Subj : Re: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Sep 09 2025 22:03:08

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ni>   Re: Re: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
 Ni>   By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Mon Sep 08 2025 09:55 pm

 Ga> Next question...  I've ripped a DVD successfully, and then even transcoded
 Ga> it with Handbrake to get a significantly smaller file size, as you stated.
 Ga> Have tried to do a Bluray movie, and it doesn't find it. In both cases
 Ga> (DVD and BD), I'm using an external (USB connected) drive. Different
 Ga> drives, one DVD and one BD.  The MakeMKV program sees the actual Bluray
 Ga> drive, but doesn't find a movie on it.  The drive is good because I can
 Ga> browse the disk with a file manager and see the files there.  Is there
 Ga> some difference between DVD and BD in regards to MakeMKV?

 Ni> DVD and blu-ray should work equally well with MakeMKV, in my
 Ni> experience. Normally if MakeMKV fails, it should output an error - Is
 Ni> there any error when you try to have it find the media on the disk?
 Ni> Without the error message, it would be hard to tell you what might be
 Ni> wrong.

No error message, it just sits there endlessly, looking for a Title.  
Haven't tried yet with a different BD, will do that tomorrow.



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