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MakeMKV Changelog

What's new in MakeMKV 1.17.6 Beta

Jan 20, 2024
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Small improvements and bugfixes

New in MakeMKV 1.17.5 Beta (Sep 26, 2023)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Fixed several bughs related to HD-DVD handling (just about time...)
  • Fixed Linux ARM64 executabe crashing on certain hardware configurations
  • Small improvements and bugfixes

New in MakeMKV 1.17.4 Beta (May 30, 2023)

  • Added support for AACS v81
  • Small improvements and bugfixes
  • Notable bug fixes:
  • 4K BDAV discs with 4K-only content could fail to open

New in MakeMKV 1.17.3 Beta (Feb 2, 2023)

  • Added support for 4K BDAV discs
  • Small improvements and bugfixes
  • Notable bug fixes:
  • DV HEVC streams with certain encoding were processed in a non-compatible way
  • CellWalk scan faild on some DVDs
  • Linux AArch64 version crashed on Raspberry PI3

New in MakeMKV 1.17.2 Beta (Oct 12, 2022)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Small improvements and bugfixes

New in MakeMKV 1.17.1 Beta (Jul 13, 2022)

  • Small improvements and bugfixes
  • Bug fixes:
  • Program could hang when scanning certain protected DVD discs using CellWallk method
  • Some titles were truncated on DVDs with structure protection, when using CellWallk method
  • Small bugfixes

New in MakeMKV 1.17.0 Beta (Jun 27, 2022)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • A new, rewritten DVD engine - much better handling for discs with structure protection
  • Many internal improvements and small bugfixes
  • Notable Bug fixes:
  • Program failed to recognize some exotic USB drives
  • Program failed on some DVD streams recorded from sattelite feed (TiVO DVD)
  • Program could hang if internet connection wasn't available

New in MakeMKV 1.16.7 Beta (Feb 27, 2022)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Many internal improvements and small bugfixes

New in MakeMKV 1.16.5 Beta (Nov 1, 2021)

  • Miscellaneous UI improvements
  • WinCDArb update, fixes occasional "no optical drives" error
  • LibMMBD stability improvements
  • Many small bug-fixes

New in MakeMKV 1.16.4 Beta (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Much better support for discs with Java playlist obfuscation
  • Any Java runtime version is now supported, including Java 16
  • Mac OS: Support for Mac OS 12.0 Monterey
  • Some small improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Program failed to recognize some AAC streams with exotic channel encoding
  • Picture dimensions were displayed incorrectly for some exotic HEVC streams
  • Conversion of some DVDs could fail at the very end of title

New in MakeMKV 1.16.3 Beta (Mar 18, 2021)

  • Requires Windows XP or later, x86 or x64.

New in MakeMKV 1.16.2 Beta (Mar 17, 2021)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Mac OS: Program produced random errors when running on OS X 10.11 El Captain or earlier versions
  • Linux: ccextractor is now part of OSS package

New in MakeMKV 1.16.1 Beta (Mar 4, 2021)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Mac OS: Program could fail to start
  • Mac OS: ccextractor helper app failed to start
  • Windows XP: Program failed to start
  • Some small improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.16.0 Beta (Feb 27, 2021)

  • ARM port, support for Apple silicon, Linux on ARM
  • Some internal improvements and small bugfixes

New in MakeMKV 1.15.4 Beta (Dec 10, 2020)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Many internal improvements and small bugfixes
  • Implemented seamless joining of TrueHD streams with overlapping frames based on Dominik Mydlil's idea
  • MakeMKV now recognizes and converts double-track Dolby Vision MKV files
  • Bug fixes:
  • Program could fail when processing TrueHD streams from MKV file
  • DTS core was not extracted from DTS-HD streams (1.15.0 regression)

New in MakeMKV 1.15.3 Beta (Oct 1, 2020)

