The Birth of Japan: total failure

[Princess]

It doesn't even open, no log, no anything it seems.

I activated the debug log and this is it:

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Debug log started at Fri Jan 11 01:01:59 2019 , written by MakeMKV v1.14.2 win(x64-release)
Using 262272KB for read cache.
001005:0000 MakeMKV v1.14.2 win(x64-release) started
001004:0000 Debug logging enabled, log will be saved as C:\Users\User/MakeMKV_log.txt
DEBUG: Code 2365587456 at 3tu+2QPU[=7Te!Z9e:29394620
003006:0000 Opening files on harddrive at D:/THE_BIRTH_OF_JAPAN/VIDEO_TS
003002:0000 Calculated BUP offset for VTS #1 does not match one in IFO header.
DEBUG: Code 16777479 at :T+l~>-iZdnuPAfG:121266189
DEBUG: Code 16777479 at :T+l~>-iZdnuPAfG:121266189
Title skip vts=1 pgcn=1 hash=80531F6701EC0525
005010:0000 Failed to open disc
Application exited at Fri Jan 11 01:02:11 2019

The disc plays perfectly. It's weird though. When opening the VIDEO_TS.IFO and playing through the menu I get the correct playtime, 3hr 2mn. But the playtime of all the VOBs combined (01_1 to 01_8) is 2hr 52mn. VOB 01_0 holds the trailer and, at the end, the frames that make up the menu.

As this is a super obscure disc for the west, I'll gladly upload a sample, the disc itself or whatever is needed to debug it. Never had a prob with MakeMKV till now, and I ripped hundreds of discs, lol

[Grauhaar]

003006:0000 Opening files on harddrive at D:/THE_BIRTH_OF_JAPAN/VIDEO_TS

Can you explain why the "Disc" is opened on an "Hard Drive" and not on an "Optical Drive"? Is this a already decrypted copy?

[Princess]

003006:0000 Opening files on harddrive at D:/THE_BIRTH_OF_JAPAN/VIDEO_TS

Can you explain why the "Disc" is opened on an "Hard Drive" and not on an "Optical Drive"? Is this a already decrypted copy?

Yup, already decrypted copy. It turns out the Windows File Explorer wasn't reporting correctly the durations or something (when selecting all the VOBs and right click and "properties"). I muxed VOB 01_1 with mkvtoolnix (it automatically added up to 01_8) and there I got a proper 3-hour MKV.

Thing was, VOB 01_1 had some extra warnings at the beginning (before the studio logo) that when playing the DVD normally it was shown at the end. Seems that right after VOB 01_8 finished the DVD went back to 01_1 to play those warnings. I had to cut those with the splitting feature of mkvtoolnix, as I was getting those pesky things as they come in the VOB, at the start.

The subtitles were another beast though. Mkvtoolnix doesn't read subtitles from VOBs. I had to extract them with VSRip. BUT the IDX file it produced had all the timings with negative values (like -9 hours) and no program under the sun could open it. Only SubtitleEdit which gives you the option to ignore the IDX and apply a custom palette. The actual timings on the SUB file were correct.

So... I now have a complete MKV. Still, it would be nice to unveil the mystery of why MakeMKV fails. Or not, if it's too much work. I hope I don't come across with another oddball like this.


P.S.: And I got the chapters with ChapterGrabber. They were a bit skewed as I cut those warnings maybe. I shifted them a bit and they more or less fit accurately the MKV.