Switch! Reloaded Vol. 3 DVD 1 / 2

[LigH_de]

Hi there.

"Switch!" is a German comedy project resembling a TV consumer zapping through different channels, watching parodies of famous series, shows, magazines, news, etc. Following the first classic series, a second series named "Switch! reloaded" followed.

Most of the discs in the complete box (Vol. 1-5) are unprotected, except for DVD 1 and 2 in Vol. 3 which use CSS protection and an additional structure protection; makeMKV is unable to analyze the structure, reports a mismatch between IFO data and BUP positions for VTS 2-7, and eventually displays only VTS 1 as available for processing.

In contrast, DVD Decrypter is able to rip PGC 2 of each VTS 2-7 in IFO mode to PGC-VOBs. But it also fails reading the whole disc in ISO mode, reports read errors, fails to patch IFO files on-the-fly.

I guess it uses a logical copy protection which attempts to outsmart the smarter rippers which analyse the whole structure, while a DVD Video player would skip the malicious parts, and a rather "dumb" ripping mode does so as well.

Attaching a debug log. Please advise further steps.

[Woodstock]

Debug log did not attach, because of limitations in the software here. Try putting the log between [ code ][ /code ] tags (without the spaces) in your message, if it's less than 64K in size.

[LigH_de]

Sorry, not possible directly, the plain text log is 15 MB.

MakeMKV_log_1.txt.zip

[LigH_de]

Do you need any more information?

[berndb3]

Hello,

I have exactly the same problem
Could you solve it, LigH_de?

[LigH_de]

Partially. DVD Decrypter could extract manually selected PGC-VOBs. For makeMKV to become able to handle it, I hope my logs can help the developers to improve a heuristic to detect misleading information in IFO files corrupted by the authoring studio to confuse it. So I can only wait for their feedback.

[dcoke22]

