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- Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:27 pm
- Forum: MKV file processing and playback
- Topic: Compressing (Handbrake) blu-ray MKVs once ripped with MakeMKV?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6812
Re: Compressing (Handbrake) blu-ray MKVs once ripped with MakeMKV?
I use -q 18 on DVDs and -q 20 on Blu-rays. DVDs compress by a factor of 2-3x, but Blu-rays have a much wider range, from "just about nothing" to 10x and more. I have not found a Blu-ray that doesn't compress at 3:1 or better. Which titles are you seeing that do that? Very grainy sources. ...
- Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:39 pm
- Forum: MKV file processing and playback
- Topic: Compressing (Handbrake) blu-ray MKVs once ripped with MakeMKV?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6812
Re: Compressing (Handbrake) blu-ray MKVs once ripped with MakeMKV?
I use -q 18 on DVDs and -q 20 on Blu-rays. DVDs compress by a factor of 2-3x, but Blu-rays have a much wider range, from "just about nothing" to 10x and more. Grainy sources are hard to compress, but modern films with lots of CGI and grainless digital cameras compress like a dream. You sho...
- Mon Sep 12, 2022 3:41 pm
- Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
- Topic: [SOLVED] Directing Output to an alternative Drive?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3986
Re: Directing Output to an alternative Drive?
Using Arch Linux here. I'm sure it is the same. You can do this in two ways: (1) Preferences -> Video. Select "Custom". There is a little browser icon to the right of the directory box; click on that and a standard finder dialog displays. (2) When you have actually opened a disk and are se...
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 1:30 pm
- Forum: DVD discs
- Topic: Main contents of DVD not shown as available to rip
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3552
Re: Main contents of DVD not shown as available to rip
Does MPC show the title number being played? (VLC does). If so, you can try Manual Mode and specify that title.
You might also experiment with Preferences -> Protection -> DVD structure protection removal method. Some new options were added recently.
You might also experiment with Preferences -> Protection -> DVD structure protection removal method. Some new options were added recently.
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 1:28 pm
- Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
- Topic: Request help with manual mode syntax
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1221
Re: Request help with manual mode syntax
You want all the chapters for each of the 4 titles? Then just listing the title numbers will do it:
1 2 3 4
You might also experiment with Preferences -> Protection -> DVD structure protection removal method. Some new options were added recently.
1 2 3 4
You might also experiment with Preferences -> Protection -> DVD structure protection removal method. Some new options were added recently.
- Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:57 pm
- Forum: Blu-ray discs
- Topic: Blu-Ray Errors Abundant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2133
Re: Blu-Ray Errors Abundant
Failing how? What exactly are you doing and what is happening?
- Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:58 pm
- Forum: MKV file processing and playback
- Topic: Subtitle question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3544
Re: Subtitle question
The two types of subtitle were made by different people at different times. If the graphical subtitles are available then they are generally sufficient and you don't need the CC tracks. However, CC tracks do have one advantage: they are text-based and the player or display program has more flexibili...
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:36 am
- Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
- Topic: Did Things Change????
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1810
- Fri May 27, 2022 8:36 pm
- Forum: DVD discs
- Topic: 1.16.7 is detecting but not copying Closed Captions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2564
Re: 1.16.7 is detecting but not copying Closed Captions
I believe this is an error on my end. I found ccextractor was not working and when trying to rebuild it encountered the ffmpeg version problem described here: https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor/issues/1418 I have a work-around as described above until this is fixed by ccextractor, just wante...
- Sun May 08, 2022 12:36 pm
- Forum: DVD discs
- Topic: Possible Fake DVD Set
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2219
Re: Possible Fake DVD Set
Not necessarily; those errors come up for unknown reasons.
Are those DVD-R disks? I have sometimes wondered if the lack of copy protection on manufactured-on-demand disks can cause spurious messages.
Are those DVD-R disks? I have sometimes wondered if the lack of copy protection on manufactured-on-demand disks can cause spurious messages.
- Sat May 07, 2022 12:01 pm
- Forum: DVD discs
- Topic: 1.16.7 is detecting but not copying Closed Captions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2564
Re: 1.16.7 is detecting but not copying Closed Captions
Yes, I can extract them with other means (vobcopy then Handbrake). Probably not related, but since I posted that I've had a case of MakeMKV detecting and extracting CC from Blu-ray. This is rare but it does happen. The video was mpeg2 and I think that may have always been the case when I've seen thi...
- Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:42 pm
- Forum: DVD discs
- Topic: 1.16.7 is detecting but not copying Closed Captions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2564
1.16.7 is detecting but not copying Closed Captions
This stopped working at some point; I am not sure at what version. The program detects and displays the presence of CC subtitles but at the end of the rip has: "AV sync issue in stream 2 at 0:00:00 : Track #2 turned out to be empty and was removed from output file". The track is not empty....
- Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:40 pm
- Forum: Blu-ray discs
- Topic: Has anyone ever bought a retail film which came on a duplicated Blu Ray disc?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2151
Re: Has anyone ever bought a retail film which came on a duplicated Blu Ray disc?
I've had BD-R discs from Sony and Film Detective.
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 1:13 pm
- Forum: MKV file processing and playback
- Topic: Best compression while maintaining quality
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3794
Re: Best compression while maintaining quality
It is important to run your own experiments, test different parameters to see what differences you can detect. Also be aware that changes that are not visible on one display may become more so on a different one. That said, this is what I use with command-line Handbrake: For Blu-ray, --preset="...
- Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:24 pm
- Forum: DVD discs
- Topic: Closed captions cause MKV files to crash
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4381
Re: Closed captions cause MKV files to crash
Do the files play correctly with a software player like VLC? There is a free utility "mediainfo". Compare the text report for a working file and a MakeMKV CC file. Any obvious differences in the subtitle attributes? When you extract a CC track into a .srt file, does it look well-formed in ...