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- Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:20 am
- Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
- Topic: Simple hack makes USB DVD drive usable
- Replies: 4
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Re: Simple hack makes USB DVD drive usable
Question: Are you building MakeMKV, or using one of the "packaged" versions? Another user was commenting that the snap package was not getting permission to read removable media, and that editing its permissions made it work. This work-around seems similar. No, not using a snapd package. Building i...
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:52 pm
- Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
- Topic: Simple hack makes USB DVD drive usable
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5562
Re: Simple hack makes USB DVD drive usable
Why do you need to do this? I can rip using a DVD with no issues. Right. There seem to be a lot of issues using external USB DVD drives. In my case, if I don't do this first, I can't rip the DVD. I cannot tell you why this works, but it does. Whenever I open MakeMKV, it says, "Cannot find usable op...
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:42 pm
- Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
- Topic: Simple hack makes USB DVD drive usable
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5562
Simple hack makes USB DVD drive usable
Summary: Before attempting to rip a DVD with MakeMKV, first point mplayer at the link to the main video at ../VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO and watch several seconds of the video. Example: Suppose my user name is foo, and the disk name is FE_FI_FO_FUM. Insert the DVD into the USB drive and wait for it to au...