NAME

makemkvcon —

read video from DVD or Bluray disc and convert to mkv format

SYNOPSIS

makemkvcon [--minlength=seconds] info source_spec

makemkvcon [--minlength=seconds] mkv source_spec title_spec target_directory

DESCRIPTION

The makemkvcon utility shows information about a video disc in an optical drive, the mkv subcommand also converts selected titles from the disc to .mkv files in a given location.

The arguments are as follows:

--minlength=seconds: Only consider video titles with a minimal length of seconds. If you use the mkv subcommand after the info subcommand, make sure to pass the same value for seconds, as filtering out titles with a smaller length happens before numbering the titles.
source_spec: Read video disc from the given source. Use “disc:0” here to have makemkvcon read from the first video disc it can find.
title_spec: Determines which titles to read. This can be either a whole number from 0 to n-1 for a disc with n titles to read exactly one title, or the string “all” to read all titles found.
target_directory: The path where to store the converted .mkv files.

FILES

~/.MakeMKV/settings.conf: You may put a license key in this file in the following format:
app_Key = “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...”
You can either buy a license or use the key, that is freely available as long as MakeMKV is in beta from https://www.makemkv.com/forum/.

EXAMPLES

% makemkvcon mkv disc:0 0 .

This command reads the first title from the first disc it can find and stores a converted .mkv file in the current directory.

BUGS

On FreeBSD, makemkvcon crashes with a signal 11 (segmentation fault) after finishing its job. Be aware this might leave a .core file on your file system.

KNOWN ISSUES

To find optical drives, makemkvcon uses some entries from Linux' sysfs that aren't present on FreeBSD. A script `update-makemkv-drives` is included to fake these entries and is run automatically on installation. If your system's configuration changes, you must run this script as root manually, so new or changed drives can be found.