[SOLVED - See my last post] Using an external drive as my destination
[SOLVED - See my last post] Using an external drive as my destination
I’m having terrific success using MakeMKV to convert my extensive movie dvd collection to a set of files. My only problem is using an external hard drive as the destination, I’m getting a “permission” error. This may not be an MakeMKV issue, I realize, but wanted to see if anyone had something similar and was able to resolve it. My OS is Linux Mint running on a T61 Lenovo Thinkpad. MakeMKV Version 1.17.7 [Linux (x64-release)]…
Last edited by pauliej on Mon Sep 02, 2024 7:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Using an external drive as my destination
Need more info.
Where did you install MakeMKV from? Flatpak, docker image, or compiled it yourself? It's possible that MakeMKV is being sandboxed and can't write to external volumes without granting extra permissions for it.
Where did you install MakeMKV from? Flatpak, docker image, or compiled it yourself? It's possible that MakeMKV is being sandboxed and can't write to external volumes without granting extra permissions for it.
Re: Using an external drive as my destination
find the mounted directory with:
change the owner with:
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df -h
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chown -R $USER:$USER "/the/mounted/directory"
Re: Using an external drive as my destination
The chown command idea did not eliminate the error, so I will do a reinstall using this:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/how-to-inst ... -on-ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/how-to-inst ... -on-ubuntu
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Re: Using an external drive as my destination
It sounds like you have a Ubuntu snap version of MakeMKV.
Run this command: sudo snap connect makemkv:removable-storage
That should grant it access to external drives.
Run this command: sudo snap connect makemkv:removable-storage
That should grant it access to external drives.
Re: Using an external drive as my destination
I tried the command but got this:
paulie@paulie-ThinkPad-T61:~$ sudo snap connect makemkv:removable-storage error: snap "makemkv" has no plug named "removable-storage"
paulie@paulie-ThinkPad-T61:~$ sudo snap connect makemkv:removable-storage error: snap "makemkv" has no plug named "removable-storage"
Re: Using an external drive as my destination
Problem solved! By uninstalling my app and re-installing using the below instructions I can now write to an external hard drive.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:heyarje/makemkv-beta
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install makemkv-bin makemkv-oss
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:heyarje/makemkv-beta
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install makemkv-bin makemkv-oss