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by Woodstock
Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:22 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: How can I delete the whole queue?
Replies: 9
Views: 14537

Re: How can I delete the whole queue?

What do you mean by "whole queue"? Stop a rip that is in process?
by Woodstock
Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:58 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: mkv files not shown in ps3
Replies: 4
Views: 10497

Re: mkv files not shown in ps3

This really should be in the "MKV file processing and playback" section, but...

When I search for "playing MKV on PS3", I get a LOT of information on how to CONVERT MKV files to something the PS3 will recognize and play.
by Woodstock
Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:01 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: default Settings for DVD
Replies: 6
Views: 11111

Re: default Settings for DVD

I'm also wondering why so many people keep using Handbrake with issues like this. I just tried MKVtoMP4 and it does not use a subtitle stream for chapters. From the man page for MKVtoMP4: mkvtomp4: Uses mpeg4ip or GPAC's MP4Box, mkvtoolnix and ffmpeg to convert troublesome mkv files to mp4. The con...
by Woodstock
Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:03 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: default Settings for DVD
Replies: 6
Views: 11111

Re: default Settings for DVD

Which usually can be changed by turning off subtitles in the player's setup. I have yet to see one not providing this option. Then take a look at the Uebo M400 and the old Seagate FreeAgent Theater. I've checked every menu option on both, and neither will default to subtitles OFF. And the way Handb...
by Woodstock
Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:52 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Hardcoded subs missing
Replies: 14
Views: 24727

Re: Hardcoded subs missing

The default is to rip the file with ALL audio and subtitle languages into the MKV file. When I rip some disks, I have to manually disable as many as 6 languages I'm not interested in.
by Woodstock
Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:46 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: default Settings for DVD
Replies: 6
Views: 11111

Re: default Settings for DVD

A lot depends upon your player. I have two players that, no matter what the settings are in the FILE for subtitles, they always display the first subtitle track, and play the first audio track. If the audio happens to be English and the first subtitle track the "forced" subtitles, life is ...
by Woodstock
Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:48 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Newbie, question about first BR rip
Replies: 4
Views: 8951

Re: Newbie, question about first BR rip

Well, a lot depends upon what you ASKED it to do.... :)

When the BD is inserted, did you select "backup disk", or "open disk"?

To create the MKV files, you first Open the disk, which will give you the the list of tracks on the disk to chose from. Backup doesn't do that.
by Woodstock
Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:36 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: 1.7.3, Application failed to initialize
Replies: 2
Views: 6562

Re: 1.7.3, Application failed to initialize

This error has popped up in the past... because, SOMETIMES , MakeMKV won't properly exit. The command line portion will continue to "run" after the GUI is closed. If it is still loaded in memory, the install of the new version will be unable to copy the newer version to disk, and you have ...
by Woodstock
Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:03 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Rip as an m4v/mp4 file as well as mkv
Replies: 2
Views: 5918

Re: Rip as an m4v/mp4 file as well as mkv

Not to mention that it would slow the process of ripping disks a LOT. On the Mac, you can use Handbrake to go directly from a DVD to MP4 (Handbrake can handle encrypted DVDs on the mac). Friend of mine does it. Takes forever to process a single disk, where I can rip a whole TV season in the same tim...
by Woodstock
Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:56 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Star Wars Playback Issue
Replies: 5
Views: 9689

Re: Star Wars Playback Issue

A lot depends upon what you're playing them on. I've seen this with playing either MKV or MP4 1080p video across the network using several players (Asus, Seagate, Uebo), and even from the local hard drive in VLC, if the system load gets too high (Handbrake doing encodes, for example).
by Woodstock
Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:02 am
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Multiple Audio Streams
Replies: 6
Views: 17115

Re: Multiple Audio Streams

Generally speaking, if a player will handle MKV, it will also read any of the audio tracks in it that it has a CODEC for. So it is faster to let MakeMKV select all the audio tracks and put them into the MKV, although you can toss out any foreign languages you're not interested in. When you're recodi...
by Woodstock
Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:38 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Quality of MKV not the same as DVD (which shouldn't happen)
Replies: 11
Views: 25171

Re: Quality of MKV not the same as DVD (which shouldn't happ

VLC 2.0 has some interesting anomalies... Try using the Playback/Chapters menu a few times, and watch what happens with the menu itself.

I'm getting ready to go back to the 1.1.11 version, which was at least stable.
by Woodstock
Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:35 am
Forum: Advanced MakeMKV usage
Topic: Bluray ripping - dialog vs music loudness
Replies: 2
Views: 10241

Re: Bluray ripping - dialog vs music loudness

Have you used the same play software to play the BD itself, or is it something that can't play BD disks directly? As mentioned in another topic, you will probably find that the characteristics of an MKV playing in, say, VLC, match exactly the characteristics of the original disk. That is, if the mus...
by Woodstock
Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:39 am
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: 1.7.0 does not offer option to "backup" a DVD?
Replies: 11
Views: 18467

Re: 1.7.0 does not offer option to "backup" a DVD?

I have been using MakeMKV since v1.5.4, and there has not been a "backup DVD" option in any version I've used.
by Woodstock
Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:52 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Sentai Filmworks Discs No longer Opening
Replies: 12
Views: 18597

Re: Sentai Filmworks Discs No longer Opening

Would you happen to have the older Sentai BD title "Samurai Girls" from August 2011 to test? It works fine on MakeMKV 1.70 and later (just tested it on 1.72) for Windows. It would be interesting to see if this is a difference between Windows and Mac, or if it is something new Sentai is doi...