  • Massive internal rewrite, many bugfixes:
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Brand new network code, it is now possible to set proxy server in preferences, to access network over TOR/VPN
  • MakeMKV now can extract Dolby Vision metadata from elementary stream data and rebuild missing or invalid DV descriptors
  • Drive speed control update - MakeMKV now forces low speed when reading data around disc edges, working around firmware bugs
  • Bug fixes:
  • Program could hang or crash when converting files with many audio streams
  • On some multi-segment sources with LPCM audio program failed to produce MKV file
  • Program could crash when producing testdump or when conversion failed
  • On 32-bit x86 system program could run out of memory on big mult-segment sources

New in MakeMKV 1.15.2 Beta (Jul 21, 2020)

  • Massive internal rewrite, some improvements and small bugfixes
  • Muxer updated to the latest matroska specification
  • Advanced usage changes:
  • Sdftool included as standalone executable
  • Drive speed control option

New in MakeMKV 1.15.1 Beta (Apr 16, 2020)

  • Added support for AACS v76 (for those poor souls without LibreDrive)
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Many internal improvements and small bugfixes
  • Bug fixes:
  • For some HD audio streams frames were dropped incorrectly on segment boundaries

New in MakeMKV 1.15.0 Beta (Mar 4, 2020)

  • User interface update
  • New preferences page for LibMMBD integation
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Better tolerance for corrupted input data
  • Many internal improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.14.7 Beta (Dec 4, 2019)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Better compatibility for decrypted AACS 2.1 FMTS files
  • Fixed variable expansion bug for default file name template

New in MakeMKV 1.14.6 Beta (Dec 2, 2019)

  • Added support for AACS 2.1
  • Many small bugfixes and improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.14.5 Beta (Sep 6, 2019)

  • Some small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.14.4 Beta (Jun 8, 2019)

  • Added support for AACS v70 (for those poor souls without LibreDrive)
  • Many small improvements, program should work a bit faster now

New in MakeMKV 1.14.3 Beta (Mar 12, 2019)

  • Added support for AACS v68
  • Many small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.14.2 Beta (Dec 2, 2018)

  • Support for BDAV AVCREC discs
  • Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
  • Some small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes for 1.14.0 regressions:
  • On DVD discs some titles could fail to open, sometimes even crashing the program
  • Opening most 3D blu-ray discs could fail in both backup and MKV mode
  • Bug fixes:
  • Program failed on interlaced h.264 video streams with exotic encoding

New in MakeMKV 1.14.0 Beta (Nov 7, 2018)

  • Added support for AACS v66
  • MakeMKV now extracts closed captions and saves them as text subtitles
  • New video processing engine, MakeMKV should be much more tolerant for MPEG files with errors (BDAV)
  • libmmbd: Added compatibility for latest libaacs API (Kodi no longer crashes)
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes for 1.12.3 regressions:
  • With some discs MKV creation failed with DBG_ASSERT or DEBUG_CODE 45045000
  • With 3D blu-ray invalid hashcheck errors were produced
  • Audio transcoding could fail with newer ffmpeg versions
  • Bug fixes:
  • MKV creation failed for BDAV discs authored in a certain way
  • Transcoding to AC3 displayed incorrectly with custom conversion profiles
  • MakeMKV GUI could crash on exit
  • MakeMKV could hang at the very end of MKV file creation in some rare cases
  • Linux: Fixed complilation errors with ffmpeg 4
  • Expert mode features:
  • Default output file name can be customized using template
  • VC1 video can be saved as raw elementary stream, without FOURCC AVI encapsulation
  • Obsolete features:
  • Removed UPNP streaming (Use VLC or Kodi with libmmbd instead)
  • Linux: Removed mmdtsdec/libdcadec (Use latest ffmpeg instead)

New in MakeMKV 1.12.3 Beta (Jul 25, 2018)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Improved handling for Japanese BDAV discs
  • Many small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.12.2 (Apr 28, 2018)

  • Added support for AACS v65
  • Improved handling for DVD and BDAV discs with mastering errors
  • Added support for DTS LBR (XSA) decoding
  • Bug fixes:
  • Hashed keys could be skipped randomly
  • Linux: Fixed compilation issues with newer openssl and ffmpeg libraries
  • Windows: Fixed broken dialogs on Windows XP
  • Various stability fixes

