The BIG backup button

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∫xdxdy
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The BIG backup button

#1 Post by ∫xdxdy » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:40 pm

I tried makemkv with my new setup to deal with UHD bluray. I saw the backup button (whick inside the menu) on grey for quite a while. After some trying and google, I just noticed that if I want to backup, I should press the BIG button in the very first, don't need to choose OPEN DISC in menu. Once I opened the disk, the backup button inside menu greyed out.

Well, maybe I should read manual carefully before using.........

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Re: The BIG backup button

#2 Post by rivey » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:11 pm

∫xdxdy wrote:I tried makemkv with my new setup to deal with UHD bluray. I saw the backup button (whick inside the menu) on grey for quite a while. After some trying and google, I just noticed that if I want to backup, I should press the BIG button in the very first, don't need to choose OPEN DISC in menu. Once I opened the disk, the backup button inside menu greyed out.

Well, maybe I should read manual carefully before using.........
I have read everything I can find about making a backup of a DVD. Maybe some more detailed instructions might help. TIA

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Re: The BIG backup button

#3 Post by preserve » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:31 pm

MakeMKV does not make backups of DVD discs, since there are other tools out there for doing this.

Since MakeMKV does make "backups" of Blu-ray and UHD, it would be nice if it handled DVD as well, it would just add to making MakeMKV the all-in-one solution.
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Re: The BIG backup button

#4 Post by rivey » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:58 pm

preserve wrote:MakeMKV does not make backups of DVD discs, since there are other tools out there for doing this.

Since MakeMKV does make "backups" of Blu-ray and UHD, it would be nice if it handled DVD as well, it would just add to making MakeMKV the all-in-one solution.
Since that is the case, can you recommend a program to backup DVD movies? Thanks

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Re: The BIG backup button

#5 Post by paulster » Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:46 pm

I like AnyDVD for backups of all my disks to ISO format. I really with MakeMKV would offer this as an option though, so I could use a single product for everything.

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Re: The BIG backup button

#6 Post by rivey » Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:52 pm

paulster wrote:I like AnyDVD for backups of all my disks to ISO format. I really with MakeMKV would offer this as an option though, so I could use a single product for everything.
Thanks for the info. And I do agree that MakeMKV should also have this option.

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Re: The BIG backup button

#7 Post by preserve » Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:13 pm

Yes, I would much prefer to say "MakeMKV does it, buy a registration!" instead of sending people to RedFox.

I don't use their products but if I visited their site without someone I trust telling me they're okay, they look like all those generic crap software products. Especially because they parcel out every feature into a separate program.

Any other recommendations, specifically for making ISOs? I probably eventually want a reliable program for creating and reading ISOs of DVDs, Blu-rays and UHDs.
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Re: The BIG backup button

#8 Post by yorgo » Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:09 pm

preserve wrote:I don't use their products but if I visited their site without someone I trust telling me they're okay, they look like all those generic crap software products. Especially because they parcel out every feature into a separate program.
Though RedFox does offer numerous products, their core one is AnyDVD. Most of the rest are through partnerships with other developers.

One additional correction; though they may look like other "generic crap software", they are anything but. AnyDVD has been around for many years as the "industry standard" for de-encryption, and their playlist obfuscation detection works consistently (at least it has for me).

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