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gradu8ed:
Sorry if this doesn't belong here but I'm not sure where else to post it. I'm using a 2014 mac mini running os 10.13.6. I've been banging my head against this for the last couple of months and I give up. I've searched the forum and manual wiki and maybe I'm missing something but I just can't figure it out.

Ideally I'd like to convert video_ts files to mkv files with no loss of video or audio quality. At this point though I don't even know how to add them to my library and get them to play.

I have a number of folders and iso with video_ts files and some with accompanying audio_ts files, some have an md5 file in the folder, and some are PAL. Here are some examples:

/name of video folder/Video_TS/ VIDEO_TS.BUP, VIDEO_TS.IFO, VIDEO_TS.VOB, VTS_01_0.BUP, VTS_01_0.IFO, VTS_01_0.VOB, VTS_01_1.VOB, VTS_01_2.VOB

/name of video folder/ISO/ VIDEO_TS (as above) and AUDIO_TS

and a few are just
/name of video folder/VIDEO_TS/ VTS_01_1.VOB, VTS_01_2.VOB, VTS_01_3.VOB/ VTS_01_4.VOB
with no other files.

Let me know if I'm not being clear or if any additional info would help.

blgentry:
As far as I know, DVD folder structures and ISOs are not supported at all by MC for Mac.  You can not import them into MC or play them with MC.  MC for Windows is different.  It uses some windows only libraries (not written by JRiver) that allow it to read DVD and BluRay structures.

My favorite tool for converting DVD and BluRay to MKV is MakeMKV.  It will convert real discs or folder structures into MKV files and remove the encryption (if present) in the process.

MakeMKV is free and has been for something like 10 years.  They say that it's only free while it's under development, but it's never changed.  That being said, it is wonderful software and very important to my video process, so I bought it a long time ago (lifetime license).  I wanted to support the developers and have a guaranteed license.

MakeMVK works on Windows and Mac so you can definitely run it on your system.   Good luck to you.

Brian.

gradu8ed:
Thanks for the info. I've checked out MakeMkv (https://www.makemkv.com/) and it looks like exactly what I am looking for but I think there's a learning curve. MC should make it clear the ISO and TS_Video files are not supported.

JimH:
MakeMKV is pretty easy to use.  We've integrated it into MC for Windows but it can be used standalone. 

gradu8ed:
I've been experimenting with it but am having difficulties so far. I start with an ISO or VIDEO_TS folder but I end up with multiple separate mkv files for the same movie/tv show.

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