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by drxenos
Tue Aug 19, 2025 6:58 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: The Guns of Navarone
Replies: 7
Views: 8734

Re: The Guns of Navarone

I have the "Stripes" 4K and it also has these A/B titles. Oddly, PowerDVD in one of my computers will play the A version, whereas PowerDVD another computer will select B. Weird...

I checked the subtitle tracks and you're correct, the differences are in the American vs. British spellings.
by drxenos
Sun Aug 17, 2025 1:21 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Reliable Way to Determine "Episode Order" for TV Series Blu Ray Discs
Replies: 18
Views: 73438

Re: Reliable Way to Determine "Episode Order" for TV Series Blu Ray Discs

I've never had an issue with this. I just play each episode in PowerDVD and look at what MPLS is selected.
by drxenos
Sat Aug 16, 2025 1:43 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: My Blu-ray Remux Journey: 5,500 Titles, 210TB, and What I Learned
Replies: 11
Views: 1151

Re: My Blu-ray Remux Journey: 5,500 Titles, 210TB, and What I Learned

I have about the same number of discs. My NAS is "only" 70 TB (2 drives are parity, so 50 usable). I do have offline backups of all rips which is about 300 TB (plus secondary backups for really expensive or rare stuff). I use a lot of different tools because I've found that some discs are ...
by drxenos
Thu Aug 14, 2025 7:37 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: 2000+ rips on my 8 drive NAS
Replies: 23
Views: 10922

Re: 2000+ rips on my 8 drive NAS

1. If in the US, ripping Blu-rays protected by AACS (which most are) violates the DMCA clause on breaking DRM meant to protect copyrighted material. Further complicating matters, in the US the Librarian of Congress can issue exemptions from breaking DRM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millen...
by drxenos
Thu Aug 14, 2025 7:00 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: 2000+ rips on my 8 drive NAS
Replies: 23
Views: 10922

Re: 2000+ rips on my 8 drive NAS

So you pay people so they can commit a crime? They're not making much money if they have to pay the BluRay from the money you give them. Asking an assistant to buy a blu-ray with my own money (since I pay them/reimburse this expense) and ripping the disc for my own personal use falls under the &quo...
by drxenos
Tue Aug 12, 2025 12:41 pm
Forum: Advanced MakeMKV usage
Topic: Best software to create ISO file from full disk backup
Replies: 9
Views: 4195

Re: Best software to create ISO file from full disk backup

If "Mount" isn't available in the context menu, it means .iso isn't associated with Windows File Explorer. Yes, that is true. However, Windows 11 has a "simplified" context menu that shows you a menu with minimal "most frequently used" options. If you want to see "...
by drxenos
Mon Aug 11, 2025 1:41 pm
Forum: Advanced MakeMKV usage
Topic: Best software to create ISO file from full disk backup
Replies: 9
Views: 4195

Re: Best software to create ISO file from full disk backup

Out of curiosity, I right clicked on an ISO in Windows 11 and confirmed that you don't initially get the Mount option. However, after right clicking the ISO if you select Show more options in the menu, then you get the Mount option. After right clicking the ISO did you select Show more options in t...
by drxenos
Sat Aug 09, 2025 4:51 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: VERY EFFECTIVE fix for Scratched Blu-Rays...
Replies: 8
Views: 26106

Re: VERY EFFECTIVE fix for Scratched Blu-Rays...

[Translator] Smooth grinding of the surface using abrasive can be a great help in reading the information on the disk correctly. However, another problem may arise if you intensively polish only certain areas with scratches. Problems like the center of gravity moving away from the center of the dis...
by drxenos
Thu May 29, 2025 5:26 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Are backups worth it in the long run?
Replies: 12
Views: 7984

Re: Are backups worth it in the long run?

https://www.techspot.com/news/107068-hu ... -away.html

I would say, yes, backups are definitely worth it.
by drxenos
Tue May 06, 2025 12:40 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Blu Ray Rips have Green artifacts, screen tearing, and afterimages.
Replies: 5
Views: 5184

Re: Blu Ray Rips have Green artifacts, screen tearing, and afterimages.

Whenever I see this in VLC, I turn off hardware decoding and it goes away.
by drxenos
Fri Apr 04, 2025 12:43 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: License Key
Replies: 4
Views: 4086

Re: License Key

I bought my license in 2014. The processor was Avangate.
by drxenos
Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:07 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Are backups worth it in the long run?
Replies: 12
Views: 7984

Re: Are backups worth it in the long run?

Thanks for sharing! I think I might just keep the disks themselves as the backups and keep only the mkv as the digital portion. I can get 1/2 of the space back I have now. I'm worried about burning out the GPU/CPU so I don't use handbrake at all. I might look into it in the future. My transcoding r...
by drxenos
Tue Feb 25, 2025 1:15 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: How can I save a DVD to folder structure?
Replies: 4
Views: 2541

Re: How can I save a DVD to folder structure?

So extracting the iso is essentially making a folder structure? I was used to make it with AnyDVD and only used MakeMKV for the video files. And now I want to change the program for Xreveal or MakeMKV. Yup. Just extract it and you'll have the folder structure (or use Xreveal which will do it direct...
by drxenos
Mon Feb 24, 2025 5:23 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: MakeMKV to Handbrake Pipeline
Replies: 6
Views: 2686

Re: MakeMKV to Handbrake Pipeline

Yes, I have the same idea as you. HandBrakeCLI.exe won't automatically load presets from the GUI application. That is what --preset-import-gui is for. The CLI does have its own set of built-in presets (you can use "--preset-list" to list them). From a cursory glance, they seem to match th...
by drxenos
Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:18 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: MakeMKV to Handbrake Pipeline
Replies: 6
Views: 2686

Re: MakeMKV to Handbrake Pipeline

That's confusing. If it's in the GUI, --preset should just work, especially since the parameter is given as a user defined string. From a file is another matter, but I think the file option is what the OP wants. Obviously I don't use handbrake, so maybe you should give the OP an example (I also don...