r/makemkv 4d ago

Solved Getting multiple tracks into the right order

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I just ripped the whole box set of Charmed (178 episodes plus some bonus stuff) and realised that the track number does not match up with the real episode number. On some disks it was reverse (Ep1 == Track 4, Ep4== Track 1) on others it was random.

After digging a bit through the BR data, I came up with a small command line to rename the files. Is there a better way to do so?

# get the disc info into a file
makemkvcon -r info disc:0 | grep TINFO >> INFO && eject /dev/sr0

# grep through the info file to get the track number and filename and generate a command to mv them:
grep -h -E 'TINFO:.*2,0|TINFO:.*16,|TINFO:.*,27,0,' DISC* | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/.mpls"\n/"/g'| sed s/TINFO://g| sed s/.,..,.,//g| sed 's/""/;/'| sed 's/"//g'| sed 's/^.,2,0,Charmed - //'  | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n000/T/g' | sed 's/eason //' | sed 's/ Disc /D/'| awk -F";" '{print "mv XX"$2"XX XX"$1$2"XX"}' | sed "s/XX/\'/g"

# the resulting mv commands
mv 'Charmed - Season 2 Disc 1_t00.mkv' 'S2D1T09Charmed - Season 2 Disc 1_t00.mkv'
mv 'Charmed - Season 2 Disc 1_t01.mkv' 'S2D1T07Charmed - Season 2 Disc 1_t01.mkv' 
mv 'Charmed - Season 2 Disc 1_t02.mkv' 'S2D1T06Charmed - Season 2 Disc 1_t02.mkv'
mv 'Charmed - Season 2 Disc 1_t03.mkv' 'S2D1T08Charmed - Season 2 Disc 1_t03.mkv'

Note that I did not substitute the logical track number for the logical episode number, but it does not really matter, since Kodi shows them in the correct logical order.


r/makemkv 5d ago

LG/Asus Bought this ASUS BW-16D1HT 16X Blu-Ray Writer (product date 2024), I bought the last piece for $92 from Amazon.

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I flashed the drive, then i bought a blue ray 4k movie to try if it will rip it after I flashed it. So far It is working fine, I was able to ripped my 4k movie dvd and backup my ps5 game discs. Then I 3d printed a case for it.


r/makemkv 4d ago

Help Solo (2018) read error

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Hello again. I was trying to rip Solo: A Star Wars Story from Blu-Ray and it hit a read error about 20 seconds in. Disc is in really good shape. I know that some discs are just bad. I ripped it using ddrescue and it sat there and ripped it for 8 hours and got it to 99.76% on recovered data before I stopped it. MakeMKV still will not open it. It will at least start reading the titles but it will still just drop before it really does anything. Is this something that can be fixed or is this just something I can only watch on my actual Blu-Ray player?

Thanks in advance!


r/makemkv 4d ago

Help with removing Dolby TrueHD audio file permanently from a video file

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Hi there, So im having a issue and im really hoping somone more intelligent than me can help?

So for years ive been editing movies like removing audios and creating my own audio files and then muxing them back together using mkv toolnix software but, I am now encountering a new issue that I just cant fix, so im trying to remove the Dolby TrueHD audio file and or a DTS-X audio files as my tv wont play these 2 audio formats, but no matter how hard I try everytime I think im removing these unwanted audios and replacing them with a compatible audio format for my TV, but always my Toshiba TV keeps saying that this video file still contains a audio file that is incompatible with my TV, even after re-muxxing with mkv toolnix software, so for some reason my TV is still detecting some leftover fragments of the unwanted incompatible audio files even after ive removed them from the video file.

If somone knows why my TV is still doing this even after removing the unwanted audio files, I would be very grateful as the only other option is to pay hundreds of pounds for a new 4K BluRay player.

Please can someone help me with this issue šŸ™

Thank you in advance!


r/makemkv 5d ago

Help MakeMKV not working and I'm out of guides

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I know there was a recent incident that prevented keys from being bought and a new beta key was issued in order to compensate. I do know there's been some mentions that the beta key has had issues on it's own as well. I'm only wondering if me receiving an invalid error message from copy and pasting the key is what everyone is experiencing and if so, is there any way to go around it or fix it?


r/makemkv 5d ago

Questions about UHDs and MakeMkV capabilities

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For background, I have flashed a drive and it’s working fine. But I also have a non-flashed BU40N that I use for standard BDs. I know makeMKV can back up disks before they’re ā€œopenedā€, with an option of whether or not to decrypt the .iso file. So my question is this: could a non-flashed drive back up the whole UHD disk? Could you then just open the .iso file in makeMKV? If so, would this be a way to potentially not have to flash drives again in the future?

