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Registration code on headless server

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:36 pm
by habbywall
Hi all!

I'm running MakeMKV on a headless Ubuntu server. I recently purchased a registration code and am having trouble entering it properly. I've created a file in /home/USER/.MakeMKV/settings.conf with contents

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app_Key="appkeyhere"
and it doesn't seem to be responding as everytime I go to rip it is coming back saying I need to purchase the software.

Should I be putting this file somewhere else or doing it a different way?

Re: Registration code on headless server

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 10:32 pm
by bmillham
habbywall wrote:
Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:36 pm
Hi all!

I'm running MakeMKV on a headless Ubuntu server. I recently purchased a registration code and am having trouble entering it properly. I've created a file in /home/USER/.MakeMKV/settings.conf with contents

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app_Key="appkeyhere"
and it doesn't seem to be responding as everytime I go to rip it is coming back saying I need to purchase the software.

Should I be putting this file somewhere else or doing it a different way?
The filename and location look correct. The only difference from your example that I see in my .MakeMKV is that there are spaces around the =. I don't know if MakeMKV is that picky about the spaces but it's worth a try.

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app_Key = "keygoeshere"
Also I believe that the key itself is case sensitive, so make sure that it exactly matches.