Disc streams fail to rip, backup ISO fully works

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Niggi Biggi
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Disc streams fail to rip, backup ISO fully works

Post by Niggi Biggi »

I've been trying to rip all the streams to MKV from the Blu-ray audio album "Drums and Wires" by XTC:
https://www.discogs.com/release/3522771 ... -And-Wires

However, only the remixed audio rips properly, whereas none of the original mixes retain their audio after ripping (XTC_t00, t01, t04, t07).
These can only be played if I use VLC to decrypt the disc or mount an ISO made from a MakeMKV disc backup.

I have also tried ripping all streams using two different drives, the LG BH16NS55 and Asus BW-16D1HT drives, flashed with the appropriate firmware, but the results remain the same.

Could it be a keydb.cfg problem, or do I perhaps have a faulty disc?

I have attached a few screenshots of my rips, as well as the disc opened up inside of MakeMKV.

OS: Kubuntu 26.10
MakeMKV Version: 1.18.3

EDIT 05.06.2026: I've included a log file for the whole rip of the Blu-ray, though I'm not sure this will illuminate any problems.
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dcoke22
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Re: Disc streams fail to rip, backup ISO fully works

Post by dcoke22 »

According to the log file MakeMKV successfully saved 9 files. Is that what you expect?

Since it is able to rip titles on the disc, things are being successfully decrypted. You do not have a keydb.cfg problem.

What does MediaInfo say about the .mkv files MakeMKV produced?
Niggi Biggi
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Re: Disc streams fail to rip, backup ISO fully works

Post by Niggi Biggi »

dcoke22 wrote: Sat Jun 06, 2026 12:18 pm According to the log file MakeMKV successfully saved 9 files. Is that what you expect?

Since it is able to rip titles on the disc, things are being successfully decrypted. You do not have a keydb.cfg problem.

What does MediaInfo say about the .mkv files MakeMKV produced?
MediaInfo doesn't tell me anything useful about the files.

However, I have looked into it more, and have found some peculiar things.
I have written notes about the process which detail the solution for my problems with this particular disc.
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