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by outlier
Sun Apr 12, 2026 5:14 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Ripping first TV series - tips?
Replies: 1
Views: 3383

Re: Ripping first TV series - tips?

It's basically analogous to having several movies stored on each disc. You'll probably need to watch a part of each episode to distinguish which is which and name appropriately. In my experience it's extremely rare for the episodes to be in order or have the same sequence across all discs--even in ...
by outlier
Sat Feb 14, 2026 7:51 pm
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: Spider-Man (2002) Backup Fails
Replies: 17
Views: 76261

Re: Spider-Man (2002) Backup Fails

Usually when I see a problem like this with DVDs I can workaround it by deselecting the subtitle tracks.
by outlier
Fri Feb 06, 2026 8:33 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Thinking about quitting buying Blu-rays due to MakeMKV issues
Replies: 1
Views: 7146

Re: Thinking about quitting buying Blu-rays due to MakeMKV issues

Outside of brand new releases I'm only aware of 1 or 2 discs that MakeMKV can't handle so I can't relate to anything you're trying to claim.
by outlier
Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:05 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: Dump Submitted - The Sound of Music 4K
Replies: 10
Views: 22328

Re: Dump Submitted - The Sound of Music 4K

The 0800 has conventional subtitles and supplementary audio tracks. It looks like the sing-a-long subtitles are specific to the 0700. To get the most ideal result you have to make an mkv from both and then use a tool like MKVToolNix to add the subtitles from 0700 to the file for 0800.
by outlier
Mon Oct 06, 2025 6:00 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Fringe The Complete Series
Replies: 1
Views: 4732

Re: Fringe The Complete Series

The prior releases were also this way, and discussed before. MKVToolNix can be used to separate files and/or combine audio tracks as needed.
by outlier
Fri Sep 19, 2025 2:21 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: Public KeyDB Disc Submissions
Replies: 2663
Views: 1723096

Re: Public KeyDB Disc Submissions

by outlier
Wed Sep 17, 2025 4:12 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Little House on the Prairie Seasons 7-9
Replies: 0
Views: 11691

Little House on the Prairie Seasons 7-9

Don't judge ;-). Sent to svq@.

MKB_v82_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_S7_D1_DBE4.tgz
MKB_v82_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_S7_D2_E1F2.tgz
MKB_v82_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_S7_D3_1CA2.tgz
MKB_v82_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_S7_D4_1062.tgz
MKB_v82_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_S7_D5_1004.tgz
MKB_v82 ...
by outlier
Tue Sep 16, 2025 4:24 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: What 4K player to buy
Replies: 5
Views: 7004

Re: What 4K player to buy

I'm not clear on what you're putting on the disc. If you're just putting mkv files on the disc then I think Sony does a much better job than Panasonic when it comes to handling mkv files (e.g., which codecs are supported and actually playing them properly). I can't speak to how well any handled ...
by outlier
Sat Sep 06, 2025 1:12 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Recommended Optical Drive - Sep 2025
Replies: 14
Views: 46272

Re: Recommended Optical Drive - Sep 2025

If this video is to be believed then nobody makes optical drives anymore (both Pioneer and LG stopped this year), so get what you can find.

I'm just not sure I believe it yet. I thought that Pioneer sold off their business, so presumably that acquiring company ("Shanxi Lightchain") will eventually ...
by outlier
Thu Aug 21, 2025 7:50 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Lots of duplicate tracks on new Blu-rays
Replies: 16
Views: 58152

Re: Lots of duplicate tracks on new Blu-rays

I did a scan of TV episodes and found a few from the 1960s Bat Man series that had duplicated audio. I also found another series (Parks & Recreation ) where a few of the seasons (2 and 3) almost all episodes had duplicated audio that was wasting 800 MB per episode.

Something I'll have to deal with ...
by outlier
Sat Aug 16, 2025 6:50 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Lots of duplicate tracks on new Blu-rays
Replies: 16
Views: 58152

Re: Lots of duplicate tracks on new Blu-rays

This seems to be an issue with any Looney Tunes blu ray title. Various audio tracks can be duplicated up to 11 times. I'm basically using mkvextract to split out each audio track to a separate file and then perform a binary comparison of each file. If files are identical then I use MKVToolNix to ...
by outlier
Tue Feb 04, 2025 6:15 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: UHD disc keys recognized on one drive but not another
Replies: 11
Views: 12617

Re: UHD disc keys recognized on one drive but not another


Maybe you need to give the discs a good clean before using that drive.


It it was an LG drive I'd be more open to it, but the Pioneers tend to read with accuracy or refuse to read. Well, I'm basing that in part on how people tend to think that LGs make up things with they have problems reading ...
by outlier
Fri Jan 31, 2025 7:43 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: UHD disc keys recognized on one drive but not another
Replies: 11
Views: 12617

Re: UHD disc keys recognized on one drive but not another


Is this drive LibreDrive enabled? If not, has the drive certificate been revoked at all?


It works fine with other 4K discs.

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XS07U
Revision: 1.01
Firmware date: 2020-09-03
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive ...
by outlier
Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:57 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: UHD disc keys recognized on one drive but not another
Replies: 11
Views: 12617

Re: UHD disc keys recognized on one drive but not another

Another title now: MKB20_v76_Ghost_in_the_Shell_7751.tgz

As an experiment I closed both MakeMKV and just launched one for the BDR-XS07U and still experienced the issue. So, it seems like it something specific with MakeMKV and the BDR-XS07U rather than about concurrent instances.
by outlier
Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:46 am
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: MakeMKV crash trying to save missing episode from Great British Railway Journeys
Replies: 3
Views: 23734

MakeMKV crash trying to save missing episode from Great British Railway Journeys

There's a DVD set of Series 1-4 of Great British Railway Journeys. On one of the discs there's an episode that doesn't get saved. In normal mode it reports the following:

Title information
1: 1/1 - 1 chapter(s) 0:00:10 1 cell(s)
2: 2/1 - 1 chapter(s) 0:00:10 1 cell(s)
3: 3/1 - 1 chapter(s) 0:00:08 ...