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Discarr: open-source disc rip → Sonarr/Radarr import pipeline [Node.js, GPL-3.0]
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this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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A remux is a fully lossless video file, typically a MKV, that is just the video streams from a DVD/Bluray wrapped in an MKV container. It’s not a new encoding, it’s the original video, in its original codec, fully lossless.
I personally like knowing that I’m watching the best possible quality of any given media, without any extra processing. Most people probably wouldn’t immediately notice the difference between a high quality encode and a remux, but I’m a quality snob.
Thank you for the explanation! Makes sense to me.
Just to clear it up. The video won't be lossless, as the DVD is already in a lossy format (mpeg2), but the conversion from DVD to mkv won't add anything more as it just copies the data without transcoding.
Yeah, that’s a clearer way of saying it. I usually think of the highest quality commercially available version as being lossless, since the raw files or negatives are almost never accessible to the public (wouldn’t that be awesome??). But yeah, every DVD/Bluray is still technically just a disc with lossy video files that the studio encoded.