New in MakeMKV 1.12.0 (Feb 4, 2018)

  • Internal bugfixes mostly for UHD issues

New in MakeMKV 1.10.10 Beta (Jan 19, 2018)

  • Added support for AACS v64
  • Many bugfixes affecting stability

New in MakeMKV 1.10.9 Beta (Jan 19, 2018)

  • Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
  • Many small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.10.8 Beta (Nov 17, 2017)

  • Added support for (non-encrypted) UHD discs
  • Added support for HEVC in MKV files
  • Improved support for discs with BD-Java protection
  • Many small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.10.7 Beta (Sep 5, 2017)

  • Improved support for discs with BD-Java protection
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • OS X: Fixed incompatibility with High Sierra
  • Small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.10.6 Beta (May 28, 2017)

  • Added support for AACS v63
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Program could hang with ASSERT on certain multi-segment titles

New in MakeMKV 1.10.5 Beta (Mar 26, 2017)

  • Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
  • Better track AV sync management, especially for badly mastered discs
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Program could crash randomly at the end of conversion
  • Opening HD-DVD disc with AC3/E-AC3 audio caused program to hang
  • Support for some BDAV discs was accidentally broken in 1.10.3
  • Fixed various build issues for OSS code

New in MakeMKV 1.10.4 Beta (Dec 26, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Program produced damaged MKV files if source was a 3D Blu-ray disc
  • Fixed various compilation issues for OSS code

New in MakeMKV 1.10.3 Beta (Dec 12, 2016)

  • Added support for DVD disc with broken VTS IFO files (used as structure protection)
  • Improved support for BD-Java discs
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • "Auto" destination path was calculated incorrectly in 1.10.2

New in MakeMKV 1.10.2 Beta (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Added support for AACS v62
  • Improved support for BD-Java discs
  • Small user interface improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • The 3D left/right MVC view information was not preserved correctly when creating 3D MKV file

New in MakeMKV 1.10.1 Beta (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Improved support for BD-Java discs. Still works reliably only when opening the original disc or encrypted backup (not a decrypted backup).
  • Added support for DD+ dependent streams, previously DD+ 7.1 extension streams were incorrectly identified as independent 4.0 audio
  • MakeMKV now saves additional metadata information when making a full-disc backup, to preserve all BD-Java related info

New in MakeMKV 1.10.0 Beta (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Added support for AACS v61
  • Initial support for BD-Java discs. For now mostly old titles are supported, and only when opening the original disc (not a backup).
  • Further improved handling for BDAV discs with mastering errors
  • Bug fixes:
  • When making a full-disc backup, MakeMKV could incorrectly skip some BD-J related files, preventing future BD-J emulation from the produced backup.

New in MakeMKV 1.9.10 Beta (Apr 16, 2016)

  • Added support for AACS v60
  • Small miscellaneous improvements and bugfixes

New in MakeMKV 1.9.9 Beta (Jan 17, 2016)

  • Added support for AACS v58
  • Improved BDAV discs compatibility
  • Improved handling for BDAV discs with mastering errors
  • Small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.9.8 Beta (Dec 21, 2015)

  • Improved BDAV discs compatibility
  • Improved handling for DVD discs and MKV files with mastering errors
  • Updated to use latest versions of libdcadec, libebml and libmatroska
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Improved compatibility of produced MKV files (statistics tags)

New in MakeMKV 1.9.7 Beta (Oct 4, 2015)

  • Added support for AACS v57
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.9.6 Beta (Sep 28, 2015)

  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.9.5 Beta (Jul 28, 2015)

  • Added support for AACS v56
  • DTS (core) decoding is now handled by libdcadec as well (workaround for ffmpeg dca decoder bug)
  • Added ability lo lock a program instance to a single drive
  • Greatly improved compatibility with broken video streams (commonly present on BDAV discs)
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Win10: Program could randomly crash or behave erratically
  • Ceratin BDAV discs couldn't be opened on specific BD drives
  • Language comparison logic was incorrect during profile evaluation ("ger" not equal to "deu" bug)

New in MakeMKV 1.9.4 Beta (Jun 13, 2015)

