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by drxenos
Mon Aug 31, 2026 10:04 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Want to Flash Drive
Replies: 6
Views: 847

Re: Want to Flash Drive

Thank you. That worked perfectly. I was able to rip and verify a 4K disc.
by drxenos
Mon Aug 31, 2026 8:19 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Want to Flash Drive
Replies: 6
Views: 847

Re: Want to Flash Drive

Thanks. Should I flash both of them with this firmware, then? The older one is working fine, but if this firmware is somehow better...
by drxenos
Mon Aug 31, 2026 8:09 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Want to Flash Drive
Replies: 6
Views: 847

Re: Want to Flash Drive

Thank you!!

Does it matter than the firmware is WH16NS60, and my drives are both WH16NS40?
by drxenos
Mon Aug 31, 2026 7:41 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Want to Flash Drive
Replies: 6
Views: 847

Want to Flash Drive

Can someone help me?

I have two WH16NS40 drives. One I flashed years ago to make to make UHD friendly. I wanted to do the same to the other one. The firmware packs are not accessible with the website down, but I have the firmware pack (mk-firmware-pack-20200720.zip) and the tool (sdftool_flasher ...
by drxenos
Wed Aug 26, 2026 1:12 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Identifying Episodes after conversion to mkv
Replies: 8
Views: 60850

Re: Identifying Episodes after conversion to mkv

I just play the disc or its ripped folder in PowerDVD or VLC and look at what titles it's playing.

I noticed long ago that there is a lot of research time that goes into processing discs into a set of MKV files, and that all gets thrown away when you're done. After having to redo a boxed set ...
by drxenos
Wed Aug 12, 2026 2:21 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: homepage?
Replies: 8
Views: 3702

Re: homepage?


anyone who purchased a lifetime key (I did for GameJackal with SlySoft and for AnyDVD-HD with RedFox, just before their shutdown) can still use the software (though future key updates for AnyDVD-HD are out, unless someone's devised a way to use KeyDB).

AnyDVD still works fine for DVDs and 4K ...
by drxenos
Sun Aug 09, 2026 2:21 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: homepage?
Replies: 8
Views: 3702

Re: homepage?


to whoever

first: i have a permanent key, and have had it for decades. second: i was there when people were using anydvd on a permanent license and the forum operators and owner said it was going to be ok, they ran with the money and opened another company that failed in a short number of years ...
by drxenos
Tue Aug 04, 2026 12:51 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Doubts about the future
Replies: 10
Views: 6014

Re: Doubts about the future

I bought a license a decade ago, the minute I found MakeMKV useful. I have never regretted it.
by drxenos
Sat Jun 27, 2026 1:30 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Will Make MKV ever get ouf of beta?
Replies: 3
Views: 10919

Re: Will Make MKV ever get ouf of beta?

I think the fact people have been using it for years gives a good impression of its quality.
by drxenos
Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:58 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Ripping tv series episodes in the right order
Replies: 15
Views: 65961

Re: Ripping tv series episodes in the right order

I've ripped hundreds of TV boxed sets and I've rarely seen them with the playlist in any particular order. Worse, I've seen ones where most will be ordered and one oddball isn't. But I've never had an issue. I simply play them in PowerDVD and use Process Monitor to see what mpls it opens (the tool ...
by drxenos
Mon Apr 13, 2026 6:47 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: HDD bad sectors causing visual artefacts on playback
Replies: 7
Views: 40000

Re: HDD bad sectors causing visual artefacts on playback

Here is what I do (maybe it's overkill):
· All rips are double backed up to external HDDs.
· Each ripped disc had its own set of PAR2 recovery files.
· Each backup drive has a hash file for the entire HDD. It is created/updated/verified by a tool I wrote for this purpose. It can generate multiple ...
by drxenos
Wed Dec 03, 2025 1:09 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Here we go again....
Replies: 6
Views: 8925

Re: Here we go again....


I've considered a purchase, but after the gross competence I've seen in completing sales, and the quite regular occurrence of one being unable to adhere to deadlines they set themselves, it really doesn't instill me with any confidence in the long term future for the product.


I think you mean ...
by drxenos
Tue Nov 25, 2025 3:33 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: NTSC Bluray from US in the UK
Replies: 9
Views: 6163

Re: NTSC Bluray from US in the UK

I apologize. I meant "Process Monitor."
by drxenos
Tue Nov 25, 2025 2:49 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: NTSC Bluray from US in the UK
Replies: 9
Views: 6163

Re: NTSC Bluray from US in the UK

I'm sure there are guides out there, but I just learned by doing.

Typically, I use Process Explorer (free from Microsoft) to determine what the mpls for each episode is. I filter on the player's exe and mpls files and play each episode. I've only ever seen this method fail with those horrid ...
by drxenos
Tue Nov 25, 2025 2:36 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: NTSC Bluray from US in the UK
Replies: 9
Views: 6163

Re: NTSC Bluray from US in the UK

I buy Blu-rays from many different countries and never had an issue. I once bought the UK and US version of a movie. The discs were bit-for-bit identical.