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- Mon Aug 18, 2025 2:15 am
- Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
- Topic: External Blu‑ray drive not recognized on Arch Linux with MakeMKV 1.18.x – makemkvcon becomes zombie
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Re: External Blu‑ray drive not recognized on Arch Linux with MakeMKV 1.18.x – makemkvcon becomes zombie
Thanks for pointing me to that thread. I learned from it that recent MakeMKV releases (1.18.x) have a bug on Linux that causes the Blu‑ray scan to hang, even when the sg module is loaded. Downgrading to version 1.17.7, as you suggested, immediately fixed the issue and my external drive works normall...
- Fri Aug 15, 2025 6:49 am
- Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
- Topic: External Blu‑ray drive not recognized on Arch Linux with MakeMKV 1.18.x – makemkvcon becomes zombie
- Replies: 2
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External Blu‑ray drive not recognized on Arch Linux with MakeMKV 1.18.x – makemkvcon becomes zombie
Hello, I am running MakeMKV 1.18.1 on an Arch‑based Linux distribution (kernel 6.x) with an external Blu‑ray drive (BRXL-PTV6U3-RDB [USB-A]) and an internal DVD drive. My user is in the optical/cdrom group, and the `sg` kernel module is loaded automatically. **Issue** - When I insert a Blu‑ray disc ...