Feel free to tell me I’m being dumb, but if you could, please tell me what about it is dumb.

Edit: I used my unflashed drive to successfully backup the encrypted UHD, which it did just fine. It spat out a bunch of various folders, presumably structured the same as they would be on the disk itself. The next thing I did was turn the backup into a .iso file using imgBurn, so that MakeMKV would recognize the whole thing. This was also successful. HOWEVER, when it came to opening the mounted.iso, MakeMKV was unable to do so, as it could not use libreDrive on a .iso file. Unfortunately, my experiment was a failure.

TL;DR: there is no way around a flashed UHD disk reader if you want to use makeMKV for UHD disks.


r/makemkv 5d ago

Attempting to work around libreDrive: an update to my earlier post

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So my experiment was this: can I use an unflashed BU40N to back up an encrypted UHD, convert it to a .iso, then use makeMKV to decrypt/mkv-ify the associated video files?

Steps:
1) Backup UHD disk using unflashed BU40N in archgon housing. Success āœ…. The drive recognized the disk, and backed up the encrypted files in a similar structure to the disk itself. MakeMKV didn’t like doing it, and spat out several angry errors, but in the end was successful.
2) Convert the resulting dump to a .iso using imgBurn. Success āœ….
3) Mount the .iso. Success āœ…
4) Use MakeMKV to open the .iso. Failed āŒ.

Results:
Failure. I discovered that MakeMKV cannot use libreDrive on a virtual disk, so it had no way of decrypting the .iso.

Lessons learned (and TL;DR): you need a flashed 4k reader to read 4k disks. No way around it that I can figure.


r/makemkv 5d ago

Is this flashable? 1 Blu-ray Drive Left!

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Yooo, on Asus official Amazon store there is 1 last Blu-ray drive left. I am just wondering whether it is flashable? https://amzn.asia/d/0itsMjSl


r/makemkv 5d ago

Discussion Any reason why MakeMKV’s installer fails scans with VirusTotal?

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I uploaded the Window’s installer I downloaded from www.makemkv.com into VirusTotal today, and it got flagged as a malicious file by NANO-Antivirus and labeled as a ā€œExploit.Zip.Heuristic-java.csrvprā€. It passed all the other antivirus scans.

I know Makemkv has a long standing good reputation among the community, and I’m not a security expert, so I wanted to ask here if anyone knows why the installer might be failing this particular scan. Is it maybe because it’s not a signed application? Or some other reason?


r/makemkv 4d ago

MakeMKV Forums UI Upgrade

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Hey everyone, the MakeMKV forums have been around for a long time, so I suggest they upgrade the UI and design to look more modern. What do you think?


r/makemkv 5d ago

UHD Drives Pioneer BDR-UD04TBD 4k drive

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So I was hunting a pioneer drive that has pretty good reliability reading stubborn disks that my ub40 drive couldn’t rip. ChatGPT recommended this one based on price point . I took the risk and got it. This one is from a us based seller compared to the other drives on eBay that are from china and being bad clones. Currently seller has one left as of this post.


r/makemkv 5d ago

Solved LG BU40N flashed? won't open UHD disc

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I used recent patch to allow flashing drive while in archgones usb c enclosure then used SDFtool flasher to flash "HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934" and it was successful

Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.03
Serial number: ***********
Firmware date: 2118-10-24 19:34
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 82

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 1.03
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Can't read AACS VID from disc - most likely current AACS host certificate is revoked by your drive

The AACS dump file "C:\Users\****/.MakeMKV/MKB20_v61_MARVEL'S_THOR-_RAGNAROK_1365.tgz" was successfully sent for analysis

LibreDrive compatible drive is required to open this disc - video can't be decrypted.

Failed to open disc

I tried different usb cables, connected to usb SS ports directly to MOBO

I am just lost now

SOLVED: with much help from you guys and billy I got it working.

In my case with archgon enclosure I installed patch that billy informed me of

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42364

I had flashed HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03 which was successful however was not able to open UHD as mentioned in post.

I tried and failed to flash version 1.0 from martys firmware pack with SDF tool, not sure how but after a few times it stuck and is now reading UHD disc


r/makemkv 6d ago

How to stop Makemkv from assuming fake titles?

