[SOLVED] Need help (and reassurance) getting MakeMKV

Gregg Bell · 02-26-2019, 03:24 PM

I got it years ago but it still seems a little tricky.

So the below is from this: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224

I downloaded and extracted the tar files. So then in the terminal in that directory (with the extracted tar files) I run:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev libssl-dev libexpat1-dev libavcodec-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libqt4-dev zlib1g-dev

Then it says:

Quote:

Unpack both packages...

Did they mean:

Quote:

To unpack both packages...

?

Or is there something I need to do to unpack the tar files?

Then in the same directory that has the extracted tar files I run:

(and these are three separate commnads, right?)

Code:

./configure
make
sudo make install

Then I run:

Code:

make
sudo make install

And all this stuff (attachment)? Do I need to do this?

Thanks.

ondoho · 02-27-2019, 01:42 AM

may i suggest just using ffmpeg instead?

Code:

ffmpeg -i inputfile.ext outputfile.mkv

how much easier can it get?

if typing is hard for you, there's also graphical frontends to ffmpeg.

Gregg Bell · 02-27-2019, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

may i suggest just using ffmpeg instead?

Code:

ffmpeg -i inputfile.ext outputfile.mkv

how much easier can it get?

if typing is hard for you, there's also graphical frontends to ffmpeg.

Thanks ondoho. ffmpeg is new to me. Is it safe? And all I have to do is run

Code:

ffmpeg -i inputfile.ext outputfile.mkv

and I'll get MakeMKV? (And I'm kind of wondering if it's that easy why they don't have it on the MakeMKV installation page I linked in the first post?)

ondoho · 02-27-2019, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks ondoho. ffmpeg is new to me. Is it safe? And all I have to do is run

Code:

ffmpeg -i inputfile.ext outputfile.mkv

and I'll get MakeMKV? (And I'm kind of wondering if it's that easy why they don't have it on the MakeMKV installation page I linked in the first post?)

i'm not sure if you're kidding with me?
if so, i'm not amused.

hydrurga · 02-27-2019, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks ondoho. ffmpeg is new to me. Is it safe? And all I have to do is run

Code:

ffmpeg -i inputfile.ext outputfile.mkv

and I'll get MakeMKV? (And I'm kind of wondering if it's that easy why they don't have it on the MakeMKV installation page I linked in the first post?)

Gregg, is the only thing that you use MakeMKV for the conversion of other formats to mkv?

If so, my suggestion would be to convert a few files to mkv using ffmpeg as ondoho suggested and see if you are happy with the results.

BW-userx · 02-27-2019, 02:48 PM

on a guess makeMKV is just a basic "wrapper" for ffmpeg because it looks like it uses it for the backend

Code:

Starting from version 1.12.1 DTS-HD decoding is 
handled by ffmpeg as well, so you would need a recent
 one. Here are generic instructions for building 
makemkv-oss with latest ffmpeg:

- download ffmpeg tarball from http://ffmpeg.org
/download.html

- configure and build ffmpeg:

oss sound too is a old format

Gregg Bell · 02-27-2019, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

i'm not sure if you're kidding with me?
if so, i'm not amused.

Hi ondoho. No, I wasn't kidding. I just saw this big long installation instruction (in my OP) and then you just had the single command. Seemed confusing.

Gregg Bell · 02-27-2019, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

Gregg, is the only thing that you use MakeMKV for the conversion of other formats to mkv?

If so, my suggestion would be to convert a few files to mkv using ffmpeg as ondoho suggested and see if you are happy with the results.

Hi hydrurga. I want it for ripping DVDs.

hydrurga · 02-27-2019, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Hi hydrurga. I want it for ripping DVDs.

In that case, consider Handbrake. It's in the Ubuntu repos (sudo apt install handbrake-gtk). You can set the output format to Matroska (Mkv).

ondoho · 02-28-2019, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

I want it for ripping DVDs.

i see.
afaik, ffmpeg does not do that (it converts files from one format to another with very simple commands and sane presets). but as hydrurga points out, there's more than 1 native linux tools that will do that for you.

BW-userx · 02-28-2019, 07:07 AM

I got a CLI script for Handbrake (cli) if you want to mod it to your specs, and try you hand at that.

Gregg Bell · 02-28-2019, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

In that case, consider Handbrake. It's in the Ubuntu repos (sudo apt install handbrake-gtk). You can set the output format to Matroska (Mkv).

Thanks hydrurga. No luck getting it from the command.

~/Desktop$ sudo apt install handbrake-gtk
[sudo] password for gregory:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package handbrake-gtk

Can I just get it from "Software" in Xubuntu? I see it's there.

Gregg Bell · 02-28-2019, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

I got a CLI script for Handbrake (cli) if you want to mod it to your specs, and try you hand at that.

Thanks BW. I think the GUI will be plenty for me. (Less complicated.)

hydrurga · 02-28-2019, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks hydrurga. No luck getting it from the command.

~/Desktop$ sudo apt install handbrake-gtk
[sudo] password for gregory:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package handbrake-gtk

Can I just get it from "Software" in Xubuntu? I see it's there.

Darn it, I've misguided you again! Sorry.

You need to add a PPA:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases

Then update the indexes:

Code:

sudo apt update

Then install the software:

Code:

sudo apt install handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli

This is a more up-to-date version that the one in the Ubuntu repos which is called simply "handbrake", and will become even more so as Bionic ages. But you can choose the repo version if you so wish.

Gregg Bell · 02-28-2019, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

Darn it, I've misguided you again! Sorry.

You need to add a PPA:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases

Then update the indexes:

Code:

sudo apt update

Then install the software:

Code:

sudo apt install handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli

This is a more up-to-date version that the one in the Ubuntu repos which is called simply "handbrake", and will become even more so as Bionic ages. But you can choose the repo version if you so wish.

Thanks, man, but you're wanting me to get the command line version instead of the GUI? Is the cli really easy to use?

Code:

/Desktop$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases

 These are the official HandBrake releases for Ubuntu. Official web site http://handbrake.fr/

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

After adding this PPA to your list of repositories (see "Adding this PPA to your system" below), you can install the HandBrake gtk gui with the command:

apt-get install handbrake-gtk

And you can install the HandBrake CLI with the command:

apt-get install handbrake-cli
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~stebbins/+arc...brake-releases
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.