Name: Downton Abbey Season 5 Disc 3 (English) Name: Downton Abbey Season 5 Disc 2 (English)įile name: Downton Abbey Season 5 Disc 2_t90.mkvįile name: Downton Abbey Season 5 Disc 2_t203.mkv Name: Downton Abbey Season 5 Disc 1 (English)įile name: Downton Abbey Season 5 Disc 1_t163.mkvįile name: Downton Abbey Season 5 Disc 1_t129.mkv For example, Season 5 Episode 1, rip the title with source file name '00802.mpls' (or output file name ending with 't163').ĭownton Abbey Season 5 Disc 1 (Blu-Ray 14 of 21) Pay attention to the Track Info window to the right. Basically, you'll need to run through the LONG list of titles that MakeMVK presents. Segments are shorter (sometimes one minute or less), so a whole batch of them might only be 5-10 minutes of playback.īelow is a list of all the episodes in one place (for the next victim). A bad version of the title might seem OK if you quickly flip through its 7 chapters. Note that segments are much shorter than chapters. It becomes a 'needle in a haystack' problem. This makes it tedious and time consuming but not impossible to rip the discs correctly. If you rip the wrong file, it will play ok until it hits the section of scrambled segments, at which point the video will play scenes in the wrong order for a little while, and then it will end OK. mpls files with a trailing '(1)' or '(2)'). Others have looked for patterns in the mess (like ignoring all the. Some have used AnyDVD HD to figure out the correct files. Somehow your BluRay player can tell which one is the right one to play, but MakeMKV can't, so it lists maybe 200 titles to choose from. mpls files is the right one for an episode. They took one episode on each disc, took a section out of the middle, cut that into about 15 short segments, and then created maybe 50 *.mpls files, each with the segments randomly out of order. The disc authors used trickery on most of these discs to overwhelm someone using a ripping tool like MakeMKV. Many thanks to all the others on here who have sorted out the messy Downton Abbey Blu-Rays for Seasons 5, 6, and Bonus discs. But this approach will make it easier for the disc 3 and discs of season 6. Quit after I got the remaining files I was seeking, so I do not know what the two other files contained (4 episodes and 1 combined file). Eliminated a couple of them based on size. This appears to be the most expedient method to at least narrow the options. This method identified 7 unique files on the disk, 4 of which contained the unique episodes. I have since taken a clue from one of the other responders and scanned the files (using the down cursor key) to identify files that did NOT have a parenthetic number at the end (e.g. I originally asked a couple of questions about resolving filename discrepancies and determining the file contents prior to having to rip the file to view it.

Interestingly, the first 4 seasons all had only one file per episode. For example the file 457 listed here suggests it is E4, on this set it is E6 (which appears to be by far the most frequent recurring file).įile name: Downton Abbey Season 5 Disc 2_t180.mkv Unfortunately, the numbering scheme on this set is not consistent with the info provided. Am fairly new to it, but have gone through 100's of DVDs this week until I ran into this with the Limited Edition Downton Abbey Seasons 1-5 PBS Blu-Ray set (Original UK Edition).I am assuming it is the Source File Name (SFN) that corresponds with the referenced numbers for the episode (see below). Been very thrilled to date with how MakeMKV has allowed me to setup up and use my digital library.

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