Dirty Dancing - Can't backup!

[MartyMcNuts]

Excuse me, I bump this thread, because this matter really bugs me.
I'd like to buy Red Heat and Angel Heart UHDs (US releases), but I read they both have screenpass.
The thing is, from the UHDs I have that supposedly have screenpass:
Dirty Dancing (AU)
Basic Instinct (US)
Kickboxer (US)
Universal Soldier (US)

only the first can't play properly.
What does that mean? Why is that?
So, I wonder if those couple I'd like to buy would play properly too.
I repeat, I want to play my discs on the fly, and not having to make mkv rips on my hard drive.

If you want to play them and not rip them, you'd be far better off buying an actual standalone UHD disc player and connect to to your TV.. Far better than wearing out your PC optical drive.

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Excuse me, I bump this thread, because this matter really bugs me.
I'd like to buy Red Heat and Angel Heart UHDs (US releases), but I read they both have screenpass.
The thing is, from the UHDs I have that supposedly have screenpass:
Dirty Dancing (AU)
Basic Instinct (US)
Kickboxer (US)
Universal Soldier (US)

only the first can't play properly.
What does that mean? Why is that?
So, I wonder if those couple I'd like to buy would play properly too.
I repeat, I want to play my discs on the fly, and not having to make mkv rips on my hard drive.

If you want to play them and not rip them, you'd be far better off buying an actual standalone UHD disc player and connect to to your TV.. Far better than wearing out your PC optical drive.

I don't have a TV! I don't watch TV at all!
So, I watch everything on my pc.

Anyway, do we know anything about those 2 discs I mentioned and their behavior?

[MartyMcNuts]

Excuse me, I bump this thread, because this matter really bugs me.
I'd like to buy Red Heat and Angel Heart UHDs (US releases), but I read they both have screenpass.
The thing is, from the UHDs I have that supposedly have screenpass:
Dirty Dancing (AU)
Basic Instinct (US)
Kickboxer (US)
Universal Soldier (US)

only the first can't play properly.
What does that mean? Why is that?
So, I wonder if those couple I'd like to buy would play properly too.
I repeat, I want to play my discs on the fly, and not having to make mkv rips on my hard drive.

If you want to play them and not rip them, you'd be far better off buying an actual standalone UHD disc player and connect to to your TV.. Far better than wearing out your PC optical drive.

I don't have a TV! I don't watch TV at all!
So, I watch everything on my pc.

Anyway, do we know anything about those 2 discs I mentioned and their behavior?

This is the MakeMKV forum. Since you are not using MakeMKV to rip your discs, you should probably ask your question elsewhere. Probably a forum for your player of choice?

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But I use makemkv integration to my players, to be able to play the discs.
So, I do think it's relevant.
And anyway, since screen pass protected UHD discs, aren't ripped properly by makemkv too, I thought to ask here about those 2 UHD discs I'm after, in case anyone is having a problem with them.

[MartyMcNuts]

But I use makemkv integration to my players, to be able to play the discs.
So, I do think it's relevant.
And anyway, since screen pass protected UHD discs, aren't ripped properly by makemkv too, I thought to ask here about those 2 UHD discs I'm after, in case anyone is having a problem with them.

Screen pass is no issue at all for MakeMKV when ripping.

Either you have a bad disc or your drive simply doesn't like that disc. It might sound silly but one drive will not read every disc. This is why most of us have multiple drives (I have 5 drives myself, 3 x Pioneer and 2 x LG drives) although I generally only use 2 of the Pioneer drives these days. If a disc doesn't read in one drive, it will in one of the others.

I've had my Universal Soldier UHD disc for a couple of years now and had no issues ripping it. I don't have any of the others you listed.

1. Clean the disc
2. Ensure the drive is always getting sufficient power by using ports directly from the motherboard (USB-C is best if possible otherwise USB 3+) or an AC powered USB hub of at least 24w. Do not use case ports.

Have you actually tried backing up the disc to a folder using MakeMKV?? I know you don't want to rip them but you may have to for this one to figure out what the problem is. Try doing a folder backup (2nd button from left) and if it fails, paste the log window text here.