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I've used it for years (on Win 7 x64), prior to purchasing a license. It has worked pretty reliably for me for the most part, with occasional issues on certain rigs. This is probably not in the class of a cut & dry, "one-size-fits-all", "set it and forget it" software; there can be some wrinkles, if you are not diligent about looking into them. Yes, your particular hardware could be a factor. The MakeMKV forum is a good place for exploring that, and possibly also here on VH. The issues are more likely associated with Blu-Ray. For full functionality, you should have recent Java installed, and appropriately pointed to for MakeMKV to find it. There will be some BR discs that give it problems. I recently learned why desired subs from BR were not being rendered (thanks to the aforementioned forum), and this will involve the nuisance extra step of using some additional software.
When critiquing this program, we need to get real: there ain't anything much left on the market that does what this program does. Most of the "alternatives" listed here are long defunct. (Can't comment on BDtoAVCHD *yet*, as I haven't tried to use it, so far.) The only 3 programs I'm aware of that can handle the protections of commercial discs are: the Red Fox takeover of AnyDVD, and reviews of that company and its business practices here are troubling, to say the least; Fab, which is pricey even with discounts, has a totally different operational approach, and about which company somewhat ditto to the situation with Red Fox; and MakeMKV, which has been offered at no charge to us for quite a few years. I'd go so far as to make the argument that MakeMKV is nearly indispensable, we should be very glad to have it, and we should support it. |
