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by etyrnal
Thu Dec 25, 2025 12:13 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: USING THREE OPTICAL DRIVES IS A PAIN BECAUSE OF AVOIDABLE FRUSTRATING MAKEMKV BEHAVIOR
Replies: 5
Views: 403

Re: USING THREE OPTICAL DRIVES IS A PAIN BECAUSE OF AVOIDABLE STUPID MAKEMKV BEHAVIOR

In MakeMKV preferences > IO tab > check 'Ask for single drive mode' & try again. i will try this. is this just an experiment, or can you explain the intended function of this preference choice? When that option is checked, each instance of MakeMKV you launch will ask which ODD you'd like to bin...
by etyrnal
Wed Dec 24, 2025 11:17 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: USING THREE OPTICAL DRIVES IS A PAIN BECAUSE OF AVOIDABLE FRUSTRATING MAKEMKV BEHAVIOR
Replies: 5
Views: 403

Re: USING THREE OPTICAL DRIVES IS A PAIN BECAUSE OF AVOIDABLE STUPID MAKEMKV BEHAVIOR

USING THREE OPTICAL DRIVES IS A PAIN BECAUSE OF AVOIDABLE STUPID MAKEMKV BEHAVIOR Make it so when an new instance launches, i can DISABLE AUTOMATIC POLLING, and MANUALLY SELECT a DRIVE/DISC!!! In MakeMKV preferences > IO tab > check 'Ask for single drive mode' & try again. i will try this. is t...
by etyrnal
Wed Dec 24, 2025 11:15 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Pioneer BDR-XD08UMB-S -- SLOW
Replies: 5
Views: 2454

Re: Pioneer BDR-XD08UMB-S -- SLOW

dcoke22 wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2025 7:27 pm


The standard advice is to gently clean the disc.
it was a brand new disk out of the package -- untouched by human hands.
by etyrnal
Wed Dec 24, 2025 11:10 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: USING THREE OPTICAL DRIVES IS A PAIN BECAUSE OF AVOIDABLE FRUSTRATING MAKEMKV BEHAVIOR
Replies: 5
Views: 403

USING THREE OPTICAL DRIVES IS A PAIN BECAUSE OF AVOIDABLE FRUSTRATING MAKEMKV BEHAVIOR

USING THREE OPTICAL DRIVES IS A PAIN BECAUSE OF AVOIDABLE FRUSTRATING MAKEMKV BEHAVIOR ONE INSTANCE OF MAKEMKV SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INTERRUPT ANOTHER INSTANCE!! I pull in 3 disks at once. MakeMKV's.is so dumb when it comes to dealing with multiple instances. First of all, if i already have TWO driv...
by etyrnal
Thu Dec 11, 2025 8:24 am
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: Read error (DVD media)
Replies: 0
Views: 433

Read error (DVD media)

i ran into a Read error (DVD media) while trying to read a dvd that was a bit messy and banged up. in my pioneer BLUERAY device, it was failing to read even with all the fancy new error handling... tried washing and buffing the disk... ...finally decided to try an older DVD drive, and got lucky and ...
by etyrnal
Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:24 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Pioneer BDR-XD08UMB-S -- SLOW
Replies: 5
Views: 2454

Pioneer BDR-XD08UMB-S -- SLOW

First blu-ray drive. Is it just me, or does blu-ray take FOREVER compared to dvd?? mac mini m4 pro brand new Pioneer BDR-XD08UMB-S read 1.7x says it's going to take 7 hours?? Is this normal?? The disc surface looks absolutely perfect. MakeMKV v1.17.8 darwin(arm64-release) started Optical drive "...
by etyrnal
Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:15 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: sasha boron cohens dicatator bluray
Replies: 6
Views: 9129

Re: sasha boron cohens dicatator bluray

Hey Woodstock I figured out how to get my dictator movie to copy using direct access mode on make mkv.so I don't think I will need to post debug logs for this issue.still another fun learning experience in getting hardware and software to work correctly. :wink: . Thanks for the reply,I really appre...