I have 2 sets of discs blu ray Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit which I have a lot of problems ripping with MakeMKV.
There are no errors reported when ripping but the content contains the same faulty output in the same places in the movies. Re-ripping does not vary where the problems occur.
I wondered if it were the discs so bought a completely brand new set to rip. I actually bought a spanish version instead of the english, but selected the english soundtrack hoping a slight variation in production might also affect things positively.
However the problems occur in the same place in the movies.
I then bought a new blu ray drive of a different type, so now I have an asus external blu ray drive Bw-16D1x-U and a internal BW-16D1HT
Both drives produce the same issue in the same places on both editions. Again nothing reported as an error when ripping.
I do not get issues with any other films I have ripped.
So I have tried
2 different drives
2 different editions
I recently tried to do the hobbit trilogy but got the same issue, positionally fixed corruptions whichever drive I used. This time I decided against buying another set of the hobbit.
Finally I tried to use DVDFab and got the same problem.
My only conclusion is that there are common faults in LOTR/HOBBIT discs OR my drives both have an inability to read the disc content in the same location
Does anybody have similar experiences with these discs? Note I have UK versions which may be quite different to U.S pressed versions.
Thanks,
Errors - One rip to rule them all
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Re: Errors - One rip to rule them all
Both LOTR and HOBBIT box sets are well known to be notoriously bad quality pressings. There are many threads about them.SteamIronUK wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 8:24 amI have 2 sets of discs blu ray Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit which I have a lot of problems ripping with MakeMKV.
There are no errors reported when ripping but the content contains the same faulty output in the same places in the movies. Re-ripping does not vary where the problems occur.
I wondered if it were the discs so bought a completely brand new set to rip. I actually bought a spanish version instead of the english, but selected the english soundtrack hoping a slight variation in production might also affect things positively.
However the problems occur in the same place in the movies.
I then bought a new blu ray drive of a different type, so now I have an asus external blu ray drive Bw-16D1x-U and a internal BW-16D1HT
Both drives produce the same issue in the same places on both editions. Again nothing reported as an error when ripping.
I do not get issues with any other films I have ripped.
So I have tried
2 different drives
2 different editions
I recently tried to do the hobbit trilogy but got the same issue, positionally fixed corruptions whichever drive I used. This time I decided against buying another set of the hobbit.
Finally I tried to use DVDFab and got the same problem.
My only conclusion is that there are common faults in LOTR/HOBBIT discs OR my drives both have an inability to read the disc content in the same location
Does anybody have similar experiences with these discs? Note I have UK versions which may be quite different to U.S pressed versions.
Thanks,
Cheers
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