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wer:
I assumed he wanted both; he talked about DVD discs (which means video) but then said most are audio only, but didn't say DVD-A.  I think some discs are DVD-V, with a black video stream and audio, but are not actually DVD-A discs; I've seen some like that.

I don't mess with DVD-A discs so I'm not sure, but I think you're right that MakeMKV can't rip them to a MKV.

EnglishTiger:
MakeMKV 1.15.3 has a "New Trick Up Its Sleeve" - right now I'm listening to the "Dolby Atmos" stream from the Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Version direct from the DVD in MC26.

However there is a problem because whilst MakeMKV found MC26 it did not find MC27 and there is no way of getting it to search for it!

tij:
MakeMKV 1.15.3 has problem ripping 3D bluray. 3D is present in the rip but legacy flags were omitted. Unfortunately those flags are used to trigger 3D.

Not sure what uses those legacy flags .. . LAV or MadVR.

RockyMalerbo:
WER wrote:

or an IFO DVD backup,

Right! These were ripped with AnyDVD or Leawo Blu-ray copy. There are VOB files. I started doing this about 14 years ago to make back-ups of my DVDs - long before I used JRiver.  I have hundreds of DVD rips I have made this way and I cannot re-do them with other software. I never tried playing a physical DVD through JRiver.

For that type of playback, you can use the DVD's animated menu to select a different audio track, if one exists. Select "DVD Menu" from the popup in your screenshot to access it.

Unfortunately, when I click-on DVD MENU, I get the DVD Menu and that is all.

Most of these DVD rips are audio-only, like one gets in deluxe box sets. However, there are a few movie DVD rips that behave this way. JRiver plays whatever is at the top in the audio menu. If DTS 5.1 is at the top, JRiver will play DTS 5.1.! Most of these DVDS have STEREO at the top, and when I go to the AUDIO Menu on the DVD Rip to select Dolby 5.1 or DTS 5.1, JRiver still plays the STEREO audio stream.

I have no problems with DVD-A rips. JRiver will play whatever available audio stream I select. Same with blu-ray rips. No problem.
 
WER, you also said to use OSD in Theater View. Where in the world is OSD in Theater view? I looked for an hour last night. Is that a button on the remote? I still don't understand the remote either [lol].

I got MC22 for free with Neil Young's Pono Player. Since then, I have purchased 5 upgrades, and I am still having this problem. I am very disappointed that the upgrades have not fixed it.  I guess I will have to keep using PowerDVD 8 unless JRiver fixes IFO/VOB DVD structures.

Thank you for replying.

wer:
OSD=On Screen Display

It's the interface available through the remote or keyboard in theater view.  Up or down arrow to access it.

It won't do you any good, because if you don't see a Streams menu in the right click menu, which you don't, then you won't be able to select an audio track with the OSD either.

Sorry but the wording of the rest of your post is confusing and self-contradictory. "I click on dvd menu and get the dvd menu and that is all" is not a useful statement.  You keep talking about an audio menu. What audio menu? Where?  I can't decipher what you're trying to say without screenshots.

I have zero knowledge of Anydvd or Leawo, so I have no idea what they left you with, but I can only guess that either you're not describing it well, or they left you with something odd.

It sounds like you're saying the problematic rips were NOT DVD-A discs, because you later say your DVD-A rips are fine. So I'm guessing they are DVD-V (regular DVD) discs, but the video stream is black, because you also keep saying they are "audio only". This is what tij and I were arguing about.

If in fact your existing rips are IFO backups, then indeed you CAN re-rip them to MKV using MakeMKV.  Just open the IFO file in MakeMKV instead of opening a drive letter.

As I said, I can't understand what you're describing without better wording and screenshots, but I think it's unlikely the problem is with MC.  Maybe we can get to the bottom of it.

I'd be interested to see a screenshot of MakeMKV when you open one of your IFOs in it.  See this guide:
https://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/extract_content_from_a_dvd_page_4.cfm

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