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Generally speaking, when the file has been processed, the update will be automatically picked up by your copy of the program.

There are things that can prevent that, though. If MakeMKV cannot contact its server to pick up the file, you'll see an error message about that, although it's easy to miss.

"Dump submitted" means that the TGZ file generated by MakeMKV has been sent to svq@makemkv.com for processing.

Dealing with subtitles for 90+% of stuff I rip, the "forced subtitles" are rarely tagged as such. I've had two movies that did so properly; the closest others have been ones where they encoded the video with the forced subtitles, rather than using a subtitle track (Star Trek movies are typ...

Attached TGZ files will be removed, per policy.

Converting them to MP4 is not going to save you significant space, as the video will be pretty much the same. There may be differences in how the subtitles encode... but not much. The key is what you play them with, and VLC will play either one just fine. Compressing the video is what saves the spac...

Subtitles on DVDs are (generally) VOBSUB graphic subtitles. Technically, these are not allowed in MP4 files, but... handbrake will make an exception and put them in, because MOST players accept them. When Bluray came out, the subtitles were PGS... which (again) are not allowed in MP4 files, but ther...

Actually, I could make a sticky for it, but... stickies are for people who actually read the forum. If you look at the existing stickies, you'll see they're ignored by a LOT of people. And, technically, this is an intermittent problem that just keeps happening. At first, it was a couple of times a y...

Yes, it is broken. No, it's not something new - it gets reported about 2 to 3 times per month. The owner hasn't fixed it in the couple of years since it broke.

Different versions of Linux require changes to the binary. The easiest way to deal with that has been to compile the parts that change on the system in question. There are ways to "fix" that - you compile a version that includes everything that is used, not relying on the person's local op...

Just the one disk, or all disks? You don't say, and some disks can have issues.

That depends on what software you have available. MakeMKV doesn't write disks, so it isn't going to help. What different disk writers want varies.

You are trying to flash with an incompatible firmware. Your drive is an NS40, but they didn't get the new chip until the xx50 series and later.

Pioneer drives are considered very good, but... the manufacturer has blocked new drives from ripping 4K disks. If it was built on or after 12/22/2022, it won't work, with certain minor exceptions.

If you're looking to rip 4K disks, then you'll need one of the drives that supports that. There are topics about those, starting with Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2024 . As for drives to store stuff on, a lot will depend on how much you wish to store, and whether or not you want to red...

"Best external drives" for what? Reading disks, or storing data? They're different things.

And storing data depends on how your plex server is set up. Some of us have plex available as an add-on to other hardware; others set up a plex server and add drives to them.