MakeMKV (Notices of New Versions)

[Archie]

I'm keeping an eye on this thread.

[AussieBear]

I'm keeping an eye on this thread.

Archie,

Many, many thanks for creating and updating a PCLinuxOS  rpm for MakeMKV.

It is one of a very few Windows applications that I even keep a VirtualBox VM
around.  This rpm drops that list by one.

It works a treat.  I recently bought the Bluray version of "Marvel's The Avengers"
and used it to an encode an MKV file for our family's WD LiveHub Media Player.

Wow, the native Linux version ran very fast, using all the CPU cores of my quad
core machine. Way better then the emulated VM version.  I already had a
license which transferred effortlessly via cut-and-paste.

Cheers Mate!

Kindest Regards,

AussieBear. 

[Archie]

Don't thank me; thank Lawrence.

[lhb1142]

Dear Archie,

The newest version (1.7.8) of MakeMKV was announced today < http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224 >. Will you please create an .rpm for this so that it can be installed on a computer using PCLOS? Thank you very much.

By the way, for anyone interested, here is the link to the free beta key < http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053 >; the current key is valid until the end of November 2012. You can insert it under Help->Register->Enter registration code. After the current key expires, in all probability, a new free beta key will be posted at the same URL.

Thank you again, Archie, for creating this .rpm.

Lawrence H. Bulk

[Archie]

Since you asked nicely ...  

Hmmm ... the new package (1.78) will be uninstallable. It is looking for libc.so.6 (on glibc-2.15) but our current version is glibc-2.13.

Error message is:

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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  makemkv: Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

We could probably trick it into accepting libc.so.6 from glibc-2.13 but the cheat is beyond me. If one of the other packagers has a trick up their sleeves, I'd like to know.

[lhb1142]

Since you asked nicely ...  

Hmmm ... the new package (1.78) will be uninstallable. It is looking for libc.so.6 (on glibc-2.15) but our current version is glibc-2.13.

Error message is:

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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  makemkv: Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

We could probably trick it into accepting libc.so.6 from glibc-2.13 but the cheat is beyond me. If one of the other packagers has a trick up their sleeves, I'd like to know.

Dear Archie,

Thank you so much for trying. I wish there were some simple way of using the binary and source packages directly in PCLOS (and I wish that all dependencies could be resolved) but evidently there is not.

Obviously I am going to have to keep my "main" computer on the X-----u operating system as MakeMKV is one of the most important programs I use (and I paid the $50.00 to keep it current always, the first - and so far only - Linux program for which I have paid money).

This "not being able to use on PCLOS" is disappointing to me (and, I'm sure, to others). By entering the 'beta' key < http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053 > into the Register section, the "1.7.7" version can be kept active and it will continue to work until new Blu-rays are released which 'foil' that version. (You'll have to enter any newer 'beta' keys into that section BEFORE the date the current one expires.) It should continue to work on DVDs however.

Thanks again.

Lawrence

[Archie]

I'm so sorry that this has to be the show-stopper for you, Lawrence. Do keep an eye on this thread. Who knows? A bucket of tips and tricks to workaround the glibc issue might really be a simple line of code added.

Anyway, thanks for trying the app out. I would advice you not to wipe out your PCLOS install just yet.

[lhb1142]

I'm so sorry that this has to be the show-stopper for you, Lawrence. Do keep an eye on this thread. Who knows? A bucket of tips and tricks to workaround the glibc issue might really be a simple line of code added.

Anyway, thanks for trying the app out. I would advice you not to wipe out your PCLOS install just yet.

Dear Archie,

I have no intention of doing so at this time. I still like PCLOS for its security, its rolling-release concept, and its stability. I am using it on my older Acer Extensa computer which I plan to take with us when we travel and, for that purpose, it and PCLOS are fine.

When we travel, I generally do not use a computer for intensive work, such as using MakeMKV, HandBrake, etc. so this lack of capability is not a deal-breaker for that situation.

I have recently noticed that I am unable to play .avi files within VLC Media Player (and I am somewhat disappointed that VLC has not been updated to the completely stable 2.0.3 version) but it is easy (and I am thinking about doing this) to convert .avi files to .mkv files, which I prefer, and which do play perfectly in PCLOS.

You may have read that I, and some other people, are having a problem with the Gnome Disk Utility (palimpsest); some people have managed to fix it but I have been unable to do so.

These problems, along with the main problem of not having a Linux kernel of 3.3.6 or later available for PCLOS, are the reasons I cannot install PCLOS onto our 'main' computers (ZaReason Strata 7330s with the new 3rd-generation 'Ivy Bridge' processors, which do not work properly with any Linux kernel under 3.3.6).

I am still using PCLOS daily and, these problems notwithstanding, I still like it very much. I hope that you, along with other members of the community and the administrators, can update the operating system such that it can take in stride anything that is thrown at it.

And I still like this forum above all others to which I belong. I have been able to learn what little I know about PCLOS completely from this forum.

I sincerely thank you (and all others concerned) with making and maintaining this excellent operating system.

Lawrence H. Bulk

[Archie]

We're always glad to have you around. Bump into you on the next bounce.

[nitrogen_widget]

I just got my blu-ray drive in last night & this worked perfectly for me.
Thank you so much for this.
My kids are old enough to load a blu-ray but don't grasp the concept of how to handle a disk or to put it back in the case after they take it out.
And since I have a media server with a 1TB drive....

On the glibc version issue, it's been addressed here on the makeMKV forums:

http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5513&hilit=glibc

Looks like it was an oops on their part.
They upgraded the machine & didn't notice & it will be fixed for the next version.

[Archie]

OK so we'll wait for the next version with the glibc fix. Please keep me posted, and thanks for the info.

[lhb1142]

OK so we'll wait for the next version with the glibc fix. Please keep me posted, and thanks for the info.

Dear Archie,

The new version (1.7.9) of MakeMKV has been introduced along with this notice: MakeMKV no longer requires GLIBC 2.15 on Linux (see Revision History located in http://www.makemkv.com/download/).

Here, for anyone else interested, is the link: http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224 and here is the free beta key (valid until the end of November 2012): http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053.

I hope you are able to create an RPM package for us. Is there any (relatively) easy way for PCLOS users to use the Binary and Source Codes to effect the installation (as is done in Debian-derivative installations)?

In any event, I thank you for creating a package if it is possible to do so.

Lawrence

[Archie]

I'm gonna take a look at it again over the next couple of days. Thank you for the heads up, Lawrence.

[Archie]

Sorry for the delay ... the binary is yet untested but it build OK with no apparent errors. Dowload MakeMKV version 1.7.9.

[lhb1142]

Sorry for the delay ... the binary is yet untested but it built OK with no apparent errors. Download MakeMKV version 1.7.9.

Dear Archie,

Don't apologize --- THANK YOU for creating this .RPM. I'll try it later today and I'll let you know if it works properly.

Thanks again.

Lawrence