  • Added workarounds for BD-drives and USB-SATA chipsets with incorrect SCSI protocol implementation
  • Bug fixes:
  • Transcoding of multi-channel and 16-bit FLAC audio could still fail
  • 1.9.3 Regression - program could hang using 100% CPU (almost always in backup mode, rarely in MKV mode)

New in MakeMKV 1.9.3 Beta (Jun 3, 2015)

  • Added support for AACS v54
  • DTS-HD decoding is now handled by open-source libdcadec library (dtsdecoderdll.dll is still required for DTS express only)
  • Blu-ray: M2TS hashes are now checked at all times, not only during backup
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Transcoding of multi-channel FLAC audio could fail
  • Windows: In rare specific cases, MakeMKV could hang and then crash just after opening the disc
  • Windows: MakeMKV could incorrectly identify filesystem as FAT and impose 4GB file limit

New in MakeMKV 1.9.2 Beta (Apr 7, 2015)

  • Added support for AACS v52
  • Added full support for BDAV discs
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Frame duration was missing for TextST and certain PGS subtitles (can be fixed by re-opening MKV file in MakeMKV)
  • MakeMKV could crash or produce invalid data when reading DVD with 20-bit LPCM audio

New in MakeMKV 1.9.1 Beta (Jan 23, 2015)

  • Added support for AACS v51
  • Added limited support for BDAV discs
  • Added support for TextST subtitles
  • Small miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.9.0 Beta (Nov 18, 2014)

  • Added support for AACS v50
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Regression in 1.8.14 - some discs with BD+ released in 2010-2011 could fail to open
  • Expert mode:
  • Manual DVD mode - custom content selection, split titles by chapters

New in MakeMKV 1.8.14 Beta (Oct 22, 2014)

  • Added support for Dolby Atmos audio streams
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Bug fixes:
  • Program could crash on some DVD discs with incorrect structure

New in MakeMKV 1.8.13 Beta (Sep 2, 2014)

  • Added support for AACS v48
  • Added support for DTS-HD streams with variable bit depth
  • Bug fixes:
  • Regression in 1.8.12 - program faild to process multi-channel LPCM audio
  • Linux: lowered minimal required GLIBC version

New in MakeMKV 1.8.12 Beta (Aug 17, 2014)

  • Added support for LPCM streams with variable bit depth
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Better handling for partially damaged streams
  • Bug fixes:
  • FLAC audio streams with large frames were not supported
  • Rarely, program could crash at the end of audio transcoding, usually when processing DTS-HD 7.1 audio
  • Most of DTS-HD LBR (DTS express) streams failed to decode
  • Very very rarely, video frames were silently dropped at segment boundaries
  • DVD: some titles were incorrectly detected as fake
  • Linux: crash on systems with certain glibc (SYSV hash tables)

New in MakeMKV 1.8.11 Beta (Jun 18, 2014)

  • Updated support for AACS v47
  • Updated BD+ support
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Better handling for partially damaged streams
  • Added support for decoding 16-bit DTS-HD MA streams
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • MakeMKV could fail reading MKV files with compressed subtitles
  • Occasionnaly, timecodes for B-frames were incorrect in produced MKV file
  • DVD: rarely, some titles were incorrectly detected as fake
  • Linux: MakeMKV could crash on systems with certain glibc (Gentoo)
  • Libmmbd could fail to decrypt discs with old AACS protection
  • Fixes for 1.8.10 regressions:
  • Blu-ray: some (rare) multi-segment titles could produce error at the end of conversion

New in MakeMKV 1.8.10 Beta (Apr 16, 2014)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Greatly improved conversion speed for multi-segment titles
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • During streaming, program could crash randomly
  • When changing preferences, program could crash randomly
  • Fixes for 1.8.9 regressions:
  • DVD: some titles were missing (incorrectly identified as fakes)
  • Blu-ray: discs missing JAR directory failed to open

New in MakeMKV 1.8.9 Beta (Feb 26, 2014)

  • Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
  • Small miscellaneous improvements
  • Fixes for 1.8.8 regressions:
  • "no filter" error for certain LPCM tracks
  • MKV flags were not written to output file

New in MakeMKV 1.8.8 Beta (Feb 3, 2014)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Many small miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • A false "100% hashckeck failed" error could show up on certain drive/disc combinations
  • DVD: Discs with multichannel mpeg2-audio failed to open
  • Linux: Added workaround for broken openssl library on RedHat-based distributions
  • Expert mode: TrueHD transcoding could fail on streams with certain (rare) encoding
  • Expert mode:
  • Default selection rule now also applies to attachments, with new [+-]sel:attachment token
  • Seamless sample-level joining for LPCM and transcoded audio tracks
  • Audio mixing - channel and BPS downmix now can be set in profile
  • Added support for AAC encoding (based on libfdk-aac: AAC-LC, HE-AAC and HE-AACv2 profiles)
  • Added AAC-stereo conversion profile - allows converting any audio track to AAC stereo downmix in addition to saving the original track
  • Improved display of transcoding settings

New in MakeMKV 1.8.7 Beta (Dec 13, 2013)

  • Updated support for AACS v46
  • Improved compatibility of produced MKV files

New in MakeMKV 1.8.6 Beta (Nov 11, 2013)

  • Updated support for AACS v44
  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Improved compatibility with certain (rare) H.264 and VC-1 streams
  • Mac OS X: MakeMKV can now open .dvdmedia bundles
  • Mac OS X: DASPI v1.4 now supports OS X Mavericks
  • Stability improvements
  • Expert mode:
  • MakeMKV no longer uses external ffmpeg binary
  • Added support for AC3 encoding (mainly for DTS->AC3 audio transcoding)
  • MMBD now emulates both old and latest libaacs/libbdplus API
  • Bug fixes:
  • Windows: Rarely, an external drive was not recognized by program

New in MakeMKV 1.8.5 Beta (Sep 13, 2013)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.8.4 Beta (Jul 20, 2013)

  • Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
  • Many miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Rarely, some episodes could be missing on a series blu-rays
  • When using audio transcoding, channel layout was incorrect for certain DTS-HD surround modes
  • Default/forced flag profile settings were ignored after 1.8.2 changes

New in MakeMKV 1.8.3 Beta (May 22, 2013)

  • Updated support for AACS v40
  • Reduced memory usage during conversion
  • Bug fixes:
  • MakeMKV could crash when backing up an incorrectly mastered 3D blu-ray disc

New in MakeMKV 1.8.2 Beta (May 13, 2013)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Randomly, MakeMKV could hang during eject, leaving console portion running in background
  • Expert mode:
  • MKV track flags may be changed in GUI
  • Forced tracks may be automatically marked as default in conversion profile
  • Navigation keys may be used in property editor

New in MakeMKV 1.8.1 Beta (Apr 22, 2013)

  • Improved compatibility of produced MKV files
  • Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
  • Visual enhancements for HiDPI displays
  • Many miscellaneous improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Audio transcoding could fail for certain DTS HD HRA tracks
  • Chapter names were inconsistent for blu-ray discs
  • Some (rare) MKV files couldn't be opened
  • Expert mode:
  • Chapter names may be changed in GUI

New in MakeMKV 1.8.0 Beta (Feb 21, 2013)

  • Updated support for AACS v38
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Added support for multi-angle blu-ray 3D
  • Visual enhancements
  • Improved compatibility of produced MKV files
  • Italian translation
  • Many miscellaneous stability improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Cover picture was always embedded into MKV file, even if not selected
  • Failed to process some DVD with LPCM audio
  • Saving to NFS volume on Linux could fail
  • Expert mode:
  • Additional profile settings

New in MakeMKV 1.7.10 Beta (Jan 3, 2013)

  • Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
  • Many miscellaneous improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.7.9 Beta (Nov 5, 2012)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Audio transcoding could fail on Windows 7 under some circumstances

New in MakeMKV 1.7.8 Beta (Oct 15, 2012)

