New Here External Hard Drive Issue

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Davidxxx69
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New Here External Hard Drive Issue

Post by Davidxxx69 »

I hope I’m not asking something that’s been asked before. But I downloaded MakeMkv and I just got an external Blu ray drive to rip a couple of movies. Now I can’t seem to get MakeMkv to read from the external hard drive.
Is there a quick fix for this?

Thank you in advance.
Woodstock
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Re: New Here External Hard Drive Issue

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USB drive?

USB provides power to devices, but only a limited amount. If you use a non-powered USB hub, that limited amount gets shared between all devices. USB-powered hard drives eat a lot of that. USB-powered optical drives eat a lot of that. Use both at one, and things start to fail in "mysterious ways".
godsey1
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Re: New Here External Hard Drive Issue

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Does it see the Blu ray drive? I use one for my blu rays and it works great. Click on the drive drop down box and see if it shows up there. I have to do that to mine sometimes but has always worked.
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