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by SpoonieTurtle
Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:38 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Question about some messages on opening a DVD
Replies: 3
Views: 11397

Re: Question about some messages on opening a DVD

Did you ever work out what was going on? unfortunately I have not. But I am curious to hear about your manual experiments! Well, using the string (including specifying cells) I posted above got everything saved properly - the second title showed no difference but the first title actually saved this...
by SpoonieTurtle
Mon Jun 15, 2020 10:02 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Question about some messages on opening a DVD
Replies: 3
Views: 11397

Re: Question about some messages on opening a DVD

Did you ever work out what was going on? I'm having lots of messages about cells x-end being skipped due to cell command, have cleaned the disc with a damp cloth and now trying the manual disc opening as recommended here http://www.makemkv.com/manualdvd/ I got the complex multiplex message when open...
by SpoonieTurtle
Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:25 am
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Complete newbie, a couple of questions
Replies: 6
Views: 27248

Re: Complete newbie, a couple of questions

Happy to help. I'm guessing you're using Windows Explorer to view the mkv properties? At least that's what happens when I used it. I switched over to Linux Mint a couple years ago but I remember mkv files not having their properties read correctly in the File Properties window on Windows 10/8/7. Ye...
by SpoonieTurtle
Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:03 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Complete newbie, a couple of questions
Replies: 6
Views: 27248

Re: Complete newbie, a couple of questions

basdf thank you, that explains everything really clearly! I suppose for converting/compressing on Handbrake it will be a case of trying out different settings to see what gives me the best quality/file size combo. Annoyingly enough the smaller (Handbrake) MKVs don't tell me the bitrate in the detai...
by SpoonieTurtle
Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:12 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Complete newbie, a couple of questions
Replies: 6
Views: 27248

Complete newbie, a couple of questions

Hi, I'm totally new to ripping DVDs and a bit behind the technological times anyway. My main purpose for ripping DVDs is because my laptop drive is temperamental when playing them; I was using Handbrake to rip but it was only handling half the discs I want to rip properly. My main question is: with ...