MakeMKV for Windows

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MakeMKV for Windows

MakeMKV for Windows

MakeMKV for Windows Features:

MakeMKV is your one-click solution to convert video that you own into free and patents-unencumbered format that can be played everywhere. MakeMKV is a format converter, otherwise called "transcoder". It converts the video clips from proprietary (and usually encrypted) disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information but not changing it in any way. The MKV format can store multiple video/audio tracks with all meta-information and preserve chapters. There are many players that can play MKV files nearly on all platforms, and there are tools to convert MKV files to many formats, including DVD and Blu-ray discs.

Additionally MakeMKV can instantly stream decrypted video without intermediate conversion to wide range of players, so you may watch Blu-ray and DVD discs with your favorite player on your favorite OS or on your favorite device.

Reads DVD and Blu-ray discs

Reads Blu-ray discs protected with latest versions of AACS and BD+

Preserves all video and audio tracks, including HD audio

Preserves chapters information

Preserves all meta-information (track language, audio type)

Fast conversion - converts as fast as your drive can read data.

No additional software is required for conversion or decryption.

Available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux

Functionality to open DVD discs is free and will always stay free.

All features (including Blu-ray decryption and processing) are free during BETA.

MakeMKV for Windows Info:

MKV stands for "Matroska Video". Matroska is a container file format, capable of holding unlimited number of video, audio and subtitile tracks, along with any metadata. Practically this means that it is possible to put entire movie with multiple sound and subtitle tracks, chapters information and movie thumbnail into single file. Being open and patent-free Matroska gained broad support recently and quickly becomes de-facto standard for storing movies. More information can be found at Wikipedia article.

Why MKV

Matroska file format (and Matroska video in particular) has a number of advantages.

MKV is open and free. No one holds patents or licenses and anyone can implement it freely. As a result nearly every software player and many hardware devices support it. The best software players out there ( VLC, MPlayer ) have full MKV support and are absolutely free.

MKV files do not have evil features attached.

You can play them on any capable hardware. No need for HDCP-certified video card or any "trusted" environment.

You can copy them to your laptop and watch anytime, even if your laptop lacks DVD or Blu-ray drive, or any drive whatsoever.

One file is one title. If you don't want to watch dozen trailers before the movie, you don't have to. And fast forward button always works, too.

There are no restrictions where to play the file. There are no region-based restrictions. You have control over the content you've paid for.

MKV files are easy to change. Want to remove unneeded audio track from the file? Thought about converting MPEG-2 video into H264 to make the file 5 times smaller? All of it can be easily done with free software.

MKV files are compact. For exactly the same content MKV files are about 10% smaller than DVD files and roughly 40% smaller than Blu-ray files.

While MKV is a good storage format not always it can be played directly. Playing MKV files on a computer is not an issue - there are many players and codec packs that enable MKV playback on any platform, be it Windows, Mac or Linux. However many hardware players do not play MKV directly - for that MKV files need to be transcoded into format that particular hardware player understands. Since all meta information is preserved in MKV and compressed media data (video, audio, subtitles) is not changed in any way it is always possible to transcode MKV files into original format. For example, MKV files produced from a Blu-ray disc may be transcoded back to a Bly-ray image or set of M2TS files without any losses by freeware transcoding tools[1].

Playing MKV files

Freeware players that support MKV natively:

Videolan VLC is a free and very good player for Windows, Mac and Linux that supports MKV directly.

MPlayer is another free player with MKV support.

CCCP is a free codec pack for Windows that will enable MKV playback in Windows Media Player and all other DirectShow-based players.

Transcoding tools:

tsMuxeR is a free tool that can transcode MKV file produced from DVD or Blu-ray back into Blu-ray disc or M2TS file.

MakeMKV for Windows Information:

MakeMKV for Windows and Mac OS X is available for download below. MakeMKV for Linux is available on the forum page.

MakeMKV 1.17.3 for Windows

Requires Windows XP or later, x86 or x64.

MakeMKV 1.17.3 for Mac OS X

Requires x64 or ARM64 Mac OS X 10.7 or later.

NOTE: MakeMKV is not signed by Apple, you might need to adjust gatekeeper options in order to install the program.

Files integrity may be checked using hash file

Revision history

MakeMKV v1.17.3 (1.2.2023)

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

MakeMKV v1.17.2 (10.10.2022 )

Improved handling for discs with mastering errors

Small improvements and bugfixes

MakeMKV v1.17.1 (13.7.2022 )

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

1.17.0 regressions:

On some UHD HEVC streams program spitted thousands of invalid "Corrupt" messages, appearing to hang

Program crashed decoding certain AC3 (DD) streams, usually during transcoding

MakeMKV v1.17.0 (27.6.2022 )

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

MakeMKV v1.16.7 (27.2.2022 )

Improved handling for discs with mastering errors

Many internal improvements and small bugfixes

MakeMKV v1.16.5 (1.11.2021 )

Miscellaneous UI improvements

WinCDArb update, fixes occasional "no optical drives" error

LibMMBD stability improvements

Many small bug-fixes

MakeMKV v1.16.4 (8.7.2021 )

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

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