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MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 04, 2025 11:51 pm

In MakeMKV use the folder option (button in top menu with an image of a folder) to backup the disc to a folder. Don't forget to check the box to decrypt the disc contents!

Thanks!

Found this link: https://www.makemkv.com/errors/read/ and saw the sticky about read errors and feel dumb for making this thread. At any rate, that link mentions there's a way to copy the entire contents of a disc to the computer and then convert to a copy that MakeMKV can read. Not seeing that how-t...

Is it always failing at the same point? or is it random? I've tried ripping it about 6 times. I'm not sure about each time, but the last two times showed the same offset number. I don't know if that means it's the same location or not. I will note the disc appears spotless (after cleaning it) and p...

Cleaned with a microfiber cloth and some glass cleaner. Have the drive plugged into external power. Still fails about a third of the way through. Same errors.

Literally just a soft cloth. I didn't spray it with anything. All the disc had on it was my own fingerprints (which are definitely on other discs I've ripped). I can try some kind of glass cleaner and see. I also just realized last night that my external drive has a 5V power input in the back. I plu...

MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 28, 2025 11:50 pm

Clean the disc before trying again.

Tried. Same result.

New to backing up my movies. I have the Back to the Future 30th Anniversary collection. First two movies (and others I've ripped) ripped no problem. Part III fails every time. I'm using a Beelink S13 mini PC with Windows 11. Some Chinese-made (I'm sure junk) external Blu-ray player (I don't own and ...