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by seamus
Sun Jul 20, 2025 7:54 pm
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: MakeMKV hangs/freezes when attempting to read disc
Replies: 22
Views: 1417

Re: MakeMKV hangs/freezes when attempting to read disc

I don't see what the problem is.... If i wanted to rip a DVD and MakeMKV was having trouble doing it, I would not heistate to go back to using those older, tried and tested DVD ripping applications. So what if they are old. Nothing has really changed with DVD over the years so there's no need for n...
by seamus
Sat Jul 19, 2025 10:52 pm
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: MakeMKV hangs/freezes when attempting to read disc
Replies: 22
Views: 1417

Re: MakeMKV hangs/freezes when attempting to read disc

Do you have a different drive you can try? Since it is a DVD, just about any drive will work , even an old Apple SuperDrive if you've got one collecting dust in a closet. FWIW: My experience (recent and limited as it may be) suggests that the drive DOES make a difference - on DVDs and BDs. I've bee...
by seamus
Sat Jul 19, 2025 10:18 pm
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: MakeMKV hangs/freezes when attempting to read disc
Replies: 22
Views: 1417

Re: MakeMKV hangs/freezes when attempting to read disc

This proclamation is news to me, so I'd like to get some details! I'm new at this, but have now ripped over 700 DVDs and BDs in the past 3 weeks. In general I've noticed that MakeMKV seems to struggle more frequently with DVDs than with BDs, and it's failed completely on about 10 DVDs. I initially ...
by seamus
Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:21 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Combining multiple titles to one movie.mkv file
Replies: 34
Views: 130394

Re: Combining multiple titles to one movie.mkv file

So yeah - for at least some of us - a "merge" feature in MakeMKV would be quite useful. https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies/#multiple-parts It would seem that Jellyfin does support movies that have multiple parts. Since I don't use Jellyfin, I have not tried it. I've not...
by seamus
Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:54 am
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: MakeMKV hangs/freezes when attempting to read disc
Replies: 22
Views: 1417

Re: MakeMKV hangs/freezes when attempting to read disc

Although MakeMKV can rip DVD discs, it is not the best software for doing so. There are plenty of other software applications that are better at ripping DVD discs. MakeMKV is the best when it comes to BD/UHD ripping though!! This proclamation is news to me, so I'd like to get some details! I'm new ...
by seamus
Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:35 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Combining multiple titles to one movie.mkv file
Replies: 34
Views: 130394

Re: Combining multiple titles to one movie.mkv file

I have the movie Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) which is too big to fit on a single disc, consequently, I have two .mkv files that make up the entire movie. I do most of my movie watching via Plex. Plex has a feature that allows for a movie to be split across multiple files. ( https://support....
by seamus
Fri Jul 11, 2025 5:15 am
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: Posix & Scsi errors lead to failure - is this "structure protection"?
Replies: 1
Views: 1416

Posix & Scsi errors lead to failure - is this "structure protection"?

While attempting to process a DVD w/ MakeMKV on my macOS Sequoia, the failure was preceded by a number of entries in the "console area" of the screen: Saving 1 titles into directory /Users/seamus/Movies/V FOR VENDETTA Immediately followed by this error which repeats 5 times: Error 'Posix e...
by seamus
Sun Jul 06, 2025 6:06 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Double trouble... is LibreDrive the answer?
Replies: 3
Views: 911

Re: Double trouble... is LibreDrive the answer?

I have a Pioneer drive, and an ASUS drive. I've used them interchangeably with my macOS 15 Sequoia iMac ... I've been keen to try LibreDrive, but haven't done so because I don't know where to find/download the firmware. And now I'm motivated to try it to see if it will "fix" this performa...
by seamus
Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:38 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Double trouble... is LibreDrive the answer?
Replies: 3
Views: 911

Double trouble... is LibreDrive the answer?

I have a Pioneer drive, and an ASUS drive. I've used them interchangeably with my macOS 15 Sequoia iMac (Apple Silicon). I updated the firmware on my Pioneer drive to a 2024 version (before I learned of LibreDrive). Yesterday, I began ripping a collection of brand-new, out-of-the-box BluRays. I inst...
by seamus
Fri Jul 04, 2025 6:11 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: John Wick 2014 4K
Replies: 9
Views: 8883

Re: John Wick 2014 4K

I am a MakeMKV newbie. I just encountered the issue that I think is under discussion here... trying to rip "John Wick" from a disk that's said to be: "4KUltraHD, BluRay, Digital HD". All I wanted was the BluRay (1920x1080). There were over 200 titles listed, they were all pre-se...
by seamus
Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:21 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: John Wick 2014 4K
Replies: 9
Views: 8883

Re: John Wick 2014 4K

I am a MakeMKV newbie. I just encountered the issue that I think is under discussion here... trying to rip "John Wick" from a disk that's said to be: "4KUltraHD, BluRay, Digital HD". All I wanted was the BluRay (1920x1080). There were over 200 titles listed, they were all pre-sel...
by seamus
Sun Jun 29, 2025 12:00 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Combining multiple titles to one movie.mkv file
Replies: 34
Views: 130394

Re: Combining multiple titles to one movie.mkv file

I've just read this post, and there seems to be much confusion. I might make it worse, but I'll try to explain the feature that would be useful - or perhaps (??) it's already embedded in MakeMKV: I'll use two examples of a single movie that is split across two BRDs (BluRay Disks): 1. Lawrence of Ara...
by seamus
Wed Jun 25, 2025 8:17 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Gatekeeper Mac Sequoia 15.5
Replies: 1
Views: 839

Re: Gatekeeper Mac Sequoia 15.5

I installed MakeMKV ver 1.18.1 on a macOS 15.5 just a few days ago. The "Gatekeeper" stuff has gotten pretty convoluted in Sequoia, but I didn't have any real issues.
by seamus
Wed Jun 25, 2025 8:08 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Has anyone been able to test MacOS 15.5 yet?
Replies: 6
Views: 4289

Re: Has anyone been able to test MacOS 15.5 yet?

I successfully installed MakeMKV ver 1.18.1 on a macOS 15.5 just a few days ago. It was an iMac with an Intel processor - not the ARM processor.
by seamus
Wed Jun 25, 2025 8:05 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1
Replies: 143
Views: 94823

Re: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1

This is all "IMHO", but: I've been using Macs since 2012. It's been my observation that Apple's annual software releases have been getting worse, sloppier and more ill-behaved with each annual release. Recently, it's gotten truly abysmal. That said, I was able to install ver 1.18.1 on a ma...