Question about Zone locked Blu Ray ripping

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kylo40
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Question about Zone locked Blu Ray ripping

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I work at a cult cinema in Norway where we sometimes rip Blu Rays when screening films. We have had some problems with ripping Zone A locked films, unfortunately. From what i have read in this sub, zone locks are software based and not harware based. However, i usually have had problems with ripping Zone A Blu Rays. Make MKV won't read most of them. For example, i tried "The Neverending Story 2" and "Beyond the Black Rainbow", who were both Zone A films. None of them worked. On the other hand, i tired ripping the Criterion release of "My life as a dog", and that worked perfectly.

I need a consistent way of ripping Zone A Blu Rays when we are forced to import films from the US. Does anyone know why the films i mentioned are not rippable? Will it work if i get a ripper from the US? Or should i just buy a Zone A player and screen through HDMI?
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Re: Question about Zone locked Blu Ray ripping

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region a discs should work fine in makemkv likly something wrong with the disc or your players posting the error log would help us help you
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Re: Question about Zone locked Blu Ray ripping

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viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30124

The exact same post.
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Re: Question about Zone locked Blu Ray ripping

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dcoke22 wrote:
Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:27 pm
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30124

The exact same post.
hmm yeah thats weird and their other account seems hacked has some weird link below im not clicking on
if this is a bot i dont get the point of it just to waste our time to train their dumb algorithm or some junk?
or did they forget their password they made 2 weeks ago lol
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Re: Question about Zone locked Blu Ray ripping

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Billycar11 wrote:
Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:30 pm
hmm yeah thats weird and their other account seems hacked has some weird link below im not clicking on
if this is a bot i dont get the point of it just to waste our time to train their dumb algorithm or some junk?
or did they forget their password they made 2 weeks ago lol
Woodstock said this:
people like to post identical things, THEN modify them to have scam links in them.
Scammers gonna scam I guess.
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Re: Question about Zone locked Blu Ray ripping

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And I'd appreciate it if people let me know about the now-deleted post.
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