MakeMKV - Blu-ray/DVD/Hd-dvd decryptor and remuxer

[Mike Chen]

I just wanted to say that I really like this program. It does exactly what I need.
Out of all my movies I am having trouble converting three to .MKV with MakeMKV. The movies are Troy, Wedding Crashers and Starwars a new hope.
Are you sure that you have the last version? Errors related to these specific titles were corrected in 1.4.0 . Regardless, please enable "show debug output" option in preferences, re-open disc/iso and post the log either here or on makemkv.com forum.

[Mike Chen]

No - I am trying to play on a Popcorn Hour.

I tried all kinds of strategies to fix the file. In the end passed the file from makemkv through Handbrake and re-encoded the video at a lower bit rate and now it plays fine.

But I know it's not a bit rate issue since I have put full BD titles on a HD with no compression and the Popcorn plays them fine from a USB drive. I think it's a problem with Makemkv and VC1 video
MakeMKV 1.4.1 is available and it produces compatible VC-1 files.

[tu]

@Mike

POC2 works perfectly now but POC1 is still getting not enough memory but it is still analysing the bluray disc.

Dave

[miklg21]

Are you sure that you have the last version? Errors related to these specific titles were corrected in 1.4.0 . Regardless, please enable "show debug output" option in preferences, re-open disc/iso and post the log either here or on makemkv.com forum.


I'm using 1.4.0

Using direct disc access mode
Title #0 was added (47 cell(s), 2:42:15)
Operation sucessfully completed
Saving 1 titles into directory C:/Documents and Settings/michael/Desktop
LIBMKV_TRACE: Exception: MKV_ASSERT: (m_MarksCount==m_ChapterMarks.size()) || ((m_MarksCount+1)==m_ChapterMarks.size())
Failed to save title 0 to file C:/Documents and Settings/michael/Desktop/title00.mkv
0 titles saved, 1 failed

[chavonbravo]

It would be great to have command-line options for the linux version, so perhaps mkfifo or piping can be used to have on the fly decrypting and viewing with mplayer/xine.

[kkloster21]

@ Mike Chen -

when will MakeMKV 1.4.1 be available for linux? i have several VC-1 discs (which 1.4.0 doesn't handle).

thanks.

[miklg21]

Just tried the 1.4.1 beta and get the same thing.

Using direct disc access mode
Title #0 was added (47 cell(s), 2:42:15)
Operation sucessfully completed
Saving 1 titles into directory C:/Documents and Settings/michael/Desktop
LIBMKV_TRACE: Exception: MKV_ASSERT: (m_MarksCount==m_ChapterMarks.size()) || ((m_MarksCount+1)==m_ChapterMarks.size())
Failed to save title 0 to file C:/Documents and Settings/michael/Desktop/title00.mkv
0 titles saved, 1 failed

[3ds]

@Mike Chen: Good work! You have made a great tool. Will you release it under a open source licence?

[Mike Chen]

@Mike Chen: Good work! You have made a great tool. Will you release it under a open source licence?
Well, parts of it are already released under open source. The core will stay closed-source for many-many reasons. Is there any specific part of code you want to be able to change?

[Mike Chen]

LIBMKV_TRACE: Exception: MKV_ASSERT: (m_MarksCount==m_ChapterMarks.size()) || ((m_MarksCount+1)==m_ChapterMarks.size())
Failed to save title 0 to file C:/Documents and Settings/michael/Desktop/title00.mkv
0 titles saved, 1 failed
This is known error. It will be fixed soon. Thanks.

[miklg21]

This is known error. It will be fixed soon. Thanks.


Cool.. thanks for the info.

[huasan]

I have tried this tool, but failed with such error logs:

FAILURE: Code 3221225653 at 5qSw3u]KFoZ XU:213130927
FAILURE: Code 3221225653 at 5qSw3u]KFoZ XU:213130927
FAILURE: Code 3221225653 at 5F}{G^y4Uv*LI$5|:121262992
FAILURE: Code 0 at 5F}{G^y4Uv*LI$5|:121262785
FAILURE: Code 0 at \3C-\03N#SATD}Qgj YW2-tHR~:29393516
The program can't find any usable optical drives. The BETA version requires administrative privileges for drive access.

Of course i login as administrator. it seems that, the tool never found my drive!

[setarip_old]

@huasan

Hi!

If your O/S is Vista, try additionally right clicking on the program and selecting "Run as administrator"...

[setarip_old]

@Mike Chen

Hi!

