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by ksinger
Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:57 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: reports dvd as blu-ray
Replies: 8
Views: 9753

Re: reports dvd as blu-ray

Congratulations on resolving your dilemma! No it didn't solve it! Running with elevated privileges was one of the first things I tried - Sorry about being unclear (again). :oops: Running as admin (Vista), makes my (old-fashioned, regular) DVD show up as "HD-DVD". Which is just as wrong as...
by ksinger
Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:41 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: reports dvd as blu-ray
Replies: 8
Views: 9753

Re: reports dvd as blu-ray

Again, have you previously successfully used this same laptop and drive to read Region2 (Europe) DVDs? If not, you probably have to change the region setting of your drive. (VLC may not "care" about region codes) What region are you in? I am in Region 2, and I am trying to read region 2 D...
by ksinger
Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:48 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: reports dvd as blu-ray
Replies: 8
Views: 9753

Re: reports dvd as blu-ray

Region Europe(?) with Norwegian/Swedish/Danish subtitles. Have you previously successfully used this same laptop and drive to read Region2 (Europe) DVDs? If not, you probably have to change the region setting of your drive. Either that or, despite your statement, you've somehow obtained discs that ...
by ksinger
Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:52 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: reports dvd as blu-ray
Replies: 8
Views: 9753

Re: reports dvd as blu-ray

Hi! Just curious: 1) Is your laptop's drive capable of reading BluRay discs? 2) Have you had earlier versions of MakeMKV installed and working properly on this same laptop? 3) Too obvious a question, but I'll ask anyway - Are you sure the discs you've tried are actually DVDs? 4) Are these problemat...
by ksinger
Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:31 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: reports dvd as blu-ray
Replies: 8
Views: 9753

reports dvd as blu-ray

Hello,

I just installed MakeMKV 1.5.8. Now I can'r rip any DVDs. After inserting any DVD (into my laptop), MakeMKV reports "type: blu-ray", and gives the message "unspecified error while reading [dvddrive] at offset #### etc".

Am I doning something wrong?

Thanks for your help!