snap and saving to another folder

[dennis__]

I installed Makemkv 1.17.6 onto ubuntu 20.04.6 via snap. My OS and ~ are on a tiny drive. I changed my "Defalut destination" to "SemiAuto" and then entered a different disk as the path.

When I rip a blue ray I get this error

Directory /media/dennis/2_TB_DISK/Movies/The Hunger Games- The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes is invalid

Is this because I am using snaps? If so, is there a work around?

[Woodstock]

Sometimes, names that contain spaces don't QUITE work out. One test is to copy the whole file name, and try creating it manually. Can it be "opened"?

Spaces are a big "gotcha". Also, file names that don't match up with what is actually there can be a problem.

[dennis__]

For me, this was an issue with snap. I have avoided them in the past and so ran into this beginners problem.

sudo snap connect makemkv:removable-media
sudo snap disconnect makemkv:removable-media

I plan on using automatic ripping machine or something like it eventually but these work for now.

[dennis__]

Thanks for your response. I should have been more clear. The error prevented Makemkv from even creating a folder let alone starting the ripping process. It just bombed immediately.

[Woodstock]

That's possibly because of the snap; I cannot say, but I have heard that they limit abilities to protect users from malicious files. It MAY be that "create a directory on a remote drive" is one of those protections.

If you've created the directory, does it allow you to write to it?

[flojo]

That's a bad error message! Post the whole log, maybe it can be demystified. This could be a permission issue, a whitespace issue or a Makemkv issue (the error message certainly is).

Why do you have this stuff in "/media/dennis" and not "/home/dennis"? What is $HOME set to?

[dcoke22]

Why do you have this stuff in "/media/dennis" and not "/home/dennis"? What is $HOME set to?

I'd guess /media is where external drives are mounted.

[flojo]

I'd guess /media is where external drives are mounted.

You are correct, sorry, I forgot that's a default for auto mounting (I put them in home).