  • Added support for AACS v35
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Added ability to produce MKV files with compressed tracks (WDTV profile)
  • Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with mastering errors
  • Bug fixes:
  • Audio transcoding could fail or hang at the very end of file
  • MakeMKV could crash when reading DVDs with a specific structure protection
  • Many miscellaneous stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.7.7 Beta (Aug 17, 2012)

  • Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with mastering errors
  • MakeMKV now prevents computer going to sleep mode during copy
  • Miscellaneous stability improvements
  • Expert mode:
  • MakeMKV now includes ffmpeg executable with 24-bit FLAC encoder
  • New FLAC profile
  • Bug fixes:
  • On some DVDs MakeMKV could go into endless loop when opening disc in CellWalk mode
  • MakeMKV could hang (endless ASSERT) on titles with seamless branching and LPCM tracks
  • Forced subtitles were extracted incompletely on certain blu-ray discs
  • Aspect ratio was sometimes incorrect for H.264 SD content
  • Occasionally makemkvcon executable could stay running in background even after application window was closed

New in MakeMKV 1.7.6 Beta (Jun 29, 2012)

  • Added support for AACS v32

New in MakeMKV 1.7.5 Beta (Jun 20, 2012)

  • Miscellaneous stability and mprovements
  • Expert mode - support for DTS-HD decoding/transcoding

New in MakeMKV 1.7.4 Beta (Apr 13, 2012)

  • Added support for AACS v31
  • Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with mastering errors
  • Conversion profile improvements in expert mode
  • Bug fixes:
  • On some discs 3D MVC video was not recognized
  • Subtitle tracks were not available on HD-DVD discs after 1.7.0 update

New in MakeMKV 1.7.3 Beta (Mar 28, 2012)

  • Added ability to extract and put 3D MVC Video into MKV container
  • Initial support for on-the-fly audio reencoding
  • Improved functionality in expert mode
  • Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with mastering errors
  • Improved handling for DVD/Blu-ray discs with structure protection
  • Better handling of MKV files created by other programs
  • Many UI and stability improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • MakeMKV could crash on profile change in expert mode
  • A single audio frame could be incorrectly dropped at the start of file
  • HD-DVD processing was accidentally broken in 1.7.0

New in MakeMKV 1.7.2 Beta (Feb 9, 2012)

  • Added support for AACS v30

New in MakeMKV 1.7.1 Beta (Jan 30, 2012)

  • Improved handling for Blu-ray discs with seamless branching
  • Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
  • Improved handling for DVD discs with structure protection
  • Expert mode:
  • Profile can specify more complex default selection configurations
  • Tracks order may be specified in profile and changed in GUI
  • Bug fixes:
  • MakeMKV could randomly crash in expert mode
  • Rarely, some chapters could have been discarded from DVD disc

New in MakeMKV 1.7.0 Beta (Dec 23, 2011)

  • Improved handling for Blu-ray with structure protection
  • Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
  • Small performance improvements
  • Expert mode:
  • Many attributes of MKV file may be edited in GUI
  • Output file name may be specified per title
  • MakeMKV can output detailed AV synchronization statistics
  • Arbitrary default track selection logic may be specified in profile
  • Bug fixes:
  • Short titles were incorrectly skipped on some DVDs
  • On multi-angle DVDs chapters were not preserved for non-first angles
  • Program could crash when processing Blu-ray discs with LPCM audio
  • On some DVDs different titles were incorrectly marked as duplicates
  • Some multi-angle or interleaved DVDs produced MKV files with noticeable AV synchronization issues

New in MakeMKV 1.6.16 Beta (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Added support for new DVD copy protections
  • MakeMKV is now much more tolerant to DVD mastering errors
  • Improved support for AVCHD discs
  • Many stability improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Backup failed for blu-ray discs with DCOPY folder
  • Some multi-angle DVDs were processed incorrectly
  • Some DVDs could hang in CSS search phase
  • Some DVDs could hang with code 2025 during conversion

New in MakeMKV 1.6.15 Beta (Sep 24, 2011)

  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Added workarounds for incorrectly-mastered discs
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.6.14 Beta (Aug 19, 2011)