It's recently come to light that "MakeMKV" (up to and including v.1.4.2b) does something to PGS subtitles when converting from M2TS to MKV that makes them unusable by other programs, such as "tsMuxeR".

The proof of this is that loading the M2TS file into "tsMuxeR" allows the program to accept and properly process the PGS subtitles, while loading the MKV file (created from the same M2TS file) generates an error message stating the inability to process them.

Please advise.

[miklg21]

This is known error. It will be fixed soon. Thanks.

the latest update solves the problem. thanks.

[tetsuo55]

It appears there is a huge memory leak in MakeMKV

I'm using MakeMKV v1.4.2, and it maxes out my ram in about 2-3 minutes, and then starts spilling over in the pagefile.
I use cleanmem script to fight against it but it has to be fixed.

the leak occurs while its converting, i am using dvd's

My os is Windows 7 7100 X64

[Iskondi]

Hey Mike I wanted to say that this is a very cool program! I used it for the first time yesterday and it worked like a champ.

Two questions:

1. When I went to down convert the MKV that was created to 720p Ripbot, for some reason, couldn't figure out the Audio stream. I was able to extract the AC3 on the command line using mkvextract without issue and everything seemed great, but I wasn't sure if you might have an idea why the audio gave me issues?

2. Would it be possible to add an option for down converting to 720p?
My HDTV is smaller and so I like to store content in 720p for saving space.

Thanks again for making such an awesome program!

Iskondi

[Mike Chen]

It appears there is a huge memory leak in MakeMKV

I'm using MakeMKV v1.4.2, and it maxes out my ram in about 2-3 minutes, and then starts spilling over in the pagefile.
I use cleanmem script to fight against it but it has to be fixed.

the leak occurs while its converting, i am using dvd's

My os is Windows 7 7100 X64
How much RAM do you have? Please try to change "read buffer size" from "auto" to an amount of roughly 1/4 of your ram in preferences dialog and restart the application.

[tetsuo55]

How much RAM do you have? Please try to change "read buffer size" from "auto" to an amount of roughly 1/4 of your ram in preferences dialog and restart the application.
system specs:

e8400
4GB ram
Windows 7 7100 X64

It also looks like MakeMKV's caching is not that great, it hardly uses any of my CPU's power and sometimes crawls to a halt when the computer is doing other things (i use makeMKV on a dedicated seperate harddisk)

I will try your solution.
PS i use Clearmem (which forces applications to use the windows garbage collector to clear any unneeded ram) to fight the leak, and it works perfectly(but i have to keep running it over and over :().

I Found another bug with the chapters that actually causes crashes on some players:

Bug 1: Chapter "0" is not allowed, see the specs here:
http://www.matroska.org/technical/specs/chapters/index.html
ChapterUID > 0 meaning the value has to be equal to or higher than 1

[tetsuo55]

I actually found several HDDVD and DVD discs that do not work with MakeMKV, what can i do to get these discs supported?

I also tried a disc where the extras got mixed and output as multitple files. (so certain extra's would be included multiple times)

[setarip_old]

@Mike Chen

Any insight you can offer regarding the problem noted in post #164 to this thread?:It's recently come to light that "MakeMKV" (up to and including v.1.4.2b) does something to PGS subtitles when converting from M2TS to MKV that makes them unusable by other programs, such as "tsMuxeR".

[tetsuo55]

How much RAM do you have? Please try to change "read buffer size" from "auto" to an amount of roughly 1/4 of your ram in preferences dialog and restart the application.i tried it and it does not help.

[setarip_old]

MakeMKV v.1.4.3b for Windows has just been released.

And, for the first time, a Mac version (same version number) was also released...

[Mike Chen]

@Mike Chen
Any insight you can offer regarding the problem noted in post #164 to this thread?:
It's recently come to light that "MakeMKV" (up to and including v.1.4.2b) does something to PGS subtitles when converting from M2TS to MKV that makes them unusable by other programs, such as "tsMuxeR".

MakeMKV just puts PGS stream as is into MKV. The bigger problem is that there are no players that can play PGS stream from MKV file. In addition PGS stream itself (contrary to vobsub) does not contain timecodes and durations so this information must be somehow preserved. Because of this extracted PGS streams are typically stored in the "sup" file format that contains elementary stream and additional timing information. It is absolutely possible to extract "sup" file from MKV but there is currently no tool that can do just that. Eventually it will fix itself - either suprip will start to recognize MKV as input or PGS demuxer will be added to mkvtoolnix or VLC/MPlayer will start to display PGS streams. For now this is unfortunately a pain. Again, these MKVs contain elementary stream as-is, unchanged.

