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Without seeing debug logs from the rip, I can only say that #800 generated a 41GB file, 2:13:57 in length.

Hash checks aren't necessarily the drive - more often, it's the disk itself. And cleaning the disk fixes the majority of the issues, unless you have visible scratches. Some drives will not give an error if it can make out SOMETHING from the sector. Hash checks will show the bad data. That's one reas...

It would help to have the logs (link for how to get them in my signature)...

But, what do you have set for your minimum title length? If all the episodes are shorter than that, you'll get "failed to open disk".

Bitrate should not change. If you do not select all audio tracks, or all subtitle tracks, or a combination of those, the file can be smaller. Personally, I rip all audio tracks, regardless of language, and all subtitle tracks, so generally the size is without a few megabytes between them. And the MK...

The streams inside the m2ts file are copied to the MKV file. Video is never recoded within MakeMKV; so the video should be the same.

You can optionally convert some audio streams, but that is not done by default.

Not really - the Backup feature is "whole disk".

Remember that a "main title" can be more than one m2ts file. Watching MakeMKV rip Rogue One to MKV files earlier this month, the main feature was pulled together from MANY m2ts files.

I've had problems with VLC playing some DTS audio. I would think they would have fixed it by now.

Most likely cause is Windows Defender. It has a tendency to quarantine parts of MakeMKV after some updates, because the MakeMKV update server is in an "unsafe" location.

You can enter an exception for MakeMKV. At least, I'm told you can - I don't run Defender.

Not a silly question. But some people, for some reason, might want to keep the encryption.

I cannot think of a GOOD reason to do so, but maybe I'm just not playing in the same box that they keep their thoughts in.

MakeMKV can run completely without an internet connection. If you purchase a key, it's for "lifetime", and you avoid having to enter a new beta key every couple of months. I have no clue how often AnyDVD updates. You can view the update history of MakeMKV here: /download/ You be the judge....

MakeMKV should detect it if the disk is already decrypted, but that is almost unheard of in a commercial DVD. The debug messages received, though, should be meaningful to Mike, the software's author. The quickest way to get his attention is to email him at support@makemkv.com with a link to this top...

Without seeing the debug information, it is VERY hard to say.

Have you seen this thread? http://makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15055

What happens if you allow MakeMKV to open the disk automatically? It is possible that the manual choice points to an invalid collection of chapters. It's also possible that there is an error in the directory structure, either from a disk defect or something as simple as a fingerprint. Please follow ...

The fact that the MakeMKV gets past so many of the bad areas, they seem to be transient, or, more precisely, marginally bad, and retries gets through them, most of the time. But, sometimes, it can't, and so the title is skipped. Have you cleaned the disk yet? Damp, soft cotton or microfiber cloth, n...

MakeMKV is ripping the audio tracks "as they are", unless you tell it to convert them to FLAC (free lossless audio codec). Without knowing what software you used for the other rips, I have no idea what that software did with the audio tracks. I have found that some players do weird things ...