TIL another "trick" when having trouble ripping a DVD
So, today I ran into a problem with one of my TV series DVD sets when trying to rip my backup. No matter which drive I tried (I have 3 different ones) it would always end in a catastrophic failure and MakeMkv would shut down. I created a backup (ISO) and tried to rip that, still no go. Then I started researching a bit more and I came across an article that suggested to change the protection from Auto to Cell trim, this is under Preferences > Protection, and wouldn't you know it suddenly it worked and didn't crash again.
So to all of you that had trouble with a particular DVD, try this.
Hope it helps even just one person.