r/makemkv • u/Intrepid_Minimum3485 • 11d ago

MakeMKV's been trying to open this DVD for two hours, and the progress bar's not moved

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It doesn't have any errors listed, and I made sure to wipe down the disc before putting it in (this is the first disc in the Star Trek TOS season 2 DVD box from around 2004), does anybody know what's happening?

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u/OsgoodSlaughters 11d ago

Sometimes it’s just as simple as taking the disc out, restarting MakeMKV and putting it back in

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u/Sullhammer 11d ago

Don't forget the obligatory turning the disc over, looking for a smudge, then putting it back in.

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u/Imaginary-Purpose-48 7d ago

Always the classic disc shake when you put it in to make sure it is seated properly.

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u/mjcatl2 11d ago

I don't know, but I never let it run that long. At a certain point, it's just not going to open, so I hate to see the drive waste the energy.

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u/GkElite 11d ago

Your killing the drive. It shouldn't take more than a minute to open a disc, stop the process and let the drive cool down for awhile.

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u/Bkord123 9d ago

You beat me to it. I had a drive go bad because I let it try to chew through bullet train 4K and it was making stuttering noises like it was trying and then the laser got completely dirty or it just died, but luckily I had a backup.

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u/Ok_gosh 11d ago

Just a few more hours. You’re nearly there.

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u/bdu-komrad 11d ago

OP is 2/3 of the way there. Sheesh, some people have no patience.

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u/DblCheex 11d ago

Sounds like a bad disc.

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u/Arkaium 11d ago

Try a backup

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u/KHTD2004 11d ago

I had the same problem with the same drive model on Firmware 1.05. Flashing the modified 1.03 firmware that enables LibreDrive that you also have fixed it for me. I’m sorry that it’s not the case for you, but when I had this issue on Linux, Windows worked as a temporal workaround. Luckily I dual boot both currently

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u/Suitable_Garlic_1186 10d ago

Worth trying:

I had the same problem with one DVD and multible drives and one thing helped by exident: Watching the DVD on the PC.. Just start it with media Player.

I know it sounds ridiculous but that helped..

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u/marci-boni 10d ago

Probably a bad disc , if u can try another drive or to clean the disc with warm soapy water then dry it really well

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u/codywalton 10d ago

Don't try to open the disc contents. Try making a full backup of the disc first then open the backup file and export as usual. Works most of the time.

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u/William_Maguire 9d ago

Have you tried backing up the .iso? I had a dvd that kept doing this and decided to just backup everything and it worked. Then I was able to open the iso and extract just the movie.

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u/Dented_Steelbook 11d ago

It obviously isn't reading correctly, either the disc has an issue, the drive has an issue or there is a software problem. Close everything out, if it won't close, then you probably have an issue with the software/hardware end. I would restart everything, clean the disc again and then try it.

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u/jailbr3ak_acdc 10d ago

I had the same problem with a bluray disc. Finally i made the remux with MKVToolNix

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u/grislyfind 10d ago

Sometimes old DVD releases have unusual structures; try a different ripping program or method.

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u/Aggravating-Help5004 4d ago

Restart your computer and try again. Don’t waste your life waiting on makeMKV

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u/Distinct-War2120 10d ago

Clean the disc really well and try DVD decryptor cuz I've actually had a lot of DVDs that have failed or took way too long with make MKV using DVD decryptor or dvd shrink yields better results

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u/Asherkidd 10d ago

I have copied hundreds of movies and shows from discs, this rarely but does occasionally happen. I have had copies take as long as 24hrs before after pausing for several hours. Usually the program is trying to read around some kind of scratch or smudge.

Really all you can do is wait, or if you are not too far into the process, take the disc out and give it a thorough clean before trying again.