Duplicate Files on DVD and BD - Questions...
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 4:41 am
From what I've read, my understanding is that when MakeMKV or other programs (like Handbrake) find duplicate files on the media (DVD or BD), that it's the same file, but that it's listed in more than one title. From what I get this means that, for example, a menu option can specify that file to be played by itself or as one in a sequence of files. But the main point is that some files may appear under multiple titles?
Am I right about that so far? (If not, please correct me!)
I'm ripping BDs from a TV series and finding that files seem to be duplicates, but have different source files (as reported by MakeMKV). For instance, 6 episodes of the show on the DVD. I find 6 files, each varying a bit in length. (Like 5.9GB, 5.8GB, 6.1GB and so on.) Then I find a 2nd set of files that have the same lengths (and usually in the same order). But the source files are different. In some cases when I've played these files, they're the same - same run time length, no extra commentary, nothing I can find that makes them seem different.
Could they still be the same file and, if so, is there a reason they don't have the same source file name? In the case of the BD I'm looking at now, I see file 00056.mpls and file 00076.mpls is the same running time and may be the same length. (It's listed as 5.8GB, so I know that's rounded off and there could still be a difference in file length.)
It seems like all the discs in this series (and it's a LONG lasting series) have these double-file situations, so that means a LOT of extra ripping unless there's some way to verify ahead of time if the files are the same.
Am I right about that so far? (If not, please correct me!)
I'm ripping BDs from a TV series and finding that files seem to be duplicates, but have different source files (as reported by MakeMKV). For instance, 6 episodes of the show on the DVD. I find 6 files, each varying a bit in length. (Like 5.9GB, 5.8GB, 6.1GB and so on.) Then I find a 2nd set of files that have the same lengths (and usually in the same order). But the source files are different. In some cases when I've played these files, they're the same - same run time length, no extra commentary, nothing I can find that makes them seem different.
Could they still be the same file and, if so, is there a reason they don't have the same source file name? In the case of the BD I'm looking at now, I see file 00056.mpls and file 00076.mpls is the same running time and may be the same length. (It's listed as 5.8GB, so I know that's rounded off and there could still be a difference in file length.)
It seems like all the discs in this series (and it's a LONG lasting series) have these double-file situations, so that means a LOT of extra ripping unless there's some way to verify ahead of time if the files are the same.