Problems w/1st rip/backup (DVD content)
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 7:59 pm
Hello everybody,
MMKV was recommended to me by a friend; thus it has a cosy space on my HDD now...
However, I've run into some problems & weird behaviour - turning to y'all to ask for your kind help.
FYI, relevant tec-data:
a) PC: Apple Silicon M3pro chipset (11/14cores, FWIW) -> ext. Apple SuperDrive (DVD+R-DL HL-DT-ST DVDRW GX50N RR06 KX1E9M33045d)
b) OS: macOS 26.4 "DaHoe" (most recent release)
c) MMKV: is V1.18.3/darwin arm64 (should be most recent, too?) / eval. exp. 1 April & version exp. 21 May
Problems:
1. VLC & Handbrake integrations ain't working: Exactly as described in another thread (quote below); VLC is most recent (3.23 'vetinari').
2. MAIN GRIPE: I cannot create a backup of a movie DVD: MMKV loads disc-data OK, .iso won't work though ->
2.1 MMKV produces several error-messages (in MMKV main window) of corrupt files, but keeps on writing the .iso...
2.2 ...until it breaks down saying not much more than: "backup could not be created"...
2.3 Xtra strange: Every appr. 10-20sec, the DVD-app opens & starts to display the movie's main menu...?!
FWIW, never did I have as many problems before to rip a DVD... but then again, this is my 1st (and most probably, my last!) Macbook, and I'm still new to this entire Apple-thing (which mainly seems to consist of trying to keep me away from actually working with the system... feels like jail...
).
In advance, I do thank y'all for taking the time to read this & any helpful thoughts/measures suggested!
OFC, if you need any further info, just let me know.
marcador
PS: Quote reg. Q1:
MMKV was recommended to me by a friend; thus it has a cosy space on my HDD now...
However, I've run into some problems & weird behaviour - turning to y'all to ask for your kind help.
FYI, relevant tec-data:
a) PC: Apple Silicon M3pro chipset (11/14cores, FWIW) -> ext. Apple SuperDrive (DVD+R-DL HL-DT-ST DVDRW GX50N RR06 KX1E9M33045d)
b) OS: macOS 26.4 "DaHoe" (most recent release)
c) MMKV: is V1.18.3/darwin arm64 (should be most recent, too?) / eval. exp. 1 April & version exp. 21 May
Problems:
1. VLC & Handbrake integrations ain't working: Exactly as described in another thread (quote below); VLC is most recent (3.23 'vetinari').
2. MAIN GRIPE: I cannot create a backup of a movie DVD: MMKV loads disc-data OK, .iso won't work though ->
2.1 MMKV produces several error-messages (in MMKV main window) of corrupt files, but keeps on writing the .iso...
2.2 ...until it breaks down saying not much more than: "backup could not be created"...
2.3 Xtra strange: Every appr. 10-20sec, the DVD-app opens & starts to display the movie's main menu...?!
FWIW, never did I have as many problems before to rip a DVD... but then again, this is my 1st (and most probably, my last!) Macbook, and I'm still new to this entire Apple-thing (which mainly seems to consist of trying to keep me away from actually working with the system... feels like jail...
).In advance, I do thank y'all for taking the time to read this & any helpful thoughts/measures suggested!
OFC, if you need any further info, just let me know.
marcador
PS: Quote reg. Q1:
whitedb wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 5:39 pmWith a disc loaded in MKV I can open the preferences and then click in the tab for integration. I then select the box for VLC and click apply.
I get a dialogue box asking for my admin password which I enter. The dialogue box disappears but the settings are not changed. The blue tick for VCL disappears and if I close the preferences and re-open them the integration with VLC is still not checked. This is confirmed when I try to play a Bluray in VLC and I get the error. "This Blu-ray Disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it."