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Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 5:32 pm
by russellbateman
If so, where does it live. I can't find anything. It would be useful to know if MakeMKV had already finished transcribing from a disc should I find my computer host crashed and wonder whether to restart the transcription or not. Could be useful for other reasons too like asking questions in this forum.

Thanks.

Re: Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:44 pm
by Woodstock
If you enable debug logging (FAQ link in my signature says how to do it), it will write a log. The location of the log file will be included in the opening display of the bottom window of the display.

Re: Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:02 am
by BermudaLamb
I've turned on Debug Logging, stopped and restarted the application. Even though "DEBUG" messages have been showing up in the log windows, I'm not seeing anything that indicates the location of the log file. Can you please provide the location of the log files?

Re: Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:49 pm
by Woodstock
When you start MakeMKV, the log window should show something like:

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MakeMKV v1.14.7 win(x64-release) started
Debug logging enabled, log will be saved as C:\Users\XXXXXXXXXX/MakeMKV_log.txt

Re: Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 8:38 pm
by 70tas
I'm closing this thread because it appears that the collection has some big problems. This is the Louis Malle Collection, which someone got for me a long time ago. There are many problems with it, which I've been able to work around by enabling MakeMkv libraries for Windows, and then using HandBrake or VLC. But what Handbrake can rip, VLC can't, or MakeMkv has problems.
In any case, I believe this is a very old set from BN, I can't return it. ;)

Thank you for all of your help
Tas

Re: Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 12:17 pm
by Bandito
Hello,
i read and test it
Debug logging enabled, log will be saved as C:\Users\XXXXXXXXXX/MakeMKV_log.txt

Is it possible, that the logfile is saved to the same Folder where the ripped Movie are?
or the Logfile become the same NAME like the Move are?

That will be nice or a nice feature for the next update.
I think, no big thing to program it.

Re: Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 7:27 pm
by Woodstock
Theoretically possible, but not likely. The location will be listed during start-up, though, as shown in my example above.

Re: Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 10:14 pm
by Bandito
Woodstock wrote:
Sat Jul 27, 2024 7:27 pm
Theoretically possible, but not likely. The location will be listed during start-up, though, as shown in my example above.
I know the location, but every RIP will be have a own LOG will be nice.
Not clean the log and safe every time by hand.

It was only an idea...
I make it by hand... :)

Re: Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2024 1:46 pm
by mike admin
The console makemkvcon has an option --debug which enables logging with no options and optionally allows to specify the log fie itself as in --debug=/path/to/file.log

Re: Does MakeMKV write a log?

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:57 pm
by flojo
In regards to the GUI, this isn't too bad as you could background a watching script and foreground makemkvgui. It seems that deleting the log file creates a stale file handler so it seems you have to use "truncate -s 0 $FILE". One good thing on my system is that it always seems to write the log to "/home/$USER/MakeMKV_log.txt". The starting line apparently starts with "005014:0000 Saving ". That is enough.

You really should have better options, in particular pre/post scripts. There's a CCExtractor option in the GUI, but I've never tried to jig it for other purposes. The GUI is open source, but I'm not sure that if you've made changes, that they would be incorporated, so that might lead to a maintenance nightmare.

Or use makemkvcon.