MKV gets stuck

[Filmy]

Hi there. I am ripping Lord of the rings the two towers, the second disc of the appendices. MKV gets stuck at the same spot each time (TItle ID 18; VOBU 39398) with the remaining time of "opening disc" counting up (see picture). I let it run for 6 hours the first time with no progress. There is no message in the log. Had no problems so far with any other disc. Any ideas what could cause the problem?

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[ADBonaMac]

Same issue here and I've now tried two different disks and both a BlueRay and DVD drive on three or four different versions of MakeMKV.

Like you I am using a Mac (mine is a M1 iMac) but yet to try it on a PC.

I've tried adding the latest keyfile as per viewtopic.php?f=12&t=35328&p=159508 but that did not help (or I am putting it in the wrong place on a Mac - /Users/andrew/Library/MakeMKV).

No dump or errors that I can see and mine stops in exactly the same place as yours.

Activity Monitor shows MakeMKV ticking over at around 1% CPU but no obvious change in disk use (read or write) and the sub-process (MakeMKVcon) is not showing any CPU or disk.

The DVD drive stops spinning as the search hits the same point as your screen shot.

[Ezatoka]

You could try to use a different DVD opening mode to see, if that helps.

Besides, Keyfile will never help with DVDs, as it's a BluRay thing.

[Filmy]

I tried changing the opening mode but it did not help. Is this a problem with an individual file on the DVD? Is there a way to manually open the files that are OK?

[Filmy]

Hi, does anyone else have any ideas what I could try out to fix the problem?

[dcoke22]

When it comes to DVDs, some users have reported having luck using older versions of MakeMKV. If you have a license for MakeMKV you can use old versions. https://makemkv.com/download/old/

The DVD engine in MakeMKV was rewritten in 1.17.0 according to the revision history. Try using 1.16.7 to use the old DVD engine.

[Filmy]

Thanks, dcoke22. I don't have a licence. Where can I find information about buying one? I don't see anything on the website.

[d00zah]

Thanks, dcoke22. I don't have a licence. Where can I find information about buying one? I don't see anything on the website.

MakrMKV menu bar > Help > Purchase

[dcoke22]

https://makemkv.com/buy/

[Filmy]

Thank you both! Sadly, this is too expensive for me just for one DVD so I'll have to pass.