  • Bug fixes:
  • MakeMKV was "stuck" when processing some blu-ray discs
  • MakeMKV could randomly crash at start in rare cases
  • Improved debug logging
  • Miscellaneous stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.6.13 Beta (Aug 19, 2011)

  • Added support for AACS bus encryption
  • Fixed failures on blu-ray discs with variable multi-angle playlists
  • Added ability to open MKV files
  • Various user interface improvements
  • Many performance and stability improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Discs with LPCM audio could have failed occasionally
  • Sparsely-encrypted discs could have failed

New in MakeMKV 1.6.12 Beta (Aug 19, 2011)

  • MKV engine fixes:
  • Some MKV files produced from h.264 AVC blu-ray discs were not seekable
  • Subtitles were displayed too short on some players
  • Occasional errors on titles with forced subtitles
  • Improved compatibility of produced MKV files
  • Added workarounds for new DVD protections
  • Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.6.10 Beta (May 30, 2011)

  • Added support for AACS v25
  • Fixed MKV multiplexing error introduced in 1.6.9

New in MakeMKV 1.6.8 Beta (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Workarounds for incorrectly-mastered discs
  • Stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.6.7 Beta (Apr 12, 2011)

  • Added support for new DVD copy protections
  • Workarounds for incorrectly-mastered discs
  • Stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.6.6 Beta (Apr 7, 2011)

  • Added support for AACS v23
  • Workarounds for some incorrectly mastered discs
  • Workarounds for external USB drives with JMicron chipset
  • Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements
  • Fixes:
  • Disc access speed was very slow in some cases
  • Some discs failed to open with error "UpdateTrackInfo failed"

New in MakeMKV 1.6.5 Beta (Feb 16, 2011)

  • Fixed several UI errors introduced in 1.6.4
  • Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.6.4 Beta (Feb 16, 2011)

  • Improved conversion speed in most cases
  • Improved handling for protected DVDs with episodic content
  • Fixes:
  • Some DVDs failed to open with error "Titleset #0 is invalid"
  • Conversion failed with "code 15" at the end

New in MakeMKV 1.6.3 Beta (Dec 14, 2010)

  • Added support for AACS v20
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Corrected "code 7" error with some H.264 streams

New in MakeMKV 1.6.2 Beta (Oct 26, 2010)

  • Improved processing for some DVDs
  • Fixed occasional crashes introduced in 1.6.0
  • Many stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.6.0 Beta (Sep 18, 2010)

  • Updated blu-ray keys for AACS v19
  • Updated BD+ engine
  • On backup MakeMKV now validates content hash tables and detects corrupted M2TS files
  • Better support for DVD discs
  • MakeMKV is now more tolerable to badly-mastered or damaged discs
  • Better support for HD-DVD discs
  • Many stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.5.8 Beta (Jul 22, 2010)

  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Added (optional) automatic checking for program and svq updates
  • Miscellaneous stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.5.6 Beta (May 23, 2010)

  • Improved handling for DVD discs
  • Added default tracks selection based on language
  • Many small improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.5.5 Beta (Apr 30, 2010)

  • Updated BD+ engine
  • Corrected rare error with some H264 iterlaced video
  • Improved handling for DVDs with incorrect DVD-TEXT metadata

New in MakeMKV 1.5.4 Beta (Apr 8, 2010)

  • Updated blu-ray keys for AACS v17

New in MakeMKV 1.5.3 Beta (Apr 6, 2010)

  • Many miscellaneous stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.5.2 Beta (Mar 22, 2010)

  • Added support for MPEG audio tracks on DVD
  • Corrected "code 28" error with some Blu-ray discs
  • All LPCM audio formats from Blu-ray are now handled correctly
  • Fixed occasional GUI failures
  • Improved handling of Blu-ray discs with episodic content
  • Various stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.5.1 Beta (Mar 10, 2010)

  • Added myiBox streaming for NMT devices
  • Improved compatibility of produced MKV files
  • Stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.5.0 Beta (Mar 4, 2010)

