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by thetoad
Tue Jun 10, 2025 8:57 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: BD Drive for non UHD Ripping
Replies: 10
Views: 1531

Re: BD Drive for non UHD Ripping

It's a bit more complicated than that. Let's unpack all this so you have a better understanding of the process and what, if anything, you can do to protect yourself. Your premise is correct...once a drive "sees" an MKB v82 disc, the MKB is written to the drive as an update. That means all...
by thetoad
Wed Jun 04, 2025 1:18 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Support for eject, clean, continue when getting read-errors?
Replies: 2
Views: 1330

Re: Support for eject, clean, continue when getting read-errors?

just use ddrescue to create an iso. With libredrive compatible drives, just let makemkv initialize it to libredrive state and you will get a non bus encrypted iso. At this point, if you start a regular encrypted disc backup (to get it to dump the encryption info to the backup dir), you an then abort...
by thetoad
Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:06 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: No Disc Backup for HD-DVDs?
Replies: 7
Views: 4440

Re: No Disc Backup for HD-DVDs?

dcoke22 wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:23 pm
thetoad wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:53 am
it also doesn't support disc backups for regular DVDs, only supports making MKVs
That used to be the case, but modern versions of MakeMKV will now create a .iso backup of a DVD if the backup icon is clicked.
ah, interesting. shows how long its been since I used MakeMKV on DVDs. :)
by thetoad
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:03 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Two Suggestions...
Replies: 2
Views: 2178

Re: Two Suggestions...

For suggestion 2, try right-clicking on the left-side menu, and select "Unselect all". For suggestion 1, the title length is available in the "Info" section, under "Title information". It isn't part of the left-hand menu, because it's from reading a different portion o...
by thetoad
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:53 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: No Disc Backup for HD-DVDs?
Replies: 7
Views: 4440

Re: No Disc Backup for HD-DVDs?

Doesn't MakeMKV support de-crypted Disc Backups of HD-DVDs? The Backup button is greyed out if I insert an HD-DVD (tested with several discs). Since MakeMKV still has an issue with HD-DVD subtitles (https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1905) you need the de-crypted backup to extract them...
by thetoad
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:56 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Error Handling ideas for damaged media
Replies: 9
Views: 9663

Re: Error Handling ideas for damaged media

i would love an option within makemkv where we could read the errored sectors from a secondary medium, say i have 2 identical dvds / brs / 4k etc, but they have both been damaged in seperate ways, neither will rip on its own, however, the read errors occur on a different sector so if i can somehow ...
by thetoad
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Error Handling ideas for damaged media
Replies: 9
Views: 9663

Re: Error Handling ideas for damaged media

you want ddrescue to image the DVD (perhaps with needing libdvdcss to authenticate drive to disc), one can then generally brute force decrupt the CSS protected DVD (dvd decrypter can do this with proper settings). (generally, as small VOBs can't be decrypted, but they are generally not needed to be ...
by thetoad
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Optical Drive External Enclosures
Replies: 4
Views: 5109

Re: Optical Drive External Enclosures

one doesn't need an enclosure for a 5.25" drive. there's a usb->sata cables (with external power) that work with optical drives (though note, not all do, some just provide a hdd interface). can just connect it as needed (or leave always connected, but I haven't tried that. In general an optical...
by thetoad
Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Mkv backup to iso?
Replies: 3
Views: 4730

Re: Mkv backup to iso?

makemkv doesn't remove java protections (or hdmv region coding), so if the disc has java protections, it likely wont work if one just burns it to an ISO.
by thetoad
Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Track listing is different between backup and opening the disc
Replies: 5
Views: 5104

Re: Track listing is different between backup and opening the disc

i believe the reasoning is due to the order of the files in the directory. When reading a disc directly, you get the files ordered as they are on the UDF file system that is the bluray. When you work from a backup, you are getting the files in whatever order your system's filesystem provides them yo...
by thetoad
Fri Aug 18, 2023 6:40 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Encrypted files -> Decrypted files?
Replies: 6
Views: 5926

Re: Encrypted files -> Decrypted files?

old thread, but for libredrive compatible drives, one can have makemkv running, insert a disc, libredrive will be inserted and then do a raw copy of the disc. As libredrive prevents bus encryption from occuring. This is useful if one wants to make a playable ISO and there are java protections, anydv...
by thetoad
Fri Aug 18, 2023 6:37 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Hobbit high frame rate
Replies: 11
Views: 7352

Re: Hobbit high frame rate

Old thread, but there will never be a 4K UHD Bluray 48fps hobbit release, as the 4k standard does not allow 48fps content. If a future standard would, it be incompatible with all existing drives and players.
by thetoad
Fri May 19, 2023 10:37 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: makemkv marks first subtitle default, it probably shouldn't do this automatically
Replies: 1
Views: 2123

makemkv marks first subtitle default, it probably shouldn't do this automatically

as the subject says, if one selects 1 or more subtitles, makemkv sets the first one in its order (per priority) with the default flag set on it. This means that players that respect the default flag (say vlc) will automatically display it and require the user to disable it if they don't want the to ...
by thetoad
Fri May 19, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Question: Using two drives to backup a disc
Replies: 4
Views: 4086

Re: Question: Using two drives to backup a disc

just use ddrescue with the drive that can read it. and let it run continiously till you see that for days it cant copy any new data. i.e. 1) insert disc 2) run makemkv to insert libredrive to disable bus encruption. 3) image with ddrescue. when you get 100% data copied, can do the disc discatt.dat t...
by thetoad
Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:26 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Preview, please!
Replies: 9
Views: 7263

Re: Preview, please!

while makemkv could include it, its not fully in scope of what makemkv is. a preview expands the scope, and while it might be useful, the author might not want to spend his time on it.

it's as simple as that.