Thread 106116317 - /g/ [Archived: 439 hours ago]

Anonymous
8/2/2025, 4:02:09 PM No.106116317
makemkv
makemkv
md5: fc185051a2cc931d133237a0be844275🔍
>the key has expired again and the new one hasn't been posted yet
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 4:13:56 PM No.106116432
>>106116317 (OP)
Plenty of leaked keys that never expire out there.
Anonymous
8/2/2025, 4:18:56 PM No.106116471
>tfw only rip DVDs
Heh.
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 4:23:34 PM No.106116517
>>106116471
I use it to rip DVDs.
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 5:27:05 PM No.106117085
>>106116471
>>106116517
ENTER
https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 5:40:51 PM No.106117197
lmao he's still at it?
Anonymous
8/2/2025, 5:55:24 PM No.106117324
>>106116517
I use vobcopy with libdvdcss and encode the output with ffmpeg.
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 5:59:22 PM No.106117360
>>106117324
Why are you re-encoding DVDs? You're already starting with a heavily compressed source, adding another layer of compression on top of that is going to make it look like shit. MKV is perfectly capable of storing the original MPEG-2 and AC3 streams.
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 6:01:21 PM No.106117377
>>106117360
mpeg2 is also fuckhuge for mediocre quality. reencode to H.264 drops the size by a fourth.
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 6:04:49 PM No.106117404
>>106117377
I've tried this many times and I've found that an h264 encode that has no visual loss from the DVD is almost as big as the original mpeg-2 stream, and even then if you look closely there's always going to be some loss, so there's no point in wasting your time with this. Hard drive space and internet bandwidth today is many times cheaper than it was 20 years ago when people were ripping DVDs to shitty xvid encodes.
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 6:08:51 PM No.106117439
>>106117085
What is the point of this? You can already make a 1:1 copy of a disc with an iso file.
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 6:34:17 PM No.106117687
>>106117360
I crop away the black bars, then encode to h.264 2-pass.

but fuck me, whoever thought subtitles should be picture based has to be hung up upside down and their ass bleached by the sun!
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Anonymous
8/2/2025, 6:55:08 PM No.106117930
>>106117687
I just tried re-encoding a 480p mpeg-2 file with handbrake's "HQ" h264 preset using an RF value of 18 and I got an mp4 file that's the exact same file size as the original mpeg-2. It's basically indistinguishable from the source file, but then what's even the point? At RF 20 the file size is reduced by about 20% but there's noticeable loss of detail in the film grain when you look closely.

Not to even mention that if you have something interlaced, you're going to lose half the frame rate when you deinterlace and re-encode to h264 if you ever want to play it back on a CRT TV.
Anonymous
8/2/2025, 7:36:59 PM No.106118321
>>106117439
no, you lose a lot of the metadata, especially with something like makemkv which doesnt even save dvd menus at all for example, if you dont want to properly perserve something then might as well just torrent a remux
Anonymous
8/2/2025, 8:22:09 PM No.106118703
>>106117404
>I've tried this many times and I've found that an h264 encode that has no visual loss from the DVD is almost as big as the original mpeg-2 stream
That's why you encode mpeg2 to h.265
Anonymous
8/2/2025, 10:41:21 PM No.106119868
>>106117360
Provided you use a reasonable crf or 2 pass bitrate with x264, you'll never notice the difference.
Anonymous
8/2/2025, 11:39:01 PM No.106120366
>>106116317 (OP)
Did he died??
Anonymous
8/3/2025, 12:24:29 AM No.106120767
is there an open source way to remux IFO+VOBs?
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Anonymous
8/3/2025, 1:04:33 AM No.106121057
>>106120767
Old school methods of DVD ripping/dumping still work. Just have to be careful where you get the programs from.
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Anonymous
8/3/2025, 1:09:36 AM No.106121100
>>106121057
Feel free to share, I didn't do it in the old school and I am getting tons of info from searching but obviously makemkv is dominating the results.
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Anonymous
8/3/2025, 1:12:06 AM No.106121128
>>106121100
RipIt4Me, which needs DVDShrink & DVDDecryptor installed. It still works perfect to do this day.
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Anonymous
8/3/2025, 1:14:45 AM No.106121153
>>106121128
oh, I have the decrypt and backup step already, I am using dvdbackup with libdvdcss on my linux. It is remuxing VOBs using information in the IFO that I was using makemkv for, I just need an alternative to that part
Anonymous
8/3/2025, 3:20:52 AM No.106122149
>>106116317 (OP)
I always rolled the system clock back a few days if I needed to rip something.
Anonymous
8/3/2025, 3:38:16 AM No.106122254
>>106121100
https://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html
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Anonymous
8/3/2025, 4:07:31 AM No.106122448
error
error
md5: 518862ba3fb638733d97e7c877d28ce4🔍
>>106122254
I just put the dark knight DVD into my laptop, backed it up with dvdbackup+libdvdcss

if I do the following
cat VTS_01*.VOB >> Merged.VOB
I get a +7GB VOB file, it has the audio tracks and subtitles, but no chapter info, if I try to use `ffmpeg -i merged.vob -c copy merged.mkv` I get errors, pic related

if I however use mkvmerge, it'll remux the VOBs into an mkv but no subtitle track and only one of the available audio tracks and the audio track is desync'd

makemkv can take those VOBs, merge them, retain metadata and subtitles, and spit out mkvs, I was looking for a tool to do that step
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Anonymous
8/3/2025, 6:02:28 AM No.106123189
1715523479595
1715523479595
md5: ee1ddab963dd26fdf6a716e8d0d9a4f8🔍
>>106116317 (OP)
Why hasn't anyone cracked his source code so we can just decrypt all BDs without needing MakeMKV anymore? Not that I'm not appreciative of the man.
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Anonymous
8/3/2025, 7:44:28 AM No.106123769
why are windows users this retarded? On Linux I just mount the disk and drag over the files into my rip directory.
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Anonymous
8/3/2025, 11:34:52 AM No.106125063
>>106122448
>if I try to use `ffmpeg -i merged.vob -c copy merged.mkv` I get errors
I scraped a lot of .ts files the other day and merged them using this ffmpeg -hide_banner -f concat -i index.m3u8 -c copy final.mkv after cating the names into an m3u8 playlist. Try it, maybe it'll work.
Anonymous
8/3/2025, 3:40:02 PM No.106126408
1686004120612899
1686004120612899
md5: 7efc32b6a648056e51c992943e9e1fe2🔍
>>106116317 (OP)
this is one of the very few programs that are worth paying for.
>>106123769
the BD drives are encrypted with bullshit jew DRM. not all discs can be openly dragged and dropped between storage mediums.
>>106123189
it is a super niche hobby/archival method. hardly anyone does it so the demand is minimal. the development for this sort of thing is also very complicated and makemkv usually has some great updates.
Anonymous
8/3/2025, 3:56:00 PM No.106126521
>>106116317 (OP)
Humiliation ritual
Anonymous
8/3/2025, 4:27:33 PM No.106126827
>>106117404
this, fuck mediocrity enthusiasts