Makemkv on Win XP

[specstuffer]

The latest version of Makemkv will not work on Win XP. At least for me.
On startup I get an error message stating " The Makemkv conrol console had an error" I went back to version 1.15 whick does work.

[MartyMcNuts]

The latest version of Makemkv will not work on Win XP. At least for me.
On startup I get an error message stating " The Makemkv conrol console had an error" I went back to version 1.15 whick does work.

And really why would it?? Why would any developer want to make their app compatible for an OS that support expired on essentially 20 years ago?

You really shouldn't be using xp. It is so unsecure and very unsafe to be using in 2024. Even win 7 or 8 should no longer be used.

Try upgrading to windows 10 or 11. Much more secure and better overall than XP ever was.

[Ezatoka]

to be fair, https://makemkv.com/download/ states:

MakeMKV 1.17.7 for Windows
Requires Windows XP or later, x86 or x64.

[Woodstock]

As stated, it's SUPPOSED to work on XP. And a number of us think Win10/11 are built to make XP look secure.

Not everyone can easily upgrade. There is a LOT of hardware out there that will be rejected by later versions of Windows. I could, in theory, upgrade this machine past Win7, but it would cause some significant compatibility problems. For example, my home camera systems require a version of Firefox prior to v57, which won't run on Win10 anymore.

As for the WinXP problem with MakeMKV, it kind of sounds like the issue may be with loading the key. Is the drive empty the first time you run MakeMKV? If not, try that, to see if it initializes and reads your key the first time. If it still complains about the control console, then we have to wait for Mike to respond. You might want to tag on to the MakeMKV 1.17.7 too old, crashes on start thread to get his attention.

[AstralWanderer]

For those interested, here is how to get MakeMKV to run on Windows XP:

1. If you don't yet have one, download and install a hex editor (I'd recommend the free HxD);
2. Download Xompie;
3. Extract the xpvcrt.dll file from Xompie and place it in the MakeMKV program files folder;
4. Make backup copies of makemkv.exe and makemkvcon.exe (rename them to, say, makemkv.exe-orig and makemkvcon.exe-orig) - HxD will make backup copies by default, but it never hurts to be extra cautious;
5. Use a hex editor on makemkv.exe to replace all occurrences of msvcrt.dll with xpvcrt.dll;
6. Repeat the previous step with makemkvcon.exe;
7. Repeat again with sdftool.exe if you need to flash drives (make a backup copy first);
8. Test the modified MakeMKV - it should now work.

Note: I've not tested ripping/converting with this yet (looking to update drive firmware first) but a copy of bcrypt.dll may be needed also (see Missing "bcrypt.dll" on Windows XP) - in this case, either an "unofficial" download of this DLL or using that supplied with ReactOS should do the trick.

Update: Successfully ripped a (non-UHD) BluRay and flashed two drives. BCrypt.dll was not needed in my case.

[Ezatoka]

Why not just renaming xpvcrt.dll to msvcrt.dll then?

[AstralWanderer]

Why not just renaming xpvcrt.dll to msvcrt.dll then?

Because it won't work - the msvcrt.dll version in the Windows \system32 folder will take precedence. You could try replacing that version instead, but then this makes it a system-wide change with possible/probable effects on other software.