www.makemkv.com

I was able to find some info in the blu ray section. viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5677&hilit=friends+ ... s&start=30

The dvds seem to be somwhat of a mess. The files are not in anyorder.
Does anyone have a list of the correct files for the dvds? at this point I basically have to sample each episode to find the correct file.Process has
been

rip> sample> temp label> dump into filbot

Thanks

A good approach would be to create a master list of episodes and their corresponding file names. You could start by checking online databases like IMDb or fan wikis for the correct episode order. Once you have that list, go through the files you have, matching them to the episodes as you sample them. To streamline the process, consider using a batch file renaming tool that can help you organize and rename your files according to the correct episode titles. This way, you’ll save time and avoid having to sample each one repeatedly!

Sorry I am not a good communcator. Thats exactly what I am doing. So im going through makemkv to Rip, then I have to sample each mkv video to find the order, I have the booklit and tmdb as a reference names, once I get it into the right order. I send it through filebot which is a filenaming software.

What I am asking is does anyone already have the file orders for the DVD's specifically per the example on the bluray link.
IE.

S02E01-Friends_Season_2_Disc_1_t07.mkv 2.761.966.223
S02E02-Friends_Season_2_Disc_1_t14.mkv 2.826.561.183
S02E03-Friends_Season_2_Disc_1_t13.mkv 2.847.964.094

streamsflix wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 26, 2024 7:38 pm

What I am asking is does anyone already have the file orders for the DVD's specifically per the example on the bluray link.
IE.

S02E01-Friends_Season_2_Disc_1_t07.mkv 2.761.966.223
S02E02-Friends_Season_2_Disc_1_t14.mkv 2.826.561.183
S02E03-Friends_Season_2_Disc_1_t13.mkv 2.847.964.094

I think the order in which MakeMKV reads out the titles is not necessarily the order they are listed on the back of the box or in the DVD's own menu system, and there are no strings anywhere on the disc to autoget the correct order or name.

Thanks for the FileBot recommendation though, didn't know about that one and I'll have to give it a try. So once you have the files in correct order they should hopefully match with the episode names scraped from online databases.

But the thing is I probably wouldn't trust those databases to be correct, and many DVDs are released by the publisher with incorrect episode ordering, or "broadcast order" vs "chronological order" issues, so at the end of the day I would still have to check them manually one by one to be satisfied. I just have a media player window open and use hotkeys to skip to the next file/chapter to speed the process up a little bit.

Ripping DVDs is such a slow process anyway, even at max drive speed it's still going to take about 10 minutes per disc in a best case scenario, and I usually spend that time doing preliminary research and generating strings of file names for my preferred episode ordering (sometimes I prefer broadcast order, other times production order).