How to make a single MKV from a Blu-ray (and also how to shrink it)

[adamf154]

Well i have tried different formats and they all turn out the same as i wrote above, so for the film i have handbrake doesn't work but makemkv does so back to the drawing board as ripbot doesn't work either

[benchmarkjoe]

Well, I guess you may have to use Handbrake to shrink it down. I use Window 7 and found the problem at Handbrake web site.

[adamf154]

I have successfully managed to use handbrake i used 0.9.3 because i prefer AVI and it just wasn't working so i downloaded 0.9.4 and it worked perfectly in about 6 hours and i used the main film rather than the makemkv file as 0.9.3 didn't seem to allow the main film to work

[brunitou]

That's what I first tried to do (MakeMKV + Handbrake) ...
1 (big) problem: Handbrake cannot "read" the subtitles from the mkv created by MakeMKV !

Not everyone has english mothertongue and watching US/UK-movies only! (I speak French and I like US, German and Asian movies! And I hate dubbed movies!)

Any solution? (I'm on Mac)Thanks!

[benchmarkjoe]

That's what I first tried to do (MakeMKV + Handbrake) ...
1 (big) problem: Handbrake cannot "read" the subtitles from the mkv created by MakeMKV !

Not everyone has english mothertongue and watching US/UK-movies only! (I speak French and I like US, German and Asian movies! And I hate dubbed movies!)

Any solution? (I'm on Mac)Thanks!

I guess that you may go to Handbrake web site to post question and they are very helpful to answer.

[iknownothing007]

how do i put the Film preset in the presets window?
what are the settings or how do i create a preset or find the preset to add?

[iknownothing007]

figured it out the newer version has scrubbed those presets

[kenshomi]

What settings should I use for Handbrake? The newer version no longer has, Film Presets or PS3.

[axl70]

Hello,newbie want to ask

if i include the subtitles use MakeMKV,what format will be become? PGS? or SUB/IDX?

Thanks

[konik111]

I've used Baldrick's guide how to shrink mkv file and everythig went fine very first time. Size got decreased from 18.6GB to 8.13GB. It let me keep 2 audio tracks and Eng. subs. Only problem was not visible total running time while playing new mkv with VLC player. It was easy fix with running new mkv through mkvmergeGUI.
But whole process took almost 9 hrs...

[Baldrick]

9 hours to remux with mkvmergegui???

[konik111]

9 hours to remux with mkvmergegui???

Oh my...
Of course converting using Handbrake took almost 9 hrs.
Remux using mkvmergeGUI was only like 3 min.

Sorry for not precise post

[jfreytag]

Hi guys,

First off, thanks to the original poster, this was a very friendly guide. I have a BDMV folder which contains an entire bluray's content. First, I demuxed using tsmuxer and got a h264 video file, a dts file and a sup file. I then muxed them usig mkvmerge, and my plan was to shrink the size using Handbrake.

The problem is that the mkv file has slow video and lasts about twice as much as the original content. I did check the original FPS which are 25, but specified it in mkvmerge anyway, so I don't know what else could be wrong.

Any ideas? Here are mediainfo specs of one of the m2ts files and the resulting mkv, just in case it helps for suggestions.

Thanks!



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[jfreytag]

I just realized the problem may have originated when demuxing, as the 264 file that resulted from tsmuxer lasts about 4h50m, more than twice of the original Here is Mediainfo on the 264 file:

General
Complete name : \\PCH-A200\share\Download\VANESSA PARADIS ENCODE\00000+00001+00013+00015+00016+00017+00018+0 0019+00020.track_4113.264
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
File size : 30.5 GiB

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 33.2 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced