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by NullNix
Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:11 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Installation Error
Replies: 3
Views: 3364

Re: Installation Error

I see this too. It happens on distros like Nix (no relation to me :) ) where the makemkvcon and makemkv binaries are in different directories (usually with contents symlinked to /usr/bin). makemkv by default looks for the makemkvcon binary purely in the same directory as the makemkv binary, but can ...
by NullNix
Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:44 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: ffmpeg 5.1.x ./configure --prefix=/tmp/ffmpeg
Replies: 1
Views: 2201

Re: ffmpeg 5.1.x ./configure --prefix=/tmp/ffmpeg

--prefix affects where the program expects to find its files when it's invoked, not where the compiled objects go: it has never affected where builds are done. (It also affects where 'make install' installs the files, and it can be reset at install time to put them somewhere else, maybe for symlinki...
by NullNix
Mon Dec 06, 2021 3:57 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: "The program can't find any usable optical drives."
Replies: 2
Views: 4243

Re: "The program can't find any usable optical drives."

Probably you need to load the SCSI generic (sg) module.
by NullNix
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:56 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: A Better Way To Find The Correct Playlist/Segment Map
Replies: 64
Views: 277958

Re: A Better Way To Find The Correct Playlist/Segment Map

It seems like OpenedFilesView ( https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/opened_files_view.html ) is a Windows program. MetalDave was asking about how to do it on a Mac. I'm multi-OS; I'm using Ubuntu right now to read this. :D That said, I'm curious to know a better process on any OS. Thank you to both dcoke...
by NullNix
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:25 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Blu Ray extras but not the movie
Replies: 4
Views: 4461

Re: Blu Ray extras but not the movie

Ah, that explains it. Older disks are probably formatted with one of the versions of the FAT filesystem which cannot handle files >2GiB in size: the main movie is almost certainly much bigger than that, so writing fails. (You'd usually get a truncated 2GiB file, though, not nothing.) Disks formatted...
by NullNix
Mon May 10, 2021 7:42 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Pioneer bdc td03
Replies: 7
Views: 8565

Re: Pioneer bdc td03

I think this is sheer old age. I've had this drive since shortly after it went on sale (early 2010), and it was fine for about the first eight years, but since then has been failing like this more and more often. Repeated reinsertions often fix it, or a poweroff of the drive, but it's a right drag....
by NullNix
Sun May 09, 2021 7:55 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: If you're experiencing rip errors, please read here first!
Replies: 220
Views: 999360

Re: If you're experiencing rip errors, please read here first!

I cleaned the bd-disc with toothpaste - and the disc looks fine. !! Toothpaste contains abrasives and a fairly strong alkali. I'm not sure that hitting a transparent surface that must remain transparent to laser light at a microscopic level with an alkali abrasive is going to do it too much good...
by NullNix
Sun May 09, 2021 1:04 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Pioneer bdc td03
Replies: 7
Views: 8565

Re: Pioneer bdc td03

I think this is sheer old age. I've had this drive since shortly after it went on sale (early 2010), and it was fine for about the first eight years, but since then has been failing like this more and more often. Repeated reinsertions often fix it, or a poweroff of the drive, but it's a right drag. ...
by NullNix
Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:41 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Question to all: MakeMKV without GUI, console only
Replies: 39
Views: 82205

Re: Question to all: MakeMKV without GUI, console only

I've written my own scripting language, specifically tailored to transcoding discs into mkv files. My automation goals seem different than most. Most people seem interested in quickly and easily extracting or transcoding Blu-rays or DVDs into media files. I'm more interested in repeatability. I rea...
by NullNix
Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:43 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Best compression while maintaining quality
Replies: 19
Views: 104920

Re: Best compression while maintaining quality

I've never bothered with HEVC because the rasbpi I play it back on can't do hardware HEVC decoding. (Also, the one time I tried to encode to it, it encoded at about .05 frames/second: thanks, but no thanks. Even QTGMC + TemporalDegrain2 manages 8 fps on my 10-core Broadwell.) Also... I'm fairly sure...
by NullNix
Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:56 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Best compression while maintaining quality
Replies: 19
Views: 104920

Re: Best compression while maintaining quality

I thought I might as well jump in with a bunch of not-very-useful comments. I transcode using a... rather elaborately horrible organically-grown script that I pushed to https://github.com/nickalcock/copy-dvd-title literally seconds ago, so it is currently totally undocumented. It *does* let me (subj...
by NullNix
Fri Sep 01, 2017 2:11 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: 'Bug in kernel' message?
Replies: 3
Views: 15298

Re: 'Bug in kernel' message?

The Linux kernel fails to update the mounted device size. Insert DVD, eject, insert blu-ray, and linux kernel would still report 4GB size for an underlying block device. There is no stable repro, it just happens from time to time. MakeMKV reads inaccessible sectors using direct scsi commands, bypas...
by NullNix
Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:01 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: AACS 2.0 is cracked?
Replies: 89
Views: 221084

Re: AACS 2.0 is cracked?

However I recall in the news last week a critical vulnerability in Intel AMT / ME. My understanding is that the ME has access to everything including memory and is considered by many to be a dangerous back door. I wonder if it is related...the timing seems coincidental. There was a critical vulnera...
by NullNix
Mon May 29, 2017 12:36 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: 'Bug in kernel' message?
Replies: 3
Views: 15298

Re: 'Bug in kernel' message?

Using the latest build 1.10.5 on Mageia 5.1 Opened the movie "Passengers", got this message but still a successful backup in what seemed like a reasonable amount of time: ... Error 'Posix error - Unknown error 1073741823' occurred while reading '/dev/sr0' at offset '3274307584' Unable to ...
by NullNix
Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:58 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: makemkvcon and headless operation
Replies: 6
Views: 35260

Re: makemkvcon and headless operation

Yes, hard drive space keeps getting cheaper and as long as the movie isn't going on a mobile device with limited space, I find its best to rip to MKV because it has the most advantages. MKV plays on a PC, Smart Phone, Table, PLEX, Roku, and on and on and on. So why rip with HandBrake and then have ...