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Hey Guys,

I know this is the MakeMKV forum but as VortexBox uses MakeMKV for Linux and their forums are down and the moment I don't have anywhere else to go, but I thought you might be able to help as there is a bit of a cross over.

So I have a Fresh install of VortexBox 2.4 I've done a "dnf -y update" but every DVD I rip ends up stuck in /storage/tmp/ripper.tmp/title00.mkv

Has anyone seen this before? Does anyone know what might be wrong?

Again sorry if this is the wrong place to ask but I'm out of options.

Based solely on the description of what Vortexbox is doing, my guess is that is the directory it uses for the rip, and the files are encoded and transferred to the final destination from there.

Yes, It should normally Rip the MKV into > /storage/tmp/ripper.tmp/title00.mkv then move and rename it into /storage/movies/%DVD_NAME%
This process should happen automatically and I can't seem to identify the script or process responsible for this.

As it doesn't move the MKV the next DVD you rip will overwrite the title00.mkv.

OK, So after some digging I found that when VortexBox reads the DVD it contacts this website..

api.vortexbox.org

which runs some DVD analysis to get the Title etc..

[Wireshark shows something like http://api.vortexbox.org/dvdinfo.php?dv ... e9daaca267]
[However the dvdinfo.php script is 404'ed]

When the internet is blocked the system will rip the MKV perfectly, So I can only deduce that there is a fault with this api from vortexbox.

With internet it will show this in the log:

Ripping to /storage/movies...

(Notice the blank title)

without the internet it will show

Ripping Shrek the Third (2007) to /storage/movies...

(Title Direct from DVD Disc Title)

I have reinstalled the Vortexbox OS 3 times and onto other computers.
The easiest fix I have found is to block "66.241.100.214" in the firewall so that the process continues as normal.

I'm just putting this here in case someone else has this problem and as the Vortexbox Forums are still offline

If it is trying to call home and "home" is broken, that might cause the behavior you're experiencing. Most likely, it's looking for the "best" information on how to convert the file.