makemkv hangs, makemkvcon at 100%

[nordwand]

Hi all

MakeMKV v1.18.3 (new compiled)
Registered user.
Arch Linux up to date

I am trying to rip a BD, but the main MakeMKV window has "Scanning CD-ROM devices" at 100% and hangs there.
There is a process "makemkvcon" that eats 100% CPU time, which seems what the frontend is waiting for.

I can confirm that with 1.18.3 on Windows, with the same BD reader and BD disk, there are no issues.

Any ideas?

[science-nerd]

Is your sg kernel module loaded?

You can load it for the current session via modprobe:

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sudo modprobe sg

[tomty89]

In my experience, occasionally with some drives / discs, one could bump into this kind of hang issue if you inserted the disc *before* makemkv is started.

[librelibre]

What do your system logs say? Or makemkv log?

[nordwand]

Thanks everyone, and sorry for the late reply, we had holidays here.

> In my experience, occasionally with some drives / discs, one could bump into this kind of hang issue if you inserted the disc *before* makemkv is started.

When I first start makemkv, and then load the disc, it hangs indefinitely in the "Type: Loading ..." Label: Please wait" state

> What do your system logs say? Or makemkv log?

makemkv log shows nothing, just "MakeMKV v1.18.3 linux(x64-release) started"
System logs (journallog) gives nothing related to device loading etc.

> Is your sg kernel module loaded?

Yes it is:

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$ lsmod | grep sg
sg                     53248  6

I have doubted that my bluedisc support libraries are problematic, but I had no problem playing the disc using smplayer directly from the drive.

Thanks for any further suggestions!

[nuts_fulgurates]

Is your drive LibreDrive enabled? Upgrading my drive to LibreDrive made it work, before upgrading it was hanging. 1.18.3 on Debian 13.

[xesegik]

Sounds like the same problem I am having. I just downgraded to 1.17 and it seems to work again. There are several other topics here about that. I think there might be a problem with 1.18 on Linux. Maybe even a MakeMKV-drive-compatibiliy issue? (I have no way to verify that though)

See also ...

• MakeMKV can't read disks anymore and behaves weird
  MakeMKV above v1.17.7 still broken on Linux

[tomty89]

For the problem of 1.17.6/7+ not working with a non-LibreDrive (on Linux), the best workaround is probably the sdf_Stop setting. See e.g. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41692