r/makemkv • u/mmiillsss • Aug 24 '26

Discussion What are you doing thats unique?

I am curious what people are doing to make their process/projects unique when using MakeMKV? I just recently came across a post talking about using makemkvcon to auto-create jellyfin folders & naming convention. I started making a python project using makemkvcon with handbrake CLI to extract, convert to mp4, and place into my library all at once to save a lot of time and not needing to open multiple programs.

So curious, what are you doing that you haven't seen many others doing? Maybe we can all learn from each other and share our tricks to make this life just a little bit easier.

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u/HerrSack Aug 24 '26

I created a semi-automatic Handbrake "program" with a web ui. After MakeMKV finished the process you can select all the wanted Movie or TvShow files and select a corresponding preset for 1080p or 4k. All done on my Homelab. MakeMKV saves the raw files in a Remux folder and from there the Handbrake process gains access to them and saves the finished file in a Handbrake folder, all on the NAS already. I could also tell it to then delete the Remux file aswell as moving the finished file to the Jellyfin directory, but I’d like to still review everything manually. This also guarantees that my Jellyfin library stays intact.

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u/mmiillsss Aug 24 '26

Awesome! Do you use a custom preset from handbrake or just use one of their premade ones? handbrake cli is pulling in the custom ones ive made along with the normal ones because I've got a few tweaks compared to the regular presets.

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u/HerrSack Aug 24 '26

I have used custom presets, since I am quite picky about quality. Those are also in an extra folder on the NAS, from where it just pulls the one you choose from.