Ripping with Two drives

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cybergools
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Ripping with Two drives

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Hello
I have two Pioneer bd04 drives. Individually boith work fine to rip bluray and UHd disks but cant use both together.
Any ideas how i set up so both can run together?
Thanks
Woodstock
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Re: Ripping with Two drives

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Are you trying to run separate copies of MakeMKV, each talking to one drive, to use them "together"?
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cybergools
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Re: Ripping with Two drives

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cybergools wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:18 pm
Hello
I have two Pioneer bd04 drives. Individually boith work fine to rip bluray and UHd disks but cant use both together.
Any ideas how i set up so both can run together?
Thanks
I have one MKV account and two drives
Woodstock
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Re: Ripping with Two drives

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If you want to rip more than one disk at a time, you can start MakeMKV in "single drive mode", which will ask you which drive to assign to the "running copy" as you start it. MakeMKV only extracts one copy at a time, but you can run more than one copy.

When you have more than one drive available, the Preferences>IO page will have a checkbox, "Ask for single drive mode". Check it, and you'll get the question each time MakeMKV starts.
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garretn
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Re: Ripping with Two drives

Post by garretn »

I use two drives myself, at the same time, and yes it can be problematic at times. To date I haven't decided if there is an actual MakeMKV issue, a Linux issue, a LibreDrive or firmware issue, or a simple mechanical one from having two drives above/below each other spinning for an extended period of time.

Some notes:
  • Start two instances of MakeMKV, select an exclusive drive each, before opening discs in either instance.
  • Let one start to rip "in earnest" before starting the second one. I seem to have better success if I avoid "rocking the boat", though this is not consistent.
  • If one fails, don't do anything with it until the other one finishes, it seems to increase the likelihood that that one will fail too.
  • I only have issues if it's a BD, DVDs never fail. I can go to town with these.
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