Makemkv: PKGBUILD file: package moved to old

Support AUR
1

Hi all,
I don’t know where to post this information.

Trying to install MakeMKV from AUR I receive a package not found error.
I discovered that the packake was moved do the /old directory

So, in the construction file, we need to change these lines from

source=(${url}/download/${pkgname}-bin-${pkgver}.tar.gz
        ${url}/download/${pkgname}-oss-${pkgver}.tar.gz

to

source=(${url}/download/old/${pkgname}-bin-${pkgver}.tar.gz
        ${url}/download/old/${pkgname}-oss-${pkgver}.tar.gz

Who can I notify and how?

2

The makemkv package is flagged out of date as 1.8.3 is available. @Lolix is the Maintainer and will update it when he has time.

When there is an issue with an AUR package, one should leave a comment on the AUR page so the Maintainer is aware.

2 Likes
3

Thanks
Just to be sure, you mean this page?

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/makemkv
2 Likes
4

@mirto Is there anything wrong with Handbrake? Something missing from it?

$ pacman -Ss handbrake
extra/handbrake 1.10.2-4 [installed]
    Multithreaded video transcoder
extra/handbrake-cli 1.10.2-4
    Multithreaded video transcoder (CLI)
5

@qruqs I don’t know.
I don’t noticed any update of handbrake.

I’ll verify asap and report here

6

Oh, you might have misunderstood my meaning. I meant if there is something wrong with Handbrake so you can’t use it instead of makemkv, that’s all.

That missing part was about if there perhaps are some functionality missing from Handbrake that makes it unsuitable for the purpose you use makemkv for. For example, I don’t have a Bluray unit, so I don’t know if there is support for this in Handbrake, or not.

7

Hi @qruqs ,
I’m using both programs:

Makemkv is the best tool to extract mkv files from DVD or Blu-ray and I use it for the first phase.

Then I use Handbrake to convert and scale the video.

I’m using these programs to save my DVD and Blu-ray library before someone makes them unreadable.

This conversion also solves a disk space problem: using Handbrake I convert any DVD or Blu-ray (I don’t have any 4K Blu-ray) to a full HD resolution ( 1920x1080) AV1 encoded.
As an example:

  • a 2 hour film 1920x800 h264 / ac3 encoded occupies 12,7 GB
  • converted in 1920x1080 av1 / opus encoded occupies 2,2 GB

With no quality loss.

Hope this helps

8

I see. Thanks for the info. I use Handbrake directly on the DVDs I convert (I don’t want to wear them out, nor the drive, by the way). Age is another factor, but I have DVDs that are some 15 or so years old and they still work fine. I also tried x265 on a short video before and it takes a real long time to encode, but it gets extremely small. If you have hardware for it, or patience to spare, you might try that.

1 Like
9

This topic was automatically closed 3 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.