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Feature request

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 10:10 am
by carl.carlson
Hi!

I would love a command line parameter to fix makemkv to a specific drive. So it does not try to scan for drives and to fiddle arround with another drive which might be ripping a disc currently. This is always a little anyoing for me.

Something like this:

$ makemkv -d /dev/sr0


That would be great!

Re: Feature request

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 3:06 pm
by Woodstock
Did you realize that you can have MakeMKV ask you which drive to attach to on start-up?

Start the program, use the wrench icon to enter setup, click on "IO", select "single drive mode". Save the configuration. Restart MakeMKV.

You will be asked whether to operate in all-drive or single drive mode, selecting which drive to tie this instance to. I have two drives, so I keep two copies running, one for each drive.

Re: Feature request

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2026 6:17 pm
by carl.carlson
Wow, thanks!

I'm to used to calling a program with -h