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Better multiple drive ripping support

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:05 pm
by Disposable9
Hi,

Right now, if you open up a first instance of MakeMKV, put a disc in and start ripping, then open up a second instance of MakeMKV, they then fight with each other trying to access the same drive. This reduces the ripping speed of the first instance to 0.0x and the second instance takes ages to open (parse?) the disc.

It would be really great if MakeMKV was aware of other instances of itself, so new instances wouldn't attempt to open discs that are already in the process of being ripped.

I know the number of users out there with more than one drive is probably very small, but when your ripping a season of TV shows with multiple drives it would be a big help.

Thanks for a really great application!

Re: Better multiple drive ripping support

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:29 pm
by d00zah
Disposable9 wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:05 pm
Hi,

Right now, if you open up a first instance of MakeMKV, put a disc in and start ripping, then open up a second instance of MakeMKV, they then fight with each other trying to access the same drive. This reduces the ripping speed of the first instance to 0.0x and the second instance takes ages to open (parse?) the disc.

It would be really great if MakeMKV was aware of other instances of itself, so new instances wouldn't attempt to open discs that are already in the process of being ripped.

I know the number of users out there with more than one drive is probably very small, but when your ripping a season of TV shows with multiple drives it would be a big help.

Thanks for a really great application!
Check 'Ask for single drive mode' on Preferences > IO tab & restart MakeMKV.

Re: Better multiple drive ripping support

Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 10:52 pm
by Disposable9
This is exactly what I needed, thanks for pointing that out. :D

Re: Better multiple drive ripping support

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:53 pm
by Whoops
I just now found this after a year of watching instances fight with each other for drive access. Thank you for putting this in and I'm an idiot that it took this long to find.

Re: Better multiple drive ripping support

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:32 pm
by opuscroakus
Awesome! Put me in the crowd of being frustrated about this problem, and thanks to this thread and d00zah for the solution. :D :D