Disc file selection directory

[Joshk]

This may be a dumb question (new guy here) but is there a master list by disc type that shows what files to select? ex. check these subtitle boxes and change this one to forced, this one is the main move check this box. it is so confusing to try to figure out what boxes need checking to back up a disc. i just that since there are so many smart people here that have backed up these discs that there may be a directory as to what to select to back up title X UHD or title X Bluray etc.

[Woodstock]

No, because there are hundreds of thousands of different disks out there, and perhaps millions of ways people would rip them.

[dcoke22]

Once you've ripped enough, you'll get what I can only describe as a 'feel' for it.

One way go about this is to make decrypted backups of discs. This copies the entire contents of the disc to your local storage while stripping the DRM. You can then load the decrypted backup into MakeMKV. You can start with making a rip with all the audio and subtitle tracks checked for the language of your choice. This will be relatively fast since it'll be reading from your local storage, not the optical disc. You can check the output, determining which audio tracks are commentary tracks, etc. You can update the relevant parts in MakeMKV and make a new rip. Once you've got a .mkv file the way you like it, you can delete the backup and move on.

Also, there's a set of tools called MKVToolNix that can manipulate .mkv files after the fact. I often use the tool mkvpropedit to change the name of various tracks in .mkv files and set the forced flag on forced subtitles.

[Joshk]

I have been having good luck with getting the movies copied, it is the forced subtitle thing I am having issues with.

[Woodstock]

Forced subtitles are a real pain to deal with. There are several ways to do them. Sometimes they're a dedicated subtitle track. Sometimes they're mixed in with "all" subtitles on the disk, with a flag associated with them. Sometimes they're hard-coded in the video (Star Trek movies do this one a lot).

Generally, I just rip all subtitles, and pick them out later as part of processing. The one I'm probably going to use most is put in as the first subtitle track AND flagged as preferred using mkvtoolnix tools.