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by Smithcraft
Mon Aug 11, 2025 8:46 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: MakeMKV beta key
Replies: 32
Views: 95976

Re: MakeMKV beta key

When Slysoft went down, it just went down. There was no longer any website. Same thing with Redfox. It just went Poof! The MakeMKV forum is still up, you can still get the software, you can still use one of several workarounds. If you have a new disc that isn't in the db, you'll just have to wait ju...
by Smithcraft
Mon Aug 11, 2025 8:36 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Is MakeMKV Still Alive? Can't Buy License, Beta Key Expired
Replies: 7
Views: 4081

Re: Is MakeMKV Still Alive? Can't Buy License, Beta Key Expired

Does anyone even bother to look at the existing threads about this?

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by Smithcraft
Wed Aug 06, 2025 11:43 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Will there be a new temporary key for August?
Replies: 8
Views: 9359

Re: Will there be a new temporary key for August?

Mike seems to be away from the site right now, so you won't even be able to buy a key. You'll just have to keep watching the forums and see what happens with the purchased key issue that people are having. Or you can keep an eye on the purchase site since they are not selling keys until Mike gets ba...
by Smithcraft
Sun Jun 01, 2025 1:49 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Niche problem with superwide MakeMKV window macOS 10.13
Replies: 5
Views: 1846

Re: Niche problem with superwide MakeMKV window macOS 10.13

Interestingly enough, since I use a dual display set up, if I run MakeMKV on the primary display (the one with the Dock), it works fine, and the window is resizeable. It might be just that when it's run on the secondary display that it has an issue with the MakeMKV window width. Or at least it's wor...
by Smithcraft
Sat May 31, 2025 10:53 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Niche problem with superwide MakeMKV window macOS 10.13
Replies: 5
Views: 1846

Re: Niche problem with superwide MakeMKV window macOS 10.13

You've always been able to resize a window on a Mac from the sides or corners.

It specifically will not allow me to make it narrower than more that the full width of the window, it will only let me make it wider.

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by Smithcraft
Sat May 31, 2025 12:04 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Niche problem with superwide MakeMKV window macOS 10.13
Replies: 5
Views: 1846

Niche problem with superwide MakeMKV window macOS 10.13

Hello! So I needed to monkey about with a disc image and I fired up MakeMKV (1.15.4). The initial screen to select media was fine, but when I opened up the disc image, the window was now wider than the display. I had to grab the window and move it over to get it to start, because it won't let me red...
by Smithcraft
Sat May 31, 2025 11:53 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Bug allows MKV files with leading period or dot
Replies: 8
Views: 8803

Re: Bug allows MKV files with leading period or dot

I'm sure nobody is looking here, but you can also use an FTP program (I've done this with Filezilla) to see the files to rename them without having to use a different OS.
by Smithcraft
Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:37 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Have a TV Episode DVD which shows as one file in MakeMKV.
Replies: 6
Views: 16260

Re: Have a TV Episode DVD which shows as one file in MakeMKV

Thx! Actually I was able to do it with MKVToolNix GUI! I play the exported large MKV in VLC and step forward by Chapters until I find the beginning of each episode and record the timecodes. A little time consuming but it works perfectly! Thx to everyone for the advice and tips! You don't need the t...
by Smithcraft
Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:32 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Disc Not inserted Blu-Rays
Replies: 5
Views: 12643

Re: Disc Not inserted Blu-Rays

I had a similar issue, and it seems that sometimes the BD functions will fail.

Does your drive work with other programs when you use BD media? If not, you might need a replacement drive.

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by Smithcraft
Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:25 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Force output file to MKV (H.264)
Replies: 5
Views: 21438

Re: Force output file to MKV (H.264)

I'm going to venture to guess that when you ran the source discs through CloneDVD that the source files were converted to h264, and then when you ripped those discs with MakeMKV, you had MKV files which had h264 video streams. As for using MakeMKV to determine the video stream type, open the disc wi...
by Smithcraft
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:13 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Combining multiple titles to one movie.mkv file
Replies: 34
Views: 132973

Re: Combining multiple titles to one movie.mkv file

The idea of combining all of the titles on a disc into one file is silly to say the least. The next time you try to rip a Disney disc and you run out of space because each of the bogus titles is 20GB and there are twenty (or more) bogus titles, or titles with different language scenes, you'll really...
by Smithcraft
Sat Feb 27, 2016 6:01 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: SlySoft DEAD
Replies: 27
Views: 63279

Re: SlySoft DEAD

I'm sorry to see AnyDVD go! Granted I've only used it a couple of times since I started using MakeMKV, it's still a great loss to consumers! But, if MakeMKV is based on AnyDVD HD, why are there warnings about the way AnyDVD HD does things in MakeMKV? When you have two different companies working on ...
by Smithcraft
Sat Feb 27, 2016 5:46 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: MakeMKV lifetime license ?
Replies: 8
Views: 21768

Re: MakeMKV lifetime license ?

1 - For HD, it's a month. For SD, it's forever.
2 - I don't know.
3 - If you mean in German/Deutsch, if it isn't currently, I doubt it will be in the future.
4 - You're welcome!
5 - Check my sig for the link. You can also buy it in the program.

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by Smithcraft
Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:03 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: In Regards to Cinavia!!
Replies: 3
Views: 10215

Re: In Regards to Cinavia!!

I never have a problem with any title, while using my HTPC.

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by Smithcraft
Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:01 pm
Forum: MKV file processing and playback
Topic: Two identical streams for main movie - which to pick?
Replies: 16
Views: 55428

Re: Two identical streams for main movie - which to pick?

Instead of making MP4s, why not make smaller MKV files which will support all the good stuff that the MP4 container doesn't?

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ps - Hollywood is more evil than you can imagine!