I’ve been attempting to add my bluray collection to my plex server but when I do I keep getting this image when reviewing the video. . From what I’ve read the licensed version of MKV should be able to take care of the encryption, having just purchased it that is not true. I’ve been ripping it the same way I would a DVD, find the biggest file rip review. Should I be ripping the whole disk? Or am I just missing something else entirely? Any help greatly appreciated.
I’ve ripped hundreds of Blu-ray discs with MakeMKV and have never seen anything like that. I would go to the MakeMKV forums and ask. I’m sure someone can help you there.
@kd6icz I tried but was unsuccessful. Unfortunately Blu-ray discs seem to be an issue with MakeMKV v1.12.0 and I still have yet to find a way around it.
Are you sure you picked the right stream?
Blu-Ray discs contain much more than the movie. There’s usually all sorts of extras and the kind you’ve linked above (logos, warnings, error messages, menu background…).
MakeMKV is working great for me. Exceptions might apply when you got the latest discs with some dedicated svq. If you keep having issues, best check-out the forum at makemkv.com
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Edit: no particular issues with 1.12.0
Make sure you have the current version, 1.12.2, released 28 April. It has the latest release of AACS. Definitely upgrade if you’ve version 1.12.1. I believe .1 had some issues, because .2 came out shortly afterwards. I ripped a couple of discs with v.1, and Handbrake would abort about 30 seconds into a transcode for those files. A re-rip w/ v.2 worked flawlessly.
For 90% of blu-ray discs, it will be obvious which stream to rip. There will be one that is much larger, ex: 25GB vs 1GB, and has many chapters.
There are a minority of discs (including Lionsgate IIRC) that use “playlist obfuscation.” These discs look like they have multiple copies of the movie, maybe 50+ and they’re all the same size, 25GB, 30GB, etc. There is only one that is the real movie. If you have Java installed, MakeMKV will identify the real movie. It will be labeled “Main Feature” or similar (don’t remember exact wording). You can also browse the MakeMKV forum for help with such discs (google “MakeMKV ‘movie_name’”).
VLC, videolan.org, is a good video player you can use to test your rips. You can also use MKVToolNix to re-mux the file (ex: remove unwanted audio tracks or subtitles), modify metadata stored in track headers, and add chapter names (instead of 01,02, etc) if desired.
