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by Uncle Gus
Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:06 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: "Fake playlist" protection - help needed
Replies: 148
Views: 511988

Re: "Fake playlist" protection - help needed

Interesting, I will try using that approach. Fortunately these issues are not something I encounter frequently, or much too much time would be spent ripping movies rather than watching them.
by Uncle Gus
Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:28 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: "Fake playlist" protection - help needed
Replies: 148
Views: 511988

Re: "Fake playlist" protection - help needed

Very interesting and useful information, thanks a lot. I did dabble a bit in this a couple of years ago when I wanted to rip the Laurel & Hardy Year One set. It took some effort, but I managed to get it done. I have just ordered the Year Two set for which the mpls playlists have been posted here...
by Uncle Gus
Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:24 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: "Fake playlist" protection - help needed
Replies: 148
Views: 511988

Re: "Fake playlist" protection - help needed

Thanks for the reply. I am familiar with entries having chapters vs. entries that don't, but in this case they all (looking at D1) have 5 chapters each, and the file size as shown in MakeMKV is mostly either 8.2 or 8.3 GB per episode. It is only when looking at the files in Explorer that the size di...
by Uncle Gus
Tue Mar 04, 2025 5:07 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: "Fake playlist" protection - help needed
Replies: 148
Views: 511988

Re: "Fake playlist" protection - help needed

Newbie question here, but my BD set of The Outer Limits (1960s) contains multiple occurrences of many episodes when ripped to MKV, ranging from 2 to 3. Playtime is identical, but file sizes vary. With so few occurrences, can this be a case of the fake playlist issue, or can I safely assume these fil...