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by flojo
Mon Apr 28, 2025 11:47 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Play M2TS / play ripped movie VLC 32 bit
Replies: 3
Views: 2764

Re: Play M2TS / play ripped movie VLC 32 bit

Yes you should enable the "Decrypt video files" if viewing directly off the disc. See, 1 reply and this is already confusing...
by flojo
Mon Apr 28, 2025 4:45 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Play M2TS / play ripped movie VLC 32 bit
Replies: 3
Views: 2764

Re: Play M2TS / play ripped movie VLC 32 bit

None of this is needed to play ripped movies, you're going to confuse people.

Like any file on a computer, you simply need the correct decoder(s).
by flojo
Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:53 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Disable Video Track?
Replies: 2
Views: 3161

Re: Disable Video Track?

Maybe use the decryption proxy? I've never used it so I'm not sure how it works. Anyways, "MKVToolNix GUI" will allow you to use a .mpls, then pick which to use and then finally pick the stream stream to save. Just go into "BDMV/PLAYLIST/" then drop any of the .mpls files on the ...
by flojo
Tue Apr 15, 2025 5:40 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Should I avoid inserting newer blurays in my drive?
Replies: 5
Views: 3557

Re: Should I avoid inserting newer blurays in my drive?

A brand new Pioneer drive is also highly unlikely ever to support LibreDrive ... Is hardware modification out? I imagine there's places in the SoC's that are unreachable externally, but is that the case with these drives? I know anything is possible but I'm not going to use teeny-tiny drill bits to...
by flojo
Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:03 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: external hard drives- corruption - efat vs ntfs
Replies: 4
Views: 3052

Re: external hard drives- corruption - efat vs ntfs

... I have to back it ALLL up and reformat it. If the data loss is objective reality, you'll need to run a hash check on the source and destination files. You can boot Ubuntu on a USB disk and run e2fsck. You can also read the data with dd into a file and the mount the file as a loop back device, b...
by flojo
Fri Apr 04, 2025 4:26 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Alternatives to Handbrake?
Replies: 8
Views: 3215

Re: Alternatives to Handbrake?

Try searching the doom9.org forums. Most of those filters go back over 20 years when VirtualDub + Avisynth were the go-to tools for encoding and editing. I believe Handbrake, like staxrip, depends on external tools such as Avisynth. So even if Handbrake still had documentation on this, it would almo...
by flojo
Thu Apr 03, 2025 7:13 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Multi-threaded performance
Replies: 2
Views: 775

Re: Multi-threaded performance

How many laser pickups does your disc ROM have?
by flojo
Thu Apr 03, 2025 4:30 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: When did MakeMKV start recognizig HDR10?
Replies: 2
Views: 827

Re: When did MakeMKV start recognizig HDR10?

Main 10 is the "part" version and L5.1 is the "level" version, nothing to do with HDR.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4
by flojo
Thu Apr 03, 2025 2:37 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Fairly inexpensive PC for Handbrake use?
Replies: 16
Views: 1786

Re: Fairly inexpensive PC for Handbrake use?

Sorry yeh, I scratched it because I didn't want to completely erase my post after my mistake. The point is that before buying you can judge how fast Quick Sync is.
by flojo
Thu Apr 03, 2025 1:19 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Fairly inexpensive PC for Handbrake use?
Replies: 16
Views: 1786

Re: Fairly inexpensive PC for Handbrake use?

TLDR; Just buy that and move on. On any given Intel ARK CPU listing, the determining factor is the "UHD Graphics" version and " Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency ". Intel i5-12400: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/134586/intel-core-i512400-processor-18m-cache-up-...
by flojo
Tue Apr 01, 2025 5:05 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Unique Disc ID
Replies: 6
Views: 815

Re: Unique Disc ID

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=926221 It seems, according to that thread, that DVD Profiler depends on something in Windows to generate a disc ID for DVDs. That thread is mostly about how a version of Windows 10 apparently changed how that was calculated so the new ve...
by flojo
Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:45 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Fairly inexpensive PC for Handbrake use?
Replies: 16
Views: 1786

Re: Fairly inexpensive PC for Handbrake use?

The N150 nuc style boxes should be considered since for ~150usd you get a Intel with Quick Sync for encoding, 16GB RAM, 256GB of storage and 2.5gbs ethernet. You can download a .iso of Windows 11 trial here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11 With a Type-C port and 1 HDMI + ...
by flojo
Sat Mar 29, 2025 4:54 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Error on Linux Mint 21.2
Replies: 8
Views: 8809

Re: Error on Linux Mint 21.2

I don't know if it's hard coded, but does it pass the "which" test? You could link it:
ln -s /softs/makemkv-1.17.9/usr/bin/makemkvcon /bin/makemkvcon
by flojo
Wed Mar 26, 2025 1:28 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Unique Disc ID
Replies: 6
Views: 815

Re: Unique Disc ID

... now I know discs have a unique disc ID. No, they do not have to. In fact I remember commercial DVDs that were seemingly authored once and simply had the VOBs swapped out... same volume label, menus and everything else. Choose a file or files that are always present on the disc and hash them. 7z...
by flojo
Tue Mar 25, 2025 3:35 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: 5.25" drive mounting
Replies: 15
Views: 1211

Re: 5.25" drive mounting

Are there any kits or brackets that adapt 120mm fan holes to hold a 5.25" drive? I’m fine accessing it from the side panel if needed. I think this adaption is your best bet but I don't have a clue what orientation you're implying it would be in... vertical? Can you draw it? A 3D printer is han...