
Open VLC, and load your disc in DISC mode and play it. If MakeMKV can sniff out the main feature, it will move its play list to the first screen, toward the top of the list, with a comment of "(FPL_MainFeature)" next to it in the selection window (left part of screen).

And then, you will receive a message like this 'Using Java runtime from C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_121\bin\java.exe'. After installing JRE, you can insert your Lionsgate blu-ray with playlist obfuscation or fake playlist protection. So, how to pick up the right playlist or title from hundreds of fake playlists for further Lionsgate DVD ripping? We will introduce three methods below. But this isn't the case for a Lionsgate release with an obfuscated playlist or fake playlist. Picking the title with the largest file size or the longest video length should work. It's easy to figure out the correct main movie title for most DVDs. How to Determine the Correct Playlist/Title for a Lionsgate Blu-ray/DVD Disc? MakeMKV detects several hundred playlists for a Lionsgate Blu-ray disc Read on to find out fixes to Lionsgate DVDs fake playlist/playlist obfuscation problems and pick the right Lionsgate movie title.

Many DVD decrypters (read our review of tools to decrypt DVD fake playlist copy protection) including MakeMKV, Handbrake, AnyDVD are always reported to be unable to select the correct playlist and deliver scrambled file. I ripped a dvd of 3 from hell today and it ripped the large full movie file at 6 gigs like 3 times for some reason? Any reason why? Thanks! It goes back to the normal page for loading after this and gives no options for saving any of it. MakeMKV gives errors for all 12 episodes and assumes all data on the dvd is fake. The DVD is "Adventure Classics: John Wayne in The Three Musketeers". Below are typical problems reported by MakeMKV users.

Facts proved that this is indeed a very effective copyright restriction. Although there're tens of or even hundreds of titles/playlist with same or similar size and length, there's only one that is the real movie. Lionsgate has adopted playlist obfuscation or fake playlist as a copy-protection measure since mid-2013 into many discs to prevent people from ripping/copying discs. Playlist obfuscation or fake playlist is a copy protection technology - the most common name for the particular component of Screen Pass. Know More about MakeMKV Lionsgate Fake Playlist/Playlist Obfuscation