[Mike Chen]

i tried it and it does not help.
Strange. Can you please enable "log debug messages", restart the tool and capture the output in log window (if any)? You can PM it to me to keep this thread clean. Thanks.

[setarip_old]

@Mike Chen

Hi!

Now that Paramount has joined Fox by signing up to use Macrovision's "BD+" protection, may I now ask when you anticipate being able to overcome it, so as not to allow your program to become obsolete in its infancy?

[Mike Chen]

@Mike Chen

Hi!

Now that Paramount has joined Fox by signing up to use Macrovision's "BD+" protection, may I now ask when you anticipate being able to overcome it, so as not to allow your program to become obsolete in its infancy?

We should collect royalities from macrovision for this :) BD+ will be supported "soon". I can't give any specific dates unfortunately.

[setarip_old]

Thanks for the info.

We're all certainly looking forward to its arrival - "soon" ;>}

[SuperGoof]

Now that Paramount has joined Fox by signing up to use Macrovision's "BD+" protection, may I now ask when you anticipate being able to overcome it, so as not to allow your program to become obsolete in its infancy?

I don't think it's going to become obsolete whether it supports BD+ or not, as decrypting is not the main purpose of this program. You can always run MakeMKV over disc, mounted image or Blu-ray folder decrypted by AnyDVD HD, DumpHD or other tools.

The main feature which is missing in MakeMKV is not BD+ support (as AnyDVD does it just fine). It is a small video player, allowing you to preview selected title (or rather selected video/audio/subtitle stream). Just like the one in DVD Shrink, CloneDVD and other tools. Another thing is the ability to output not only to .mkv, but also to .ts and .m2ts files (maybe .mp4 too) and "dummy" Blu-ray disc. Also the ability to preserve chapters if you export to another Blu-ray disc (perhaps .mkv does not support chapters, not sure).

[setarip_old]

@SuperGoof

Hi!You can always run MakeMKV over disc, mounted image or Blu-ray folder decrypted by AnyDVD HD... Please re-read the title of this thread and the initial post.

Stating that a pricey, previously monopolistic, alternative (AnyDVDHD) exists is irrelevant...

[SuperGoof]

Please re-read the title of this thread and the initial post.

"I would like to announce yet another tool for Blu-ray decryption. MakeMKV ..."

Yeah... If the author positions this program as a decryptor, then eventual BD+ support is important. But if I was him, I would still concentrate on "remuxing" and UI (I mean video preview) part first. As there are other decryptors on the market (I mean AnyDVD in the first place), but no user friendly "Blu-ray Shrink" program. And as Slysoft is working on CloneBD, I think tools like MakeMKV and tsMuxer should evolve quite quickly and use their current popularity wisely. Or else Slysoft will eventually become "monopolistic" in "Blu-ray remuxing" business too. :)

[setarip_old]

but no user friendly "Blu-ray Shrink" programSounds like you should do a little research - and discover "BR Rebuilder" and "AVCHDCoder", both presently freeware...

[drkrvn32]

@Mike_Chen

I'm just curious, how did you beat Ken00 at v11-12? Slysoft has up to 14, from what I can tell no further.BDVM takes well care of BD+ removal.

The data IS on the disk,right? or did you pull it out of PowerDVD?

Further, would a drive key help or not for this, I thought we had a master unlock somwhere, or was that supposed to be the MKV?

every one keeps saying that VID can be pulled from the disc regardless of AUTH, but you still need the PK to get the VID right? [or am i missing a comandline option here??]

[setarip_old]

@drkrvn32

Hi!

"Mike Chen" has previously stated here his unwillingness to share such information - as "MakeMKV" is a commercial product in development.

I guess you'd have just as much luck asking the folks at Slysoft ;>}

[Mike Chen]

@Mike_Chen

I'm just curious, how did you beat Ken00 at v11-12? Slysoft has up to 14, from what I can tell no further.BDVM takes well care of BD+ removal.

The data IS on the disk,right? or did you pull it out of PowerDVD?

Further, would a drive key help or not for this, I thought we had a master unlock somwhere, or was that supposed to be the MKV?

every one keeps saying that VID can be pulled from the disc regardless of AUTH, but you still need the PK to get the VID right? [or am i missing a comandline option here??]

