Denial is a powerful thing
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 2:13 pm
I've been happily ripping 4Ks for about a year on and off, then recently bought some new ones.
Ripped 3 movies fine.
Then "The Substance" appeared to rip fine, but playback of the output file broke at about 45 mins in.
Then "Deadpool & Wolverine" failed with hash check errors.
Then "Get Out" failed with hash check errors.
In-between these failures, other films ripped successfully - and so did a fresh attempt at "The Substance", fuelling my denial that the drive was starting to fail.
Nevertheless, I eventually got a new drive. Because maybe it's those discs? Maybe it's that Linux thing?
Yeah... that original drive is failing. Don't be me, don't live in denial, drives fail.
Ripped 3 movies fine.
Then "The Substance" appeared to rip fine, but playback of the output file broke at about 45 mins in.
Then "Deadpool & Wolverine" failed with hash check errors.
Then "Get Out" failed with hash check errors.
In-between these failures, other films ripped successfully - and so did a fresh attempt at "The Substance", fuelling my denial that the drive was starting to fail.
Nevertheless, I eventually got a new drive. Because maybe it's those discs? Maybe it's that Linux thing?
Yeah... that original drive is failing. Don't be me, don't live in denial, drives fail.