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(Note: I use the Linux version but this might also apply to using makemkv on Windows or Mac, but since it might be GUI toolkit specific I'm posting this here in the Linux forum out of caution.) I use makemkv's backup function to check blu-rays for readability as I add them to my collection (it has s...

I have no idea if setting the output to /dev/null (or the Windows equivalent https://stackoverflow.com/questions/313111/is-there-a-dev-null-on-windows ) will work, but it might. Since it backs up to a directory, and needs to create subdirectories and a complete file structure, it would not seem lik...

Having tested a few dozen discs since posting this, I'm still very interested in this sort of feature; at minimum, a full disc read "backup" that doesn't actually write any/many files to disk would be fantastic. Thankfully I'm using a HDD as destination, but I did use an SSD occasionally w...

Out of curiosity, why not just save the rips and watch things that way? It sounds like you're already doing the laborious part reading all the bits on the optical disc. I like having my collection of discs on display, in nice cabinets/shelves with glass doors, for browsing and selecting what to wat...

For months now, whenever I buy new DVDs, I use dvdisaster to do a quick scan of the disc to be reasonably assured that there are no problems with the disc. I first started doing this only with old or used DVDs, but I've taken to just doing it for every one in intake into my collection. I've also bee...

Based on recommendations in another thread I decided to get a Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2VB as a secondary UHD drive, as my primary WH16NS40 (flashed to WH16NS60 1.02MK per the flashing guide ) very rarely has a problem with some UHD discs and hash errors and I wanted a drive of substantially different const...