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lisamelton / other_video_transcoding

Other tools to transcode videos.
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scanning media failed #77

Closed weegie closed 3 years ago

weegie commented 3 years ago

Hi, I am thinking I am missing a step or misunderstanding some instructions. Could I get an example of the process of actually ripping a DVD? As in what the commando to run it is and where to run it.

At the moment wherever I run it from, it gives me a "scanning media failed".

My command is E:>other-transcode D:\DVD\Cats and D:\DVD\Cats>other-transcode Cats2.mkv So I am trying to run both from the DVD and from an exisiting .mkv

uaos commented 3 years ago

Hi,

First off, you will have to copy the file that you want to run other-transcode against, from the disc to a folder on a drive. There are numerous programs to do this; MakeMKV is one which many of us use.

Once you’ve done this, you should have a file saved on your computer with a .mkv extension. You can then run other-transcode on this .mkv file.

This is quite a high-level summary, but if you need more help, or have trouble with any steps along the way, do let us know! Make sure you check out the Wiki as well — https://github.com/donmelton/other_video_transcoding/wiki 😊

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Hi, I am thinking I am missing a step or misunderstanding some instructions. Could I get an example of the process of actually ripping a DVD? As in what the commando to run it is and where to run it.

At the moment wherever I run it from, it gives me a "scanning media failed".

My command is E:>other-transcode D:\DVD\Cats and D:\DVD\Cats>other-transcode Cats2.mkv So I am trying to run both from the DVD and from an exisiting .mkv

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lisamelton commented 3 years ago

@weegie I'm sorry you're having this problem but my other-transcode tool doesn't actually rip DVD or Blu-ray discs. And other-transcode can't scan files on mounted discs either because those files are usually encrypted. That's why you're getting the "scanning media failed" error.

As @uaos very nicely suggested, MakeMKV is an excellent tool to decrypt and then copy your videos to your hard drive. And once your ripped video is in a single .mkv file, my other-transcode tool can work on it.

You can download an evaluation version of the MakeMKV app for free here:

https://www.makemkv.com/

I hope this helps.