15Jan/1017
Plex Plug-in Update
A new version of the MakeMKV plug-in has been released.
New Features:
Instructions:
- Download the latest version of MakeMKV and Install
- Download and Install Plex
- Download and install MakeMKV Plugin (Double click to install)
- Launch the plug-in under the video section and update the MakeMKV location under preferences.
- Launch your DVD / Blu-Ray and select the appropriate stream
January 15th, 2010 - 16:05
Can you please do a step by step procedure how to use it? I am not sure if I have to use Plex to play a Blu-ray Movie. Would it work on a ripped blu-ray movie saved on an external hard drive?
Thx.
January 15th, 2010 - 16:39
Sure.. I’ll try and get something more in depth up. This plug-in is made to work with plex so you will have to load it up. after everything is installed.
1) Launch plex.
2) go to videos.
3) then select makemkv.
4) select the blu-ray drive
5) select title (this can be a pain because you can’t really tell which one is the main title at this point. look for a title with a really long duration)
6) in some cases you may have to select the type of stream. (vob, mpts, ts, etc..)
January 18th, 2010 - 04:05
Hello n8o!
Thanks for your work! I am excited trying it out, but…
When i start plex en choose the MakeMKV plugin i got two options, Add remote stream and Preferences. Is this correct or should i see something else?
I connected a blu ray device and a disc in it.
January 18th, 2010 - 07:31
When the MakeMKV plugin is loaded it scans for available devices. before you launch plex make sure the device is connected and the disc is in the drive. If you can see it in finder before you launch plex and it still doesn’t show up then there is a problem. If that is the case then launch terminal and type this in.
diskutil info -plist
example: diskutil info -plist disk0
you will need to figure out the disk id for your blu-ray drive and send the results back to me. Thanks!
January 18th, 2010 - 07:40
Thanks for your reply. The drive is visible in Finder, but not in the plugin.
How can i find the disk id?
Your example was disk0, but what do i need to type in or find out with which to replace the 0?
January 18th, 2010 - 08:05
Sorry about that.. Use this command.
diskutil list
January 18th, 2010 - 10:52
It says:
/dev/disk1
Under Identifier: disk1
Thats all
Sorry, i am no technical expert …
January 18th, 2010 - 11:05
Yep.. you should get a few /dev/disk1 … 2.. 3.. etc.. Figure out what disk id your bluray drive is (under TYPE NAME you should see something that matches under that disk).
then type..
diskutil info -plist disk0
where disk0 is the disk id. so it can be..
diskutil info -plist disk0
diskutil info -plist disk1
diskutil info -plist disk2
diskutil info -plist disk3
etc.. Hope that helps..
January 18th, 2010 - 11:27
its disk1 as i said.
when ik type diskutil info -plist disk1 i get a lot of lines with code.
What do you need to know?
diskutil info -plist disk1
Bootable
BusProtocol
USB
CanBeMadeBootable
CanBeMadeBootableRequiresDestroy
Content
DeviceIdentifier
disk1
DeviceNode
/dev/disk1
DeviceTreePath
IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/EHC2@6,1
Ejectable
FilesystemName
UDF
FilesystemType
udf
FilesystemUserVisibleName
Universal Disk Format (UDF)
FreeSpace
0
GlobalPermissionsEnabled
IOKitSize
46340767744
Internal
LowLevelFormatSupported
MediaName
HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW CT10N
MediaType
Generic
MountPoint
/Volumes/BLACK_SYMPHONY
OS9DriversInstalled
OpticalDeviceType
CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW
OpticalMediaErasable
OpticalMediaType
BD-ROM
ParentWholeDisk
disk1
RAIDMaster
RAIDSlice
SMARTStatus
Not Supported
SupportsGlobalPermissionsDisable
SystemImage
TotalSize
46339588096
VolumeName
BLACK_SYMPHONY
WholeDisk
Writable
WritableMedia
WritableVolume
January 18th, 2010 - 12:16
Hmm.. everything looks good in there. can you send me your MakeMKV plug-in log it’s located at.
~/Library/Logs/PMS Plugin Logs/com.plexapp.plugins.makemkv.log
send it to nate.oo at gmail dot com
January 20th, 2010 - 13:23
I also have a problem, the plugin see my drive but names it as “BOOTCAMP”… and when I try to load it I have an error!
January 20th, 2010 - 13:59
Hmm.. That’s interesting. What is the error?
January 21st, 2010 - 04:06
Hi – have tried out the plugin but get a timeout error in Plex.
I think this is because the disk I used reports ‘Complex Multiplex Encountered’ when using makemkv directly and takes around 5 minutes to then scan the disk – the plugin reports the time out after around 2 mins so scanning cannot be complete.
Am using Plex 0.8.5, MakeMKV 1.4.11 under OS X 10.6.2.
January 21st, 2010 - 07:35
I’m planning on releasing an update this weekend. I’ll make sure the timeout is increased. Thanks
January 24th, 2010 - 06:46
Hello Nate,
Just send you the email as requested!
Thx.
RObert
January 24th, 2010 - 06:47
BTW. I read a comment about the drive being identified as BOOTCAMP. But that isnt obviously the Bluray Drive. That is just the BOOTCAMP partition where Windows is installed. So, one shouldnt select this drive….
January 24th, 2010 - 08:57
Looks like the plug-in isn’t reporting any information in the log. You may need to turn on debugging in plex. Open plex in widowed mode (if full screen press Command F).
in the top toolbar go to Plex -> Advanced settings. then select enable debug logging under the system tab.
after that run the plug-in again and send me the log.
I’m having problems with blu-ray playback right now. so after you can see the proper drive it still may not work.
thanks