Complete documentation?

[kaysee]

I see lots of questions asked over and over, and one reason for this is the lack of complete documentation. Is there any complete writeup about how MakeMKV works?

For example, the commandline usage output mentions the source specification for discs:

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disc:<DiscId>     - open disc with id <DiscId> (see list Command)

However, there is no information in either the commandline usage or the usage web page (https://makemkv.com/developers/usage.txt) about the list command. Also no explanation about the "disc:9999" source, just an example given as an afterthought at the end. In other words, the magic ID 9999 gets tossed in as an example without documentation.

Also, on the web page for usage, there is an example at the end about using the stream command. But no actual documentation about the stream command. There is some ambiguous stuff, out of context, regarding UPNP (universal plug-and-play), IP addresses, ports, etc. "mike admin" wrote a message suggesting one approach to convert an undecrypted blu-ray backup plus "discatt.dat" to a decrypted backup is to start the built-in web server and "download" decrypted M2TS files. Looks interesting, but without any explanation of the web server operation it is just vague and not usable. Furthermore, the specific example given on the web page about usage -- which is:

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Start streaming server with all output suppressed on a specific address and port
makemvcon stream --upnp=1 --cache=128 --bindip=192.168.1.102 --bindport=51000 --messages=-none

...results in the following output:

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Deprecated option ignored
Deprecated option ignored
Deprecated option ignored
Invalid command: stream