dvd2mkv 2020.05

First release for 2020. Implemented new functionality and new options. Notably, the script now offers the option of cropping the vertical edges off input video. In turn, the output video sizing was adjusted to conform to mod16 dimensions. Modified some of the commonly used and repeated code into functions or just streamlined it as best as possible. As well, the script now offers the option to extract specific chapters from a video stream. This is useful for episodic DVDs where all the episodes are in one PGC with either each episode being one chapter multiple chapters. Some bugs were fixed also, specifically one where including an ampersand (&) in the content's title broke the script.

dvd2mkv 2019.02

The final release for 2019. Fixed a problem in the code where, if there is only one audio track, the code grabs the name of the track from a non-existent position in the array. Also bumped the version to 2019.02 and updated Support Apps (mkvtoolnix).

dvd2mkv 2018.10

The final release for 2018. Support apps updated to the latest available versions. Added code to modify MKV headers so that Plex plays the files back properly. Also added code to deal with colons in file names.

dvd2mkv 2018.04

Fully revamped version of dvd2mkv. Version numbering is now based on a year.month system. This is to allow for an easier indication if the support apps have been changed and updated. The script itself will probably require little maintenance in the future, and as such, using a more "normal" versioning system would have been unhelpful. The deinterlacing script and plugins have been updated for the best possible output (compared to the old method). The latest x264 build is now used for encoding.

dvd2mkv 1.0

Significantly revised source code from pre-1.0 versions. Now uses x264 as the encoding engine instead of the older XviD encoder. As such, some of the tools used have also been updated to more modern versions.

dvd2mkv 0.6

0.6

dvd2mkv 0.5

0.5

dvd2mkv 0.4

0.4