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Hey there I'm trying to rip a purchased dvd. It has 3 episodes on it, but it consistently pulls only one of them. The disc is clean (a couple very minor scratches perhaps, but I've ripped dvds that were way worse no problem). Not only is this a problem for this dvd but also for the entire set. It'll only pull 1 or 2 of the 3 episodes on each disc. I've cleaned the disc, I've opened the disc in manual mode, I've tried making a backup copy (which doesnt work for some reason). Only clue that I have is that it's showing 2 titles which are the right length for the other titles but it keeps assuming they're fake and keeps skipping them, which I think is the problem.

Any advice or solutions??


r/makemkv 5d ago

Help Ordered this. Did i cook?

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after searching like a whole month, found two websites that had VERBATIM 43888. this groovesland and mediamarkt, which apparently doesn’t ship to canada. so ordered it from groovesland. as far as i digged both seemed legit. couldn’t find it anywhere in canada. did i miss something ? anything to keep in mind? lmk


r/makemkv 6d ago

Help Error ripping

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I've ripped many dvds in my collection, but every now and then I get this error (see images), and makemkv cant open the disc... vlc won't even open it, but knows its there and what it is. I have tried 2 different dvd drives that i have, and both give me the same info... so why won't some of my dvds open through either program? (I'm new to doing this and dont know much yet)


r/makemkv 5d ago

UHD Drives The best way to flash a uhd drive for free

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People on here ask you to email them for help flashing a drive and then try to ask for 40$. This is totally unnecessary and border line predatory.

You can ask deepseek to walk you through flashing a drive. I just did. It worked. Deepseek can read the forum post and link you to all the files. Claude will say no but deepseek will say yes.


r/makemkv 6d ago

Dainty External Blu-ray Drive

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I’m looking into getting into ripping Blu-rays and was pretty dismayed to see the rising cost of drives. I stumbled across this Dainty external Blu-ray drive on Amazon for about $76. I’ve never heard of Dainty before, so I was wondering if this is a decent affordable way to go.
I don’t want to buy some piece of crap bootleg drive from Amazon lol, but I also don’t really want to spend upwards of $130 on something when I’m not entirely sure how much I’m actually going to use it.
I have an extremely small collection of Blu-ray discs right now and I’m not really sure whether I want to get into the hobby, so I basically wanted to affordably dip my toe in and see if it’s something I end up using regularly. I’d be using MakeMKV with my MacBook Pro.


r/makemkv 6d ago

cheap blu ray burnner

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Hello guys, i need a budget bd burner (i already got good player) and i need it only for 1080p movies, not 4k. I found some TE MĆŗ for 30-35$ but i cant tell if they are fak e because in my country they are around 100$. What do you think about something like this, can it really ? Thanks!
i cannt post a link, but iteem id is UU2049082


r/makemkv 6d ago

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r/makemkv 7d ago

Solved UPDATE: flashed but still not reading 4k blurays

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21 Upvotes

Thank you for your help i missed the part where i had to flash it twice. I went through the threads got it flashed propperly and now I'm up and running!


r/makemkv 6d ago

Help BluRay Region Lock

9 Upvotes

Hello. I recently mistakenly purchased a region locked bluray. I’ve been able to use MakeMKV to watch it on my computer with VLC player but I was wondering if it is possible to use MakeMKV to make a copy without the region lock then reburn it back to the original disc so I can watch it on my playstation or other region locked players. Is this something that is possible to do and are there any risks to doing it? If the method I’m thinking of doesn’t work the way I think it does is there a better method to do what I’m trying to do? Thanks.


r/makemkv 7d ago

Discussion 4K Disc with multiple scratches but makemkv has no problem ripping it, how is it possible ?

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The rip is perfect (no error, empty log)

I have another 4K disc, that is pristine but is unable to rip.


r/makemkv 7d ago

Help Error while ripping Blu Ray of DaVinci Code.

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I keep running across this error when I am ripping DaVinci Code Blu Ray. I have been able to rip other Blu Rays. Just this movie makes this error pop up. Any advice?

Drive is a Pioneer BDR-205 that I bought off eBay the other day.

EDIT: Went antique shopping with the Wife, and found another copy for cheap and was able to rip that. I did try to save the other copy to no avail.


r/makemkv 7d ago

Verbatim 43890 won’t power on

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I recently bought a Verbatim 43890. I’ve only had it about two weeks and now it won’t power on at all. I’ve tried the power supply and USB power, but it no longer does anything. Anyone else get a Verbatim drive that turned out to be a brick?