Something is missing, but not sure what - plz help!

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Feral Moose
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Something is missing, but not sure what - plz help!

Post by Feral Moose »

Been using MakeMKV for years under Windows. Recently switched to Linux (Bazzite) and I'm still learning to use it correctly.

The issue I'm having is, after installing MakeMKV from a Flatpak, the program runs, seemingly without issue (there's no error message), but it posts the following in the log and simply won't do anything else:

MakeMKV v1.18.2 linux(x64-release) started
The program can't find any usable optical drives.

The last line is not unexpected as there are no optical drives in my system. When I try to open an index.bdmv (as I've done many times in Windows) nothing happens. I assume I'm missing a library, or something, but I don't know which, or how to install it. I could use a little hand-holding, if some kind soul could walk me through it.

Thanks!
pimpa
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Re: Something is missing, but not sure what - plz help!

Post by pimpa »

I don't use the Flatpak version but it could be a permissions issue with which drives/paths the flatpak app is able to see...that is something that I've experienced with other flatpak apps in the past at least. You could try using Flatseal (https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal) to edit the permissions for the app.
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