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by robpdotcom
Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:36 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: 3D playback inferior quality
Replies: 9
Views: 15517

Re: 3D playback inferior quality

If there's a difference, it's the player's fault. Maybe PowerDVD is changing some settings behind your back when you play the mkv.
by robpdotcom
Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:46 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Couple files wont play in media player
Replies: 7
Views: 11897

Re: Couple files wont play in media player

Both movies have Dolby TrueHD soundtracks....... Did you also keep the "core"? Does your media player support TrueHD? When you say "Media Player", do you mean Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player, or a standalone hardware media player?
by robpdotcom
Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:13 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Alex Cross MPLS file
Replies: 10
Views: 19450

Re: Alex Cross MPLS file

A competitor's program (which is used only for ripping, and lacks mkv muxing), is able to tell which is the correct playlist on this type of disc. Out of respect, I will not name the program.
by robpdotcom
Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:13 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Alex Cross MPLS file
Replies: 10
Views: 19450

Re: Alex Cross MPLS file

814 is the correct playlist.
by robpdotcom
Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:10 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Workflow to build a digital movie collection
Replies: 6
Views: 11831

Re: Workflow to build a digital movie collection

I would look for a hardware player that will support MPEG2, VC-1, H.264, TrueHD, multi-channel LPCM and/or flac, and DTS-HD MA in an mkv file. That should cover all DVD and Bluray rips. Then, you won't need to transcode anything - saving time, and keeping the full quality.
by robpdotcom
Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:13 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: HD Audio 7.1 being backed up as 5.1 only
Replies: 18
Views: 45584

Re: HD Audio 7.1 being backed up as 5.1 only

I think you are getting bad info from XBMC and VLC - they are just showing you the number of channels in the DTS core. I don't believe it's even possible for MakeMKV to convert DTS-HD MA 7.1 to DTS-HD MA 5.1. I'm not sure it will ease your mind any, but you can open the mkv with MakeMKV and it will ...
by robpdotcom
Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:44 am
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: VC-1 to H264?
Replies: 12
Views: 24341

Re: VC-1 to H264?

Are you playing this on a pc via XBMC? If so, I wouldn't re-encode it. Just figure out why it isn't playing correctly in XBMC and fix it.
by robpdotcom
Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:39 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Joining chapters of one film from two disc's.
Replies: 22
Views: 35945

Re: Joining chapters of one film from two disc's.

You need to do them in reverse order because it won't let you have two chapters with the same names. Yes, it will. In fact, working from first to last is the easiest way: After you type the new chapter name, simply press "ENTER" and it will jump to the field with the next chapter name. An...
by robpdotcom
Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:21 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: FLAC ripping from Music DVD possible?
Replies: 4
Views: 10676

Re: FLAC ripping from Music DVD possible?

I would use Makemkv to rip from the disc, and then use Foobar to convert to flac. Foobar will even allow you to split chapters into separate files.
by robpdotcom
Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:20 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Merging Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Trilogy Set
Replies: 30
Views: 100236

Re: Merging Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Trilogy Set

I put the "00.00.00.500 " code in the "...after this duration" box, which is how I read the instructions. Read them again. :mrgreen: It should be: 00 : 00 : 00.500 not 00.00.00.500. Use colons to separate hours, minutes, and seconds. Also, for large files it can take a long time...
by robpdotcom
Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:37 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Can we get a subtitle info thread?
Replies: 1
Views: 5766

Re: Can we get a subtitle info thread?

This has some of the info you're looking for:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... rYlE#gid=0
by robpdotcom
Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:08 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: forced subtitle issue solved
Replies: 16
Views: 36879

Re: forced subtitle issue solved

Chetwood wrote:Why waste time demuxing/remuxing subs?
Normally, I wouldn't - but if you want the subs to be identified by a filter that can pick out forced subs (such as the MPC-BE subtitle renderer), then you need to use BDSup2Sub on the Avatar subs.
by robpdotcom
Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:33 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: forced subtitle issue solved
Replies: 16
Views: 36879

Re: forced subtitle issue solved

You can also run the subs through BDSup2Sub and there is an option to set the entire stream as forced.
by robpdotcom
Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:42 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Regret going digital, is it hard to go reverse?
Replies: 4
Views: 7971

Re: Regret going digital, is it hard to go reverse?

elephantchicken wrote:I converted my whole collection to digital, but I miss the physical shelf component to collecting. Is it too much cost and effort to burn the movies onto bluray, print out artwork, etc?
If it's your collection, then just put the shelf back up. Surely you didn't just throw away all of your discs.
by robpdotcom
Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:26 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: H.264 MPEG-4/AVC and WMV
Replies: 8
Views: 17428

Re: H.264 MPEG-4/AVC and WMV

Isn't there a lot more to quality than the type of codec? For example, how well it is transferred from film to digital, bit rate, etc. So, if done well, even an MPEG2 transfer could have higher picture quality than a not-so well done H.264. If disc space is not a major concern (such as with a short ...