Kill Bill TWBA How I Ripped it with Dolby Vision successfully

[BrianDW]

KBTWBA (either disc) wouldn't rip with lattest KEYDB downloaded.
Both discs ripped with alternate software but no Dolby Vision.

So I made an (unencrypted) backup of both discs and ripped from those, as suggested on these forums.

The rips were successful, registered as Dolby Vison on my TV via Nividia Shield but immediately stopped playing after a few seconds and caused my Shield to crash.

So I tried the only thing I could think of and ran the MKVS (made from the backups) through the make MKV process again. I changed no settings and kept everything.

This "re-mkved" MKV plays flawlessly with Dolby Vision on the same equipment with the same settings, audio and subtitles the first MKV failed on.

I have used the "re-mkv" trick successfully before on MKV files (made via MakeMkv) that didn't work the first time. With all the exact same settings.

I have been assured by other MakeMkv users that making a second MKV file from the first cannot possibly fix anything but I am telling you from my observations of reality it can. Yes, playing the exact same audio.

So if your first MKV fails to play properly, try re-making it. I don't care what self proclaimed "experts" want to claim. I know what works because I have experienced it working.

[Tok72]

Use the method in the original KB-TWBA thread that uses the backup with mkvmerge, ffmpeg and dovi_tools. It plays back flawlessly with Dolby Vision for the entire length of the feature. Some of these other methods lose the DV metadata in the resulting file. You might get a playable file but it’s not everything that was on the disc.

The Nvidia shield does not fully support DV Profile 7 with FEL. So that’s probably why it works. If one uses a CoreELEC device with full FEL support it’s going to fail on playback.