Deselected soundtracks with 5.1

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Stevex
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Deselected soundtracks with 5.1

Post by Stevex »

I have been using makemkv for a while, purchased it a year or so ago and I like it very much, but just registered to ask this question.
If a title has a 5.1 soundtrack, then all other soundtracks (commentaries, isolated score, etc etc) are automatically deselected.
I have lost track of the number of titles I have had to do again because I didn't expand the title to check and tick the other tracks.
I really really hope there's some preference I can set that I'm stupidly missing to change this behaviour :-) Because it's INCREDIBLY annoying!!!

Cheers, Steve
Woodstock
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Re: Deselected soundtracks with 5.1

Post by Woodstock »

Yes, it can be annoying. And yes, it can be changed, if you are in "Expert mode" (Preferences->General).

With Expert mode enabled, you will have a new tab, "Advanced". Two ways then control what is selected by default... "Default selection rule" on the Preferences->Advanced tab, or profiles.

My usual profile contains this for the selection rule:

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    <!-- Settings overridable in preferences -->
    <profileSettings
        app_DefaultSelectionString="-sel:all,+sel:(favlang|nolang),-sel:mvcvideo,=100:all,-10:favlang"
    />
This selects all audio tracks for inclusion. Since I don't have a favorite language, it does not discriminate based upon language.

For more information on profiles, I recommend reading the messages in the "Advanced MakeMKV usage" section of the forum.
Stevex
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Re: Deselected soundtracks with 5.1

Post by Stevex »

Woodstock, that's perfect - really helpful. Thank you so much!!!
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