makemkv no longer reads Blu-ray ISO files

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charlie14
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makemkv no longer reads Blu-ray ISO files

Post by charlie14 »

Recently, MakeMKV has stopped reading Blu-ray ISOs. After selecting the ISO, the program freezes. I've tried it on three different computers and with various ISOs. No luck. Even after reinstalling it on a fresh Windows 11 system, nothing has changed. What could be causing this?
Woodstock
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Re: makemkv no longer reads Blu-ray ISO files

Post by Woodstock »

Which version of MakeMKV?

There have been reports of the latest 2.0 version having issues with ISOs, but older versions work fine.
charlie14
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Re: makemkv no longer reads Blu-ray ISO files

Post by charlie14 »

2.0.0
I’ve reinstalled it on three different computers. No chance – it just freezes.
Woodstock
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Re: makemkv no longer reads Blu-ray ISO files

Post by Woodstock »

Then I'd recommend picking up one of the 1.18.x versions, if you don't already have it. They're all at https://www.makemkv.com/download/old/ to pull the one you want/need.

You can have multiple versions installed. I have about 8 here, along with the install files for others. You can even run multiple versions at one time, as long as they're controlling different drives.
charlie14
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Re: makemkv no longer reads Blu-ray ISO files

Post by charlie14 »

Hello, and thank you for the tip.
I’ve reverted to version 1.18.4.
It’s now working as it did before.
AlexKid
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Re: makemkv no longer reads Blu-ray ISO files

Post by AlexKid »

thank you
I had the same error, while loading an ISO makemkv freezes and returns an "ERROR"
with v1.18.4 all is fine