Video convertors (for legal use) are only giving partial files on windows 10.

[hoover1979]

I have been converting videos from my personal DVD/Blu-Ray library to stream to my TV via my Chromecast via Plex.

I have had no issues on Windows 7 Pro (x64) but now on windows 10 only the 1st stage can be done (MakeMKV) however those files are huge and can not be streamed to my TV as the contain DTS Audio Codec causing the video to stutter and the sound to be absent with occasional blasts of garbled audio.

So far PavTube ByteCopy, DVDFab, Handbrake, Format Factory, Any Video Convertor, WinX Convertor and AVS Video convertor either only give me a few mins of the video or instantly fail when I hit "Convert"

Some videos are 0:02:00mins and some are as small as 0:00:30seconds instead of the full movie length. Eg: 1:30:00

Some of these programs say they are compatible with windows 10, either that is a lie or there is something wrong with my windows 10 settings.

Plex and other streaming programs only stream video files so I can not stream the actual DVD/Blu-Rays to my TV and I only have a DVD player on my TV and my Blu-Ray player is in my PC.

Please assist. Windows 10 is a complete nightmare.

 

[Pearlmaster]

It seems that you have tried most of the free and legal video converters available on the net, but if you are really looking for a video converter with full functionality, it would be best to buy a video converter in this case to have all the features you need. Majority of the video converters are compatible with Windows 10 as they carry over from Windows 7 and 8 & 8.1

 

[photonboy]

Other people have used MAKEMKV with Windows 10.

I'm going to try that now, though it will take a while... (I was using DVDFAB9 I believe with W8.1 but do not have that anymore.)

 

[hoover1979]

MakeMKV forks fine on Win10. But you get a huge lossless MKV with DTS5.1 or DTS7.1 which is an audio codec unsuitable for streaming form PC to device.

I solved my problems by upgrading to Windows 7 Pro and Hiding the Windows 10 Downgrade.

 

[photonboy]

MakeMKV forks fine on Win10. But you get a huge lossless MKV with DTS5.1 or DTS7.1 which is an audio codec unsuitable for streaming form PC to device.

I solved my problems by upgrading to Windows 7 Pro and Hiding the Windows 10 Downgrade.

Well, I would not consider W10 a "downgrade" just because you have issues with something but that's your opinion.

*You do realize that you could simply RECODE that lossless MKV file using HANDBRAKE?

In fact, if you have enough space you can rip several discs and just queue them to run all at one.

(The lossless file is simply the original video and audio files stitched together with the MKV container. Run through Handbrake and just whatever options you want for audio and video... I did have problems with some media players if I used the ADVANCED settings though since they weren't new enough to decode say H.264 4.1 or whatever.)

 

[photonboy]

Created movie no problem:

1) MAKEMKV-> lossless 26GB movie

2) Handbrake-> compressed to 7GB file (H.264, AC3, chapters, no subtitles)

I see no indication that MAKEMKV even has the option to compress the video further. There's nothing in the preferences section about that. Nor do I care since I like Handbrake.

I plan to simply pop in a BD every once in a while, run MAKEMKV, then run several queued with Handbrake when I got to work.

(BTW, newer BluRay players have Cinavia protection so mute the audio periodically thus rendering rips useless by those players and supposedly that protection is going to be mandatory in other devices including PC media players... sigh. Only newer BD discs have Cinavia which is an audio watermark not destroyed by compression.)

 

[hoover1979]

MakeMKV does not compress keeps the DTS audio as I stated earlier and Handbrake did not work for me on windows 10. I tried 2 movies on Handbrake and one only did the first 2 mins and the other did only the first 30 seconds then instantly jumped all the way to 100% and acted as completed.

I always used MakeMKV first then recoded it in Handbrake to a format suitable for Plex streaming.

Handbrake always works on my settings on Windows 7. (MP4 container, H.264 5.1 Video Codec, MP3 stereo 48000Hz Audio 15Mbps bitrate) and streams flawlessly to my Chromecast via Plex. (With Chromecast Beta extension to get 1080p on my TV)

I also went back to win7 as a lot of my games gave me the dreaded "GAMENAMEHERE has stopped working" and the compatibility settings made NO difference.

not to mention that I could not get Smooth Video Project to work for movies on my PC which is to boost framerate via frame interpolation. On Win 10 I got audio and no video with SVP active.

So Windows 10 is not for me. For other users it is up to them to decide if the jump is worth it. (People can revert back to previous OS easily if they wish for 30 days)

 

[hoover1979]

It seems that you have tried most of the free and legal video converters available on the net, but if you are really looking for a video converter with full functionality, it would be best to buy a video converter in this case to have all the features you need. Majority of the video converters are compatible with Windows 10 as they carry over from Windows 7 and 8 & 8.1

I payed full-towed-odds for Bytecopy as I did MakeMKV & AVS Converter. I agree they are better than the free ones but handbrake is what I need for easy conversion to Plex streaming friendly video files.

Out of all the programs I have only MakeMKV finished its job on windows 10 (at least on my rig)