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Did you also have the drive plugged into your computer? I have some external hard drives that won't power on until they're connected to a computer even when they have a separate power supply.

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Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:39 pm

I'm trying Attack of the Clones, but I get Illegal Request Copy Protection errors. Any ideas on how to make it work?

What happens if you power cycle the drive and restart your Mac?

Based on the errors you've posted, the optical drive can not properly read a spot on the disc. That isn't a theory. Do the other discs fail in a different way? That the discs look clean doesn't mean it is clean. One can not see the individual pits and bumps that make up the data track on the disc so...

I always make a decrypted backup of a disc first and then create .mkv files from the backup. If I'm unsure what something is, I play the relevant .m2ts file from the backup with my player of choice. (I like MPV but VLC works as well.) On the first screen of MakeMKV the icon of the yellow folder with...

The official instructions for installing MakeMKV on linux are here: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224

I do not know if the tutorial linked is accurate or not.

If you're going to author a disc anyway, why not make it a proper blu-ray that just has 3 standard definition items to choose in the blu-ray menu? Then the set-top player will play it as a blu-ray that has SD content.

Can you use MakeMKV's backup function to copy the disc to a folder on your storage? On the first screen of MakeMKV choose the icon with the yellow folder and green arrow.

If that works and opening the backup fails, then just delete the AACS folder from the backup. Then try opening the backup again.

Yes indeed, they can fail certainly. I am sorry to hear it did die on you. I have 3 TeamGroup nvme and 2 Toshiba spinners. While I certainly trust both manufacturers and have for years, my external Backup drive is replaced every year just in case. You seem like the right type of paranoid to appreci...

There's a thread with more details: Changing names with Expert mode enabled The short version is instead of picking 'MKV Flags' in the properties drop down box, pick 'Name' (which should be the default) and type whatever you want into the adjacent box. Once your cursor leaves that field, it'll be up...

The tip needs to be the correct diameter or it won't work since it won't make a proper connection. Amazon has lots of power supplies with multiple tips. Something like this for example:
https://www.amazon.com/Selectable-Multiple-Switching-Connectors-Transformer/dp/B08TG6YD28

It looks like both drives show an error trying to read the disc at a similar spot. The standard advice is to try cleaning the disc.

For the .mkv files I put on Plex, I mark the forced subtitle tracks as both 'forced' and 'default' in the .mkv file. I also name them something stupidly obvious (usually 'Forced Subtitles') so it is easy for me to find and select in the Plex interface if I need to. Plex doesn't automatically know a ...

It looks like the optical drive can't read that disc properly. If cleaning the disc doesn't help, try getting another copy.

Title: Toy Story 2 UHD – JP retail Label: TOY_STORY_2 Timestamp: 2019-03-20 12:23:30 Protection: AACS2.0/C v68 Drive: LG BU40N (LibreDrive enabled, FW 1.04 patched) Dump (.tgz): attached here MKB_RO.inf (zipped, ~131 MB): https://drive.google.com/file/d/142noVGY7zVBW7OaQZiSjYlzTxucnJBU8/view?usp=sh...

How many subtitle tracks are in the .mkv file produced by MakeMKV? I have two English subtitle tracks in my copy of Your Name. (2016). One is the forced subtitle track and the other is the regular subtitle track.

MediaInfo is a helpful tool to examine .mkv files.