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NEW: MakeMKV Improvements
antenna:
Here's my use case...
I want to use MakeMKV within MC with unencrypted DVD ISO files that I have.
There is no DVD in the optical drive. The options for Options>CD, DVD & BD are all "Do nothing" as I do not want MC dealing with the optical drive.
Here is what I tried...
Tools> Rip disc
I see a Rip Disc action box on the lower left. But it seems to want me to insert an optical disc and provides no way for me to select an ISO file.
What am I missing?
thx.
antenna:
And if I may add, part of my use case....
I have the box-set for the TV series West Wing. A decade ago, I took the endeavor to move to ISO files all the DVDs I own.
And, for this particular box-set, it is good that I moved the DVDs to ISO files. Because a few of the DVDs in the box set no longer play. There seems to be some manner of corrosion around the edges of the DVDs that seem to upset my DVD player (photos upon request). The DVD player won't play some of the DVDs of my box set.
So it seems to be a good thing that I converted those DVDs of that box set to ISO files years ago.
But now i want to use MakeMKV within MC to split out the shows.
OK, maybe more than you didn't ask to know....
:)
voodoo5_6k:
--- Quote from: antenna on January 29, 2023, 02:51:29 pm ---Here is what I tried...
Tools> Rip disc
I see a Rip Disc action box on the lower left. But it seems to want me to insert an optical disc and provides no way for me to select an ISO file.
What am I missing?
thx.
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Well, although I never use Make MKV, I assume that it cannot work with an *.iso file as that most likely is only data for it, not a disc. You should mount the disc *.iso in either Windows directly or using tools like Virtual CloneDrive for instance. Then, the *.iso file becomes a disc, and other tools should be able to work with it like it were a real disc. Did you try this?
antenna:
--- Quote from: voodoo5_6k on January 29, 2023, 11:36:20 pm ---Well, although I never use Make MKV, I assume that it cannot work with an *.iso file as that most likely is only data for it, not a disc.
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I have used MakeMKV with ISO files, and it works. But my comment here is about ... how to get MakeMKV to work in this specific instance.
--- Quote ---You should mount the disc ... Did you try this?
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Yeah, that's the problem.
As I noted in my prior comment, the disc has deteriorated to the point that it cannot be read.
So the old ISO files I created years ago seem to be the only way I can view the discs that I have purchased.
I don't want to have to purchase a second copy of what I have already purchased in order to view what I have purchased.
So, yeah, I can watch the ISO files via VLC.
But I am asking about the ability of MC to interpret (yeah, let's go with that) the ISO files via MakeMKV and produce the usual wonders taht MC produces.
See, it's a simple request
All I am asking of MC of to produce magic in my eyes.
The awesome folk behind MC have done that in the past.... :)
(OK, I'm joking a bit here, but ya gotta say... JRiver Media Center Software is nothing less than awesome in the current world of media-related software.)
Really, take a bow.
OK, that aside.... :)
How soon before the MC intereaction with MakeMKV can deal with ISO files?
(asking for a friend....)
:)
voodoo5_6k:
--- Quote from: antenna on January 30, 2023, 01:07:33 am ---I have used MakeMKV with ISO files, and it works. But my comment here is about ... how to get MakeMKV to work in this specific instance.
Yeah, that's the problem.
As I noted in my prior comment, the disc has deteriorated to the point that it cannot be read.
[...]
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Good to know that that would usually work. The other part was a typo on my end, sorry. Of course I meant that you should mount the *.iso and try. I read and noted that the real discs are partially "dead". So, you're basically asking that MC's MakeMKV should allow for functionality that the stand-alone version provides?
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