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by wmcclain
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. ...
by wmcclain
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...
by wmcclain
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...
by wmcclain
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.
by wmcclain
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.
by wmcclain
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?
by wmcclain
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...
by wmcclain
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...
by wmcclain
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.
by wmcclain
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...
by wmcclain
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....
by wmcclain
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="...
by wmcclain
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 ...