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MakeMKV beta 1.6.15

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MilesAhead:
MakeMKV released another beta today.  Should be good for 60 days iirc.

This program is nice if you have a set top player like WD HDTV for USB or similar that plays .mkv.

The nice feature over utilities that just sit in the tray and open the disc in the BDROM is this sifts through the files and presents a list of titles, filtering out stuff too short to be of interest.  It also has a mechanism to get forced subtitles.

It is a beta but the pricing has been set at $50, no subscription or renewal fees.. just a flat $50.
Here's the link to it on videohelp:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MakeMKV

MilesAhead:
btw the author keeps posting temporary registration keys on the site.  He has promised free use of the program as long as it is in beta. You can get the latest key here:

http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053

MilesAhead:
MakeMKV 1.5.3 beta released:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MakeMKV

superboyac:
MilesAhead,
Does makeMKV get rid of all that FBI warning stuff that you have to wade through on most DVD's?
For example, does it make my movie watching experience more "pirate"-like?  I'm, of course, referencing that great image that zridling posted here earlier:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=21888.0

If I rip my dvd's, i want to get rid of all that annoying stuff.  I want to be able to double-click a file and start watching immediately.  No waiting for trailers, copyright warnings, any kind of unskippable menu parts, etc.

MilesAhead:
What it does is analyze and show a tree of titles.  You select each title, which audio you want, subtitles etc.. and it makes an .mkv file for each title.  It's fast because it just remuxes.  It doesn't do any conversion.  If the best audio for the title is DTS(the next best is only 2 channel stereo say) I select that, then use Popcorn audio converter to convert to AC3 since my set top box doesn't handle DTS.

Afa conversion to DVD you can use any converter that can handle .mkv input.
The other main strong point is it is set by default to eliminate "titles" less than 2 minutes in duration. That should get rid of warnings, dumb motion menus etc..

I excels with discs with a main movie. It can still get confused with episodic discs such as TV show episodes.  But the author is working on that aspect.

I've gone along with 4 or 5 beta versions and I've never had one do anything rude like lock up my machine or anything so I would definitely say to try it.  There's a free temporary registration key that gets updated on the forum.  He says as long as it's in beta he'll keep updating the reg key.  It works well enough already that I paid the $50.  He promises a one shot charge... no update fees, subscriptions etc..

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