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- Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:39 pm
- Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
- Topic: Is MakeMKV lossless ripping?
- Replies: 6
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Re: Is MakeMKV lossless ripping?
My main concern is being able to rip a BluRay disc and being able to do sha512sum on the output and the original file and get the same value. If I want to reencode to a different format (ie different audio/video codec), I'll do it in another file. I just want the original 1:1 copy on hand so I can a...
- Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:24 pm
- Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
- Topic: Is MakeMKV lossless ripping?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 20012
Is MakeMKV lossless ripping?
The documentation doesn't seem clear as to whether the ripping is lossless or lossy. Does MakeMKV re-encode the MKV video from the Blu-Ray, or does it just defeat the DRM and extract the original file as was burned to the disc? I can use a tool like dvdbackup with the libdvdcss library, for example,...