  • Added ability to decrypt M2TS files during backup
  • Added UPnP streaming mode
  • Added OS drive access mode supporting all drives on OSX
  • Significantly enchanced command-line interface
  • Improved support for AVCHD sources
  • Corrected error when chapters were missing with some blu-ray discs
  • Corrected error when some blu-ray discs couldn't be opened
  • Improved disc access speed on Linux
  • Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.4.12 Beta (Feb 2, 2010)

  • Added support for AVCHD sources with recognition of camera metadata
  • Corrected error when subtitles were missing with some blu-ray discs
  • Added abilty to save only forced subtitles for blu-ray discs
  • Miscellaneous stability and UI improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.4.11 Beta (Jan 6, 2010)

  • Corrected compatibility issue with HD audio streams
  • Corrected incorrect processing of blu-ray discs with seamless branching (introduced in 1.4.10)
  • Miscellaneous stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.4.10 Beta (Dec 29, 2009)

  • New functionality: instant video streaming
  • Added support for all blu-ray HD audio tracks:
  • Dolby TrueHD
  • Dolby Digital plus (E-AC3)
  • DTS-HD
  • DTS-HD Losless (Master audio)
  • DTS-HD Low bitrate
  • Corrected drive access problems on Windows (AHCI)
  • Corrected "MKV_ASSERT" error on titles with many subtitle tracks
  • Miscellaneous stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.4.9 Beta (Dec 1, 2009)

  • Faster processing for some DVD discs
  • Miscellaneous stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.4.8 Beta (Oct 8, 2009)

  • Fixed error leading to A/V desync in some cases
  • Small UI improvements
  • BD+ engine

New in MakeMKV 1.4.7 Beta (Sep 25, 2009)

  • Small stability and UI improvements
  • Fixed error leading to SIGSEGV on some Linux distributions

New in MakeMKV 1.4.6 Beta (Sep 1, 2009)

  • Fixed error causing MKV files to be too short for some DVDs
  • Fixed error leading to duplicate and out-of-order audio frames in some MKVs
  • Many corrections in MKV multiplexer (forced subtitles, default tracks, simple blocks)
  • MakeMKV now produces more detailed debug log
  • Aspect ratio and frame rate information is now displayed for video streams
  • Blu-ray discs now open significantly faster
  • Improved conversion speed on OSX and Linux

New in MakeMKV 1.4.5 Beta (Jul 16, 2009)

  • Updated to the latest AACS keys

New in MakeMKV 1.4.4 Beta (Jun 22, 2009)

  • Added support for multi-angle Blu-ray discs
  • Fixed MKV compatibility issues (chapter UIDs)
  • Improved complex mpls handling

New in MakeMKV 1.4.3 Beta (Jun 9, 2009)

  • First version for Mac OS X
  • Added support for LPCM audio tracks
  • Stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.4.2 Beta (May 5, 2009)

  • Many stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.4.1 Beta (Apr 14, 2009)

  • Impoved handling for incorrectly mastered Blu-ray discs
  • MakeMKV now produces compatible timecodes for VC-1 streams

New in MakeMKV 1.4.0 Beta (Apr 8, 2009)

  • Impoved handling for incorrectly mastered DVD discs
  • Stability and user interface improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.3 Build 797 Beta (Mar 17, 2009)

  • Stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.3 Build 778 Beta (Mar 9, 2009)

  • Improved compatibility of produced MKV files
  • Stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.3 Build 722 Beta (Feb 13, 2009)

  • Improved support for Blu-ray discs, including support for Blu-ray chapters
  • Improved handling for DVD discs with structure protection
  • Many stability improvements

New in MakeMKV 1.2 Build 692 Beta (Feb 2, 2009)

  • Fixed error during opening of already decrypted Blu-ray and HD-DVD files on harddrive

New in MakeMKV 1.2 Build 684 Beta (Jan 27, 2009)

  • Updated to the latest AACS keys
  • Added support for multi-angle DVD discs
  • Added support for Blu-ray PGS subtitles
  • Fixed container incompatibility for VC-1 streams

New in MakeMKV 1.01 Build 650 Beta (Jan 6, 2009)

  • Fixed previously broken processing of already decrypted Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs