Fun with Manual Mode

[dred1367]

I've been trying to rip Hey Arnold! and Rocko's Modern Life Complete Series DVDs.

The problem I'm running into is that each episode on disc contains 2 15 minute episodes, and in order for THETVDB to scrape properly, I need to split those episodes.

Example: S01E01 on disk contains S01E01 & S01E02

The string would work out to the following (I worked it out by matching titles and chapters in VLC):
3:1-2;3:3-4;6:1-2;6:3-4;9:1-2;9:3-4;18:1-2;18:3-4;15:1-2;15:3-4;21:1-2;21:3-4;11:1-2;11:3-4

Which, for some reason doesn't work. It gives me the following error:

Optical drive "BD-ROM WD Virtual CD 1112 1004" opened in DASPI v1.5 mode.
Using direct disc access mode
Open DVD manually : "3:1-2;3:3-4;6:1-2"
Manual String parse error : chapter 6 is invalid, should be 1-5
Manual String parse error : invalid subtoken: 6
Manual String parse error : invalid token: 3:1-2;3:3-4;6:1-2
Failed to open disc

This happens for every title with a higher number than 5 when included in a long string like posted above.

My workaround is that if I split the string into segments, it works on an individual basis.

For Example:
6:1-2;6:3-4 does not work

but...

6:1-2 works on its own
6:3-4 works on its own
etc.

Interestingly, as long as the title number is lower than 5, which only occurs with title 3, the string works fine:
3:1-2;3:3-4

but obviously, its a pain in the ass to rip individual 15 minute episodes by opening them individually and ripping one at a time.

Anyone have a solution for this?

EDIT: Here is a log dump

MakeMKV v1.9.4 darwin(x86-release) started
Optical drive "DVD+R-DL HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NS95 RN00" opened in DASPI v1.5 mode.
Optical drive "BD-RE HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS40 1.01" opened in DASPI v1.5 mode.
Error 'Scsi error - ILLEGAL REQUEST:INVALID COMMAND OPERATION CODE' occurred while issuing SCSI command 46020..00140 to device 'DASPI:IODASPIService:1fbfac9302cf07ab:'
Optical drive "BD-ROM WD Virtual CD 1112 1004" opened in DASPI v1.5 mode.
Using direct disc access mode
Open DVD manually : "3:1-2;3:3-4;6:1-2"
Manual String parse error : chapter 6 is invalid, should be 1-5
Manual String parse error : invalid subtoken: 6
Manual String parse error : invalid token: 3:1-2;3:3-4;6:1-2
Failed to open disc

[ndjamena]

You separate custom titles with a SPACE not a semicolon.

/manualdvd/

[ndjamena]

And you can name a file S01E01-02 if you need to scrape multiple episodes in a single file (it's difficult to get a player to use the metadata properly though.)

(There are other valid ways as well.)

[dred1367]

@ndjamena: The space worked! Thank you so much!

I'm not sure why I started using semicolons, but I do know now that the only reason its worked in the past is because all chapters were on the same title. So it was like 13:1-5;13:6-9;13:10-14 etc etc. When that title number changes though, a semicolon no longer works as a separator.

anyway, I'll probably just use the space from here on out. Thanks again for your response!