Still, the author continues development, fixes bugs, adds new capabilities, etc.

My words are not directed at anyone in particular.Īt the end of the day, the author of MakeMKV has created a shareware product and also kindly offered unfettered use if users decide to not pay via a 'free' time-limited license key that gets updated on a consistent basis. That said, I think there is still an option or two for ripping BRs, at which point there are converters that can take the results over into MKV. There was nothing else remaining that is quite like MakeMKV. It would then join a number of other programs that may not be capable of addressing future challenges, but can still be useful for a goodly number of jobs where the tech that it had was still effective.' If that last 1.15.1 version can continue working just as it did (with benefit of a full, current license key), it probably still would be worth my purchasing the permanent license. 'Trying not to go by rumors, but rather hoping to get the authoritative answer: Has development ceased ? Have we reached the end of the road on MakeMKV ? I was on the verge of purchasing a license. In the meantime, I left this query at the MakeMKV forum: If you happen to know something for sure, please tell us. Several of those also reached their end on development, yet still manage to serve us.) I see that reviewers here are already breaking out their shovels to bury it, and I want to say 'Not So Fast !' But at the moment there seems to just be speculation, rather than facts. (Arguably deserving a spot in the pantheon alongside other notables like DVD Shrink and ImgBurn.

It may be premature to panic just 6 days past expiration of the last rolling, recurrent free license key for the perpetually-in-beta MakeMKV, one of the truly great video enthusiast programs to come along.

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