1.7.0 does not offer option to "backup" a DVD?

[Crazy Marty]

I just want the decrypted backup, not the titles repackaged. 1.6.16 gave me that option....

Please change this back to the old behavior!

[Romansh]

The backup feature is, and has always been, for Blu-ray only.

[Crazy Marty]

Nonetheless, I find the old behavior desirable.

I can't imagine that it would be difficult to restore it.

Nor can I imagine what it would hurt to restore it.

[Romansh]

The behavior hasn't changed. The backup feature is still there, and just like in every version, is only available for Blu-ray.

[Crazy Marty]

Not true. Using 1.6.16, I did backups of both BD and DVD, as they were both in the same retail package. Using 1.7.0, I am unable to make backups of DVD material.

[setarip_old]

@Crazy Marty

Hi!

I did backups of both BD and DVD, as they were both in the same retail package.

Please explain further.

MakeMKV (and any Matroska-based program) Cannot make FULL DISC BACKUPS of DVDs, because Matroska is (still) not capable of processing DVD menus.

[Crazy Marty]

I actually did it accidentally. There are several commercial packages that contain both BD as the main movie, plus BD containing bonus video (notably the X-Men series). After I made backups of both the main material and the bonus material (all BD), I proceeded to do the same for Fargo, which contains BD for the main material, and a DVD for a "digital copy". It was (too) late at night, and I didn't even think about it; when it gave me the opportunity to do a backup, I just clicked it, and it behaved exactly as it would have for a BD. That was with 1.6.16; with 1.7.0, I can't even force it from the command line.

I'd like to store all my video in exactly the same way (BD and DVD): with the same data laid out in the same way as on the optical media, only with scrambling/encryption removed.

If makemkv is not the tool that can do this for me, I may have to seek out commercial alternatives. However, until 1.7.0, it was exactly that tool. I find it very frustrating to have perfectly useful functionality disabled in a version of an application that does not permit me to continue using a (previous) version that does precisely what I desire.

[setarip_old]

Sounds like all you did was use the "Digital Copy"function and data from the disc - Which would have nothing to do with MakeMKV itself...

[Crazy Marty]

And why is that disallowed now when it was allowed previously?

[crowfax]

You are incorrect. MakeMKV has never been able to use the "backup" feature on DVD's. You are mistaken.

[setarip_old]

@Crazy Marty

And why is that disallowed now when it was allowed previously?

Because not every Blu-ray disc includes the availability of a Digital Copy.

And again, Digital Copies have NOTHING to do with MakeMKV...

[Woodstock]

I have been using MakeMKV since v1.5.4, and there has not been a "backup DVD" option in any version I've used.