Search found 4 matches

by mcmehrtens
Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:26 am
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: Troubles ripping Elephant (2003)
Replies: 2
Views: 1765

Re: Troubles ripping Elephant (2003)

fwiw, I never got this to work in MakeMKV. I ended up using a couple other command-line tools with the help of Claude Code to back up the disc. No idea if it was a clean rip or if it transcoded somewhere in there, but I was able to watch the movie :| If anyone has any ideas, I'd be happy to try them...
by mcmehrtens
Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:24 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Dump submitted for Wicked: For Good
Replies: 2
Views: 226

Re: Dump submitted for Wicked: For Good

Bit of a silly question, but I just tried to rip The Wicked: For Good Blu-ray (American, Universal Pictures release) and the dump file that got created was MKB_v82_Wicked-_For_Good_8426.tgz. Note the difference in the last four characters. Does this mean I have a different version that needs to be s...
by mcmehrtens
Sat Jan 03, 2026 12:33 am
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: Troubles ripping Elephant (2003)
Replies: 2
Views: 1765

Re: Troubles ripping Elephant (2003)

I tried creating a backup of the DVD as well. The backup hung at ~74 MB, ran for a while longer (maybe about an hour?), and then eventually failed. Log below: Debug log started at Thu Jan 1 22:50:54 2026 , written by MakeMKV v1.18.2 darwin(arm64-release) 001005:0000 MakeMKV v1.18.2 darwin(arm64-rel...
by mcmehrtens
Wed Dec 31, 2025 11:25 pm
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: Troubles ripping Elephant (2003)
Replies: 2
Views: 1765

Troubles ripping Elephant (2003)

I'm trying to rip the R1 America - HBO DVD release of Elephant (2003) . Each time I open the disc in MakeMKV, it takes several hours to load the titles, during which the CSS sectors steadily counts up into the millions. Depending on the DVD structure protection removal method used, I sometimes get p...