We have keys from multiple players. The PK that we currently use comes not from powerdvd and was never revoked. In truth we expected for it to be revoked sooner but it survived unchanged until v12 (confirmed). And so far it looks like it is not going to be revoked in v13 or v14. To read VID MakeMKV first tries to do so without auth ( see LGPL libdriveio avaiable on our forum) and then performs standard auth. For this we have a pile of non-revoked host certs.

EDIT: "Our" key was revoked in MKB v14. We've updated AACS keys in latest version so MKB v14 can be opened just fine.

[MacLover]

Looks like a great programme and it works on OS X :D

Gonna test it out using an ISO I ripped using PS3 :)

[shv]

Would be nice if MakeMKV could support m2ts format with HD audio as well. I would like to use it also to make a full or partly BD rip. In this case the user would be able to use different tools for postprocessing. It might be not a big impact to support this.

[setarip_old]

@shv

Hi!

I made such a suggestion in Post #5 in this thread - and in response either here or in another thread, "Mike Chen" stated that "MakeMKV" would not add such capability...

[jj666]

Shv,

If you don't want to use the .MKV container, you can use EAC3TO with one of the many available frontends to work from either a full blu-ray disk or .M2TS files for a 100% quality blu-ray. Or do you mean post-processing (re-encoding), like that BD-REBUILDER [poke my own eyes out with a rusty fork] software can do?

Cheers,

-jj-

[setarip_old]

@jj666

Hi!

What you fail to mention is that using the procedure(s) you're suggesting requires the use of the fairly high-priced "AnyDVD HD" as opposed to the presently free "MakeMKV"...

[jj666]

Well if he's buying blu-ray disks as I do, it's not a problem to invest in decent software to immediately back them up. I'm much preferring a copy to be played back on the media player due to keeping the original disk preserved and no good software on the PC. I would assume most people on this forum are not still using their Grandmother's technology either ;-)

Cheers,

-jj-

[cwl7454]

The key words here are: presently free "MakeMKV"...

Mike has previously indicated that it will be commercial ware upon completion of Beta's.

To me "Any DVD HD" is not "fairly high-priced" considering what it can do, the time it can save and the free that you get with it.

[redfive19]

I understand from the MakeMKV forums that no open source player can read the subtitles? Is there a way I can rip the subtitles out and mux them into the resultant MKV? I just bought Stormriders 10th anniversary blu ray (hong kong stuff, all chinese!), ripped it with anyDVD HD, loaded the ISO into MakeMKV and kept the subtitles. When I play it in Plex, I can choose to display subtitles (it sees they're there) but nothing shows.....anyway to get around this? thanks in advance...

[880]

I understand from the MakeMKV forums that no open source player can read the subtitles? Is there a way I can rip the subtitles out and mux them into the resultant MKV? I just bought Stormriders 10th anniversary blu ray (hong kong stuff, all chinese!), ripped it with anyDVD HD, loaded the ISO into MakeMKV and kept the subtitles. When I play it in Plex, I can choose to display subtitles (it sees they're there) but nothing shows.....anyway to get around this? thanks in advance...
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145277

[redfive19]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145277

I don't think that tool can extract them tho, am I right? Really all I want to do is embed subtitles in the MKV that are readable by Plex. I love that I was able to get a 25GB blu-ray disc down to 1 17GB MKV but unfortunately this movie is in Mandarin :(

[MacLover]

Redfive, assuming your on OS X as you said play on Plex, have you tried demuxing using TSMuxer and opening the Subtitle file with Jubler and convert to .ass or .srt?

[Mike Chen]

There is yet no tool to do anything with PGS subtitles in MKV. We are actually considering writing a bulky command-line tool that will be able to export PGS streams from MKV into sup files - this way subtitles may be OCR'ed and remuxed.

[setarip_old]

@Mike Chen

Hi!

Any closer to putting an ETA on solving "BD+"?

[shv]

As far I know AnyDVD HD don't currently support MKB V14. Taking this into mind I think it would be good to have two tools which can decrypt BDs and BD+ too. As it shall become a comercial tool it shall support different use cases to get more user which want to pay for it. In this case there could be a good balance between price and offered features.

Restriction to MKV format would mean to restrict usage of other tools as well as the restriction of potential users. Currently this also means that the usage of HD audio formats is not possible and subtitles also don't work. At least I was not able to play them to split them or to remux them...

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

As far I know AnyDVD HD don't currently support MKB V14.

As of today's release of v6.5.7.0 beta, yes, it does.