep 18, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: MakeMKV v1.17.4 linux can't find any usable optical drives
Replies: 3
Views: 3773

Re: MakeMKV v1.17.4 linux can't find any usable optical drives

I'm using Arch with makemkv installed from the AUR repository. I use both SATA and USB Blu-ray drives. I don't recall any specific setup required. Could be a module or group permissions error? Do other applications see the drive? It mounts discs and the contents are visible? If there is anything you...
by wmcclain
Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:51 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Playing DVD files from computer to television
Replies: 2
Views: 810

Re: Playing DVD files from computer to television

Many people do this, the HTPC = "Home Theater Computer" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htpc). The task is much simplified if you are interested in only locally stored files: you don't have to worry about a tuner or recording capability. Kodi is a popular free system that will catalog and p...
by wmcclain
Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Ejecting after read errors takes over a minute and fails
Replies: 2
Views: 2612

Re: Ejecting after read errors takes over a minute and fails

I've had this for years. I have not had to power off to recover for a long time, but optical drives on Linux do seem to get wedged into error states where it will not give up the disc even when no one wants it loaded. Hitting the physical eject button repeatedly seems to help. Eventually. I've also ...
by wmcclain
Thu Feb 16, 2023 4:06 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Having issues with using downloaded subtitles that seem different than the movie's subtitles
Replies: 2
Views: 1778

Re: Having issues with using downloaded subtitles that seem different than the movie's subtitles

It is a great day when your downloaded srt file fits the video perfectly the first time. For all other days, I use a bash command-line script: https://github.com/helixarch/subedit It has many modes but I find "-a" the most useful. Play the video and note the timestamps of the first and las...
by wmcclain
Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:47 am
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Choosing the Correct Video/Audio Track
Replies: 2
Views: 2476

Re: Choosing the Correct Video/Audio Track

This is a very common situation and often discussed here. See viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16791

Do you have java jre installed? That will often sort out the proper playlists.
by wmcclain
Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: 3 minutes of silence in main track of disc 2 of Visconti's "Ludwig"
Replies: 7
Views: 5156

Re: 3 minutes of silence in main track of disc 2 of Visconti's "Ludwig"

^ This was with standard Blu-ray. I didn't see this was the UHD forum when I searched for the topic.
by wmcclain
Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:02 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: 3 minutes of silence in main track of disc 2 of Visconti's "Ludwig"
Replies: 7
Views: 5156

Re: 3 minutes of silence in main track of disc 2 of Visconti's "Ludwig"

I just encountered the same issue. Also LPCM audio, 3m of silence overlaying the start of the titles, also from Arrow Video. This was with the box set of BLOOD BATH, two discs, two titles on each. The segments all look something like: 6,4,6 Where 00006.m2ts is 3 minutes of silence, no reason for its...
by wmcclain
Fri Dec 23, 2022 5:27 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Making changes to GUI
Replies: 12
Views: 5871

Re: Making changes to GUI

Jimmers wrote:
Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:10 pm
Bump

I have run into several disks that use an obfuscation technique that creates a very large list of files that must be deselected. They can average around 100. This is a very tedious process to and the ability to de/select all would be very helpful
Try right-click on the list.
by wmcclain
Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:56 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: illegal instruction in makemkv
Replies: 17
Views: 13778

Re: illegal instruction in makemkv

What does ldd on /usr/bin/makemkv show? For example: ldd /usr/bin/makemkv linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff869fa000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f5972200000) libQt5Widgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5 (0x00007f5971a00000) libQt5Gui.so.5 => /usr/lib/libQt5Gui.so.5 (0x00007f5971...
by wmcclain
Sun Nov 20, 2022 7:41 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Can makemkv make an .iSO image of a bluray disc?
Replies: 9
Views: 6528

Re: Can makemkv make an .iSO image of a bluray disc?

MakeMKV has both "full backup" and "convert to MKV" functions.

To use full backup and get the BDMV folders, DO NOT click on the big disk image after inserting. Click on the little folder icon in the toolbar.
by wmcclain
Sun Nov 20, 2022 1:24 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Can makemkv make an .iSO image of a bluray disc?
Replies: 9
Views: 6528

Re: Can makemkv make an .iSO image of a bluray disc?

You can backup the BR to a BDMV folder structure. Then make an .iso from that with standard utilities.

On Linux I use mkisofs; I'm not sure about Mac.
by wmcclain
Sat Nov 12, 2022 1:25 pm
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: Makemkv successfully creates .iso, but can't save titles from it
Replies: 1
Views: 1582

Re: Makemkv successfully creates .iso, but can't save titles from it

Have you tried the different DVD opening modes as detailed here? viewtopic.php?f=7&t=28541

Or, you might note the title numbers when playing with vlc and use manual opening mode in makemkv.
by wmcclain
Wed Nov 02, 2022 12:55 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Multi-episode files
Replies: 3
Views: 2051

Re: Multi-episode files

That is how the disk was authored. There is something in the menu's code that picks out the correct chapter range when selecting an episode in the DVD player. Why it is done that way sometimes and others not: I don't know. Something in the work flow or choices the operator made. Handbrake will pick ...