makemkcon Set DVD open mode

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knuxyl
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makemkcon Set DVD open mode

#1 Post by knuxyl » Wed Oct 15, 2025 5:50 am

The documentation and manpages for MakeMKV seem to indicate all functionality from the GUI is taken from the command line application, but I cannot find how to set the DVD open mode. I looked through the source code but it's just sending bits to the server, there is no logic in it whatsoever. How can I set the DVD open mode to CellFull with makemkvcon?

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Re: makemkcon Set DVD open mode

#2 Post by dcoke22 » Wed Oct 15, 2025 12:56 pm

When you set it to CellTrim with the GUI on macOS, settings.conf is updated to include this:

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dvd_SPRemoveMethod = "2"
So my guess is you need to update the settings to whatever mode you want as appropriate for your platform and then start makemkvcon.

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Re: makemkcon Set DVD open mode

#3 Post by knuxyl » Thu Oct 16, 2025 5:18 am

dcoke22 wrote:
Wed Oct 15, 2025 12:56 pm
When you set it to CellTrim with the GUI on macOS, settings.conf is updated to include this:

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dvd_SPRemoveMethod = "2"
So my guess is you need to update the settings to whatever mode you want as appropriate for your platform and then start makemkvcon.
Thank you for sharing! I see I have settings.conf in ~/.MakeMKV/, but does makemkvcon actually use the settings file?

Edit
This github suggests it actually does, so that solves my problem! thanks a lot!
https://github.com/automatic-ripping-ma ... keMKV-Info

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