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by ndjamena
Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:54 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 02 Episodes too long
Replies: 5
Views: 9439

Re: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 02 Episodes too

The issue affects all 22 episodes on the Second Season discs I have (I'm not sure if it's an Australian thing, maybe someone else can check their rips), these are the five episodes on the first disc. After ripping the episodes it took me over an hour to upload the files to MediaFire, if you want the...
by ndjamena
Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:22 am
Forum: Advanced MakeMKV usage
Topic: FLAC problems
Replies: 3
Views: 9021

Re: FLAC problems

If you're playing these files on a WDTV Live SMP or similar then you should know that they simply can't handle vigorous use of full 24 bit FLAC. Try them in VLC and see if the crackling is still there. To fix this re-encode the audio with Eac3to using this command line: "d:\eac3to\eac3to.exe&qu...
by ndjamena
Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:57 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: ADMIN!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 7023

Re: ADMIN!!!

It IS DTS-MA, it says so on the case. MediaInfo says DTS-MA, but it may have a different way of detecting it than the WDTV, MKVMerge may just copy the info from the original file and TSMuxer may change it. I could try DVDFab + MKVMerge. I'm pretty sure it's a WDTV problem since it won't play 6.1 FLA...
by ndjamena
Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:23 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Mode Extension, Commentary????
Replies: 4
Views: 7553

Re: Mode Extension, Commentary????

General Unique ID : 190945857517675368586276066208810051957 (0x8FA6D5A0274DDB169DCBB0F89284A975) Complete name : F:\Videos\Movies\The Transporter\1 - The Transporter (2002)\The Transporter (2002).mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 4 / Version 2 File size : 14.8 GiB Duration : 1h 32mn Ov...
by ndjamena
Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:03 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: duplicate episodes on a disc..which to pick?
Replies: 3
Views: 6424

Re: duplicate episodes on a disc..which to pick?

It could be anything. A censored version maybe. If you load the disc into a player you might find an option that explains it. Otherwise I wouldn't put it past them to include messed up alternate episodes on the disc as a form of copy protection. Figuring it out is half the fun!
by ndjamena
Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:04 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: ADMIN!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 7023

ADMIN!!!

I'm having a discussion over at the WDTV Live Forums. It appears the WDTV Live SMP is failing to bit stream 6.1 DTS-MA and is somehow detecting it as DTS-HRA. If remuxed into a M2TS container the files are detected as DTS-MA and play perfectly. I'd just like to make sure this can't be a problem with...
by ndjamena
Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:16 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 02 Episodes too long
Replies: 5
Views: 9439

Re: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 02 Episodes too

I think I've figured it out. All of the tracks list a duration of 47 minutes so I had to extract each of the tracks individually into their own MKV files. It seems that the secondary two channel AC3 tracks all have 2 minutes worth of static on the end, does anyone have any bright ideas on how to eff...
by ndjamena
Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:07 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Mode Extension, Commentary????
Replies: 4
Views: 7553

Mode Extension, Commentary????

I just ripped The Transporter and one of the tracks came up in MediaInfo with this new tag 'Mode Extension' 'C' (Commentary). I've never seen that before! Is it new? Where does this information come and how reliable is it?
by ndjamena
Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:00 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Which audio tracks should I keep?
Replies: 6
Views: 11971

Re: Which audio tracks should I keep?

Do the DTS and DD tracks have anything to offer over the PCM track? I'd want the best possible quality when I play the rips through my TV system. The only advantages DD (AC3) has over PCM are the bitrate and compatibility. Any TV capable of receiving Digital Television can decode AC3 and anything t...
by ndjamena
Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:02 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: duplicate episodes on a disc..which to pick?
Replies: 3
Views: 6424

Re: duplicate episodes on a disc..which to pick?

Look at the audio, some blu rays have different versions for Japan and Europe. That's generally what causes most of the duplicate episodes I've seen. Of course there's a plethora of other reasons why. One might have commentary, different title sequences...
by ndjamena
Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:58 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Merging Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Trilogy Set
Replies: 30
Views: 101437

Re: Merging Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Trilogy Set

Hi, Have you had problems merging/appending ROTK to one MKV? I get a warning "The codec's private data does not match". I haven't split the files or modified them in any way. I just use "Append". Thanks in advance Morten I am seeing the same thing. TLOR: FOTR merged without any ...
by ndjamena
Sun Dec 15, 2013 2:02 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Which audio tracks should I keep?
Replies: 6
Views: 11971

Re: Which audio tracks should I keep?

That's not a simple question. If you really don't want to keep all the audio tracks the best thing to do would be to keep the two PCM tracks (since they're lossless) and recompress them into compatible codecs on need. I'm pretty sure an iPad won't play an MKV without extra apps and you're not being ...
by ndjamena
Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:28 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: why "two steps" ripping??
Replies: 1
Views: 4295

Re: why "two steps" ripping??

Blu rays can be up to 50gb, more when you realise they can reuse segments to produce multiple cuts. Even DVDs can have multiple cuts and masses of special features that need to be ripped individually. Making MKV's is different to simply making a copy of a disc, the output could be far larger than th...
by ndjamena
Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:13 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 02 Episodes too long
Replies: 5
Views: 9439

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 02 Episodes too long

The Episodes I've ripped from Season 2 all have a running time about 2 minutes longer then they actually play. It makes seeking a PITA because if I seek to a point after it ends VLC will simply stop playback and I have to press the play button to keep checking the file. Do we know what's causing it ...
by ndjamena
Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:07 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: More than one Drive running..
Replies: 0
Views: 3571

More than one Drive running..

When you've got one drive ripping and you start another instance of MakeMKV for another drive is it possible to prevent MakeMKV from grinding the currently ripping disc. It would be nice if it would stop me from accidently selecting a drive that's already being ripped as well. I've been putting up w...