![]() Then I open up my MakeMKVOutput.txt file from my Desktop in Notepad and I do a search (Edit>Find) for the segment map which again in this example is "520,530,523". "C:\Program Files (x86)\MakeMKV\makemkvcon.exe" -robot -messages=C:\Users\YourUserName\Desktop\MakeMKVOutput.txt info disc:0 Next thing I do is dump out the disc data from MakeMKV to a text file using this command on the command line (Windows). I type the segment map all together on one line, no spaces, each segment separated by a comma like "520,530,523". I actually key in the segment numbers appearing in ProcMon into Notepad as the movie plays in the background so I'm ready to easily search for the segment map in this next step. Now, go find the playlist in MakeMKV that matches the example segment map of 520,530,523 and start ripping that playlist.Īll of the below stuff is optional, but it can come in handy when there are hundreds of playlists to sort through. Some movies only have 1 segment, others can have a very large number of segments. ![]() Let's say your list of rows in the ProcMon window shows file names of 00520.m2ts, 00530.m2ts, and 00523.m2ts. Look at the ending file name and drop the leading zeroes and the. Under the "Path" column it will have a value like "D:\BDMV\STREAM\ 00520.m2ts". Look at each line/row in order from top to bottom. Ignore or remove any additional entries that may have populated in ProcMon that showed after the credits ended because that's just the disc going back to playing junk/menus.Īssuming you set up your filters correctly and were capturing events as the movie played, you would have seen that once PowerDVD had finished playing a segment of the movie, an event would be added in the ProcMon window showing which file (segment) was played. Stop logging events in ProcMon (File>Capture Events) immediately after the credits finish and the last segment shows in ProcMon. Now as the movie is playing, hit the fast forward button in PowerDVD and put it on max speed 32x fast forward. This clears all the initial garbage we don't need or care about that we already sat through (previews, menus, warnings, studio logos/intros, etc.). Immediately after hitting play on the main menu and you see the actual movie playing, just clear the contents of the ProcMon window (Edit>Clear Display). Get past all of the initial junk until you get to the main menu. Now, start capturing events in ProcMon (File>Capture Events).įire up PowerDVD. In the middle section titled "Event Details" make sure you put a check in the box for "Path" then click OK. If you do not, RIGHT-click on any column header and choose "Select Columns.". mpls!)Ĭheck to see if you have a column header titled "Path" showing in ProcMon. (works for PowerDVD.exe, WinDVD.exe, etc.)ģ. It is similar to those YouTube videos, but you are getting the actual segment map, not a faked. Unfortunately, that method is dated and is not always accurate anymore because PowerDVD accesses random playlists on a disc to throw you off.īelow is the method I use for finding the correct segment map. This practice only serves to irritate those of us who legitimately own the blu-ray discs and desire to be able to access them more conveniently via a hard drive rip instead of loading individual physical discs.I've seen a lot of folks still referring to old YouTube videos showing how to use Process Monitor and PowerDVD to find the correct playlist when there is a lot of playlist obfuscation on a Blu-Ray disc. The most severe case I've seen of this has been Downton Abbey Season 5. This puts the scenes out of order in the final rip. The only time you'll know when the studio is deliberately messing with the ripping process is when they have multiple (sometimes dozens of) versions of the same program material but with the segment maps out of order. However, the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th titles are flipped in order in relation to the middle title (1st is 5th, 2nd is 4th). For instance, the Star Trek TNG blu rays have 5 episodes per disc and the third title is always the correct one. Artistic arrangement of the episode selection might require different ordering of the titles. ![]() ![]() I think the out of order titles is a result of how they set up episode selection via the on-screen menu system when the disc normally plays in a blu-ray player. ![]()
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