Quality loss?

[Trasper]

When I take a back-up of a UHD disc, I keep the original audio, and two subtitles, english and norwegian, and uncheck the rest.

Not often, but sometimes I forget to uncheck something, mostly a subtitle. So the rip will have an extra subtitle I've no use for, (and probably don't understand).

In the big scale of things, no problem.
But it annoys me, I know it's there...

I could rip the disc again, and be more careful with the unchecking.



Or I could open the already ripped mkv file in MakeMKV, uncheck the unwanted subtitle, and rip/run the it again.

If I do will I get a loss in quality?

[Woodstock]

Download mkvtoolnix for your platform. You can remove tracks within an existing MKV file, saving it to a new one, without re-ripping. You can also modify the header to select your desired audio/subtitle tracks, without changing the rest of the file.

Subtitle tracks rarely make a substantial size difference, but audio tracks... can be big.

[Trasper]

Thank you for the tip!

I'll give it a try.

[Setzer]

Or I could open the already ripped mkv file in MakeMKV, uncheck the unwanted subtitle, and rip/run the it again.

If I do will I get a loss in quality?

Nope

[Trasper]

Thank you.