Issue: When I play my DVD through my Xbox, the quality is much better than the MKV file output from MakeMKV.
"MakeMKV does not change anything it just rewrites the information" I have read this many times, but I am not the only one with the issue, and therefore I ask for help in understanding what it could possibly be as my testing so far has been fruitless.
Theories:
1. Some online users blame the playback devices, which spawns my first theory: The Xbox software upscales the 480p image to 1080p when reading directly from a DVD, but when streaming through Jellyfin as an MKV, the Xbox does not know how to upscale, so it plays it at the lower quality.
It also does not make sense because my handbrake files change the file type to mp4, which also looks bad (Tested HandBrake Presets: Super HQ 480p, Super HQ 1080p, H.265 NVENC 2160p and 1080p, all worse than playing the original DVD. A couple other custom settings tried as well)
I imagine many people who host media using Jellyfin use an Xbox to stream, so I do not believe this to be the issue. However, if this is the case, MakeMKV sounds useless as the output files aren't compatible with popular media playback devices.
2. MakeMKV uses the wrong aspect ratio, which can cause grainy images. How can I check this and how can I fix it? It sounds like more third-party software from what I read, which is not ideal as I was planning on using handbrake after figuring out this issue and that is already two programs to learn/trust.
3. My very old dvd drives are the issue. I built the media server with a very old PC (~12 years old) and I have 2 identical DVD drives: ASUS DRW-24B1ST (2006 drivers, no current drivers available)
I do not believe they are failing since both would need to be failing at the same time, but maybe they are just so old that they are the issue. I would love for this to be the case because then I can buy a new drive and fix this issue with a single purchase.
Any help would be appreciated.
DVD Quality Issue
Re: DVD Quality Issue
You use the wrong playback software or any other things you using are screwed up. The copies of Makemkv represent 1: 1 what's on the disc regarding the video. Look elsewhere regarding your issues.Dragonbait wrote: ↑Wed Aug 06, 2025 9:10 pmIssue: When I play my DVD through my Xbox, the quality is much better than the MKV file output from MakeMKV.
"MakeMKV does not change anything it just rewrites the information" I have read this many times, but I am not the only one with the issue, and therefore I ask for help in understanding what it could possibly be as my testing so far has been fruitless.
Theories:
1. Some online users blame the playback devices, which spawns my first theory: The Xbox software upscales the 480p image to 1080p when reading directly from a DVD, but when streaming through Jellyfin as an MKV, the Xbox does not know how to upscale, so it plays it at the lower quality.
It also does not make sense because my handbrake files change the file type to mp4, which also looks bad (Tested HandBrake Presets: Super HQ 480p, Super HQ 1080p, H.265 NVENC 2160p and 1080p, all worse than playing the original DVD. A couple other custom settings tried as well)
I imagine many people who host media using Jellyfin use an Xbox to stream, so I do not believe this to be the issue. However, if this is the case, MakeMKV sounds useless as the output files aren't compatible with popular media playback devices.
2. MakeMKV uses the wrong aspect ratio, which can cause grainy images. How can I check this and how can I fix it? It sounds like more third-party software from what I read, which is not ideal as I was planning on using handbrake after figuring out this issue and that is already two programs to learn/trust.
3. My very old dvd drives are the issue. I built the media server with a very old PC (~12 years old) and I have 2 identical DVD drives: ASUS DRW-24B1ST (2006 drivers, no current drivers available)
I do not believe they are failing since both would need to be failing at the same time, but maybe they are just so old that they are the issue. I would love for this to be the case because then I can buy a new drive and fix this issue with a single purchase.
Any help would be appreciated.