Code: Select all

Debug log started at Wed Apr 17 04:57:48 2024 , written by MakeMKV v1.17.6 win(x64-release)
001005:0000 MakeMKV v1.17.6 win(x64-release) gestartet
001004:0000 Debug-Aufzeichnung eingeschaltet. Aufzeichnung wird gespeichert als file://C:\Users\LigH/MakeMKV_log_1.txt
Using 262272KB for read cache.
Network access is ENABLED, CURL version 7.72.0/Schannel/1.41.0 (x86_64-pc-win32) , proxy server not set.
WinCdArb=v1.2.0_tiny win(x64-release)
No  SDF v098: ATAPI_iHOS104_WL0F_3775504068_216115500378
DEBUG: Code 3 at (Fjq;j%;wku%(|]PM?.".JoL:29395310
SDF id v098: ATAPI_iHOS104_WL0F_3775504068_216115500378
No  SDF v098: Yubsoft_ImgDrive_2.1
DEBUG: Code 3 at (Fjq;j%;wku%(|]PM?.".JoL:29395310
SDF id v098: Yubsoft_ImgDrive_2.1
No  SDF v098: ATAPI_DVD_A__DH16AAS_JL35_11S45K0437ZV
No auto SDF v098: ATAPI_DVD_A__DH16AAS_JL35_11S45K0437ZV
DEBUG: Code 0 at JH[R]Q46'ck{tMypQ:29396253
DEBUG: Code 0 at SM@e63jNU)cu"$Qt:213136746
No  SDF v098: ATAPI_DVD_A__DH16AAS_JL35_11S45K0437ZV
DEBUG: Code 3 at (Fjq;j%;wku%(|]PM?.".JoL:29395310
SDF id v098: ATAPI_DVD_A__DH16AAS_JL35_11S45K0437ZV
003007:0000 Direkter Zugriffsmodus wird verwendet
DEBUG: Code 1 at MLcC`m@J,u_zIjQA5:121263199
DEBUG: Code 2 at MLcC`m@J,u_zIjQA5:121263199
003002:0000 Berechneter BUP-Offset für VTS #2 stimmt nicht mit dem im IFO Header überein
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 2 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29400071
003042:0000 IFO-Datei für VTS #2 ist beschädigt, die VOB-Datei muss gescannt werden. Das kann viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, bitte haben Sie Geduld.
DEBUG: Code 3 at MLcC`m@J,u_zIjQA5:121263199
003002:0000 Berechneter BUP-Offset für VTS #3 stimmt nicht mit dem im IFO Header überein
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 3 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29400071
003042:0000 IFO-Datei für VTS #3 ist beschädigt, die VOB-Datei muss gescannt werden. Das kann viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, bitte haben Sie Geduld.
DEBUG: Code 4 at MLcC`m@J,u_zIjQA5:121263199
003002:0000 Berechneter BUP-Offset für VTS #4 stimmt nicht mit dem im IFO Header überein
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 4 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29400071
003042:0000 IFO-Datei für VTS #4 ist beschädigt, die VOB-Datei muss gescannt werden. Das kann viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, bitte haben Sie Geduld.
DEBUG: Code 5 at MLcC`m@J,u_zIjQA5:121263199
003002:0000 Berechneter BUP-Offset für VTS #5 stimmt nicht mit dem im IFO Header überein
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 5 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29400071
003042:0000 IFO-Datei für VTS #5 ist beschädigt, die VOB-Datei muss gescannt werden. Das kann viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, bitte haben Sie Geduld.
DEBUG: Code 6 at MLcC`m@J,u_zIjQA5:121263199
003002:0000 Berechneter BUP-Offset für VTS #6 stimmt nicht mit dem im IFO Header überein
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 6 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29400071
003042:0000 IFO-Datei für VTS #6 ist beschädigt, die VOB-Datei muss gescannt werden. Das kann viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, bitte haben Sie Geduld.
DEBUG: Code 7 at MLcC`m@J,u_zIjQA5:121263199
003002:0000 Berechneter BUP-Offset für VTS #7 stimmt nicht mit dem im IFO Header überein
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 7 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29400071
003042:0000 IFO-Datei für VTS #7 ist beschädigt, die VOB-Datei muss gescannt werden. Das kann viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, bitte haben Sie Geduld.
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 1 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 21 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 22 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 23 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 24 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 25 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 26 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 27 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 28 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 29 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 30 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 31 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 32 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 33 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 34 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 36 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:213131755
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 2048 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29401497
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 2052 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29401497
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 2056 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29401497
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 2060 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29401497
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 2064 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29401497
…
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 524280 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29401497
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 524284 at rsi1O0~:)@a]=L:29401497
Launching D:\Programme\MakeMKV\mmgplsrv64.exe
DEBUG: Code 0 at _y<{y.H`KydrY`/TJ{+d:29396460
003025:0000 Titel #2 hat eine Länge von 36 Sekunden und wurde übersprungen, da die minimale Titellänge 120 Sekunden beträgt
003028:0000 Titel #4 wurde hinzugefügt (32 cell(s), 0:22:52)
005011:0000 Die Aufgabe wurde erfolgreich abgeschlossen
Application exited at Wed Apr 17 05:13:23 2024

I do not know why MakeMKV is not working, but I do know that the reason your log is about 15MB is because the same DEBUG line is repeated about half a million times.

In any case, MakeMKV has different DVD Opening Modes that you could try. Also, some users have reported success with troublesome DVDs by using an older version of MakeMKV, 1.16.7.

[LigH_de]

OK, I will try the different modes; mike admin missed updating the beta key so I hope the test version will handle that until a purchase is being processed.
__

PS: Method "CellTrim" worked for these DVDs, thank you!

[berndb3]

I tried to make a iso-Backup with the CellTrim mode but it's still not working.
The iso was created and I could start episode 1, from the 6 episodes, but when I try to start the other episodes VLC don't start the episode.
With the original DVD VLC works.

[LigH_de]

An ISO backup with makeMKV? Must have missed that feature.

I tried to make one with DVD Decrypter which didn't work well due to the delay caused by data errors. I might try it by making it ignore all read errors. Anyway, makeMKV was able to extract all titles as chaptered MKVs, that's sufficient for my needs.

[dcoke22]

An ISO backup with makeMKV? Must have missed that feature.

Recent versions of MakeMKV added 'backup' functionality for DVDs. It makes a .iso file. Backups for blu-rays and UHDs still make a folder, not a .iso file.

[berndb3]

An ISO backup with makeMKV? Must have missed that feature.

You can go over "Datei -> Backup.." choose the destination folder and go.
Tried with Version v1.17.6

Anyway, I could make it as you say, thank you so far.
The CellTrim mode was just a little hope