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❯ ls -lah ~/.MakeMKV
total 75M
drwxrwxr-x 1 myusername myusername 182 Mar 26 09:48 .
drwxr-x--- 1 myusername myusername 1.7K Mar 26 09:48 ..
-rw------- 1 myusername myusername 60M Mar 26 2026 keydb.cfg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 myusername myusername 2.0M Jan 7 11:20 makemkv_sdf.bin
-rw-rw-rw- 1 myusername ...

Should be good to go, correct?


Could you please post the output of running:

ls -l ~/.MakeMKV/


If you changed your MakeMKV data directory so that disc dump files aren't being written to that folder you'll need to move the keydb.cfg file accordingly.




❯ ls -lah ~/.MakeMKV
total 75M ...

I figured out the problem. My ISP blocks downloading the HKs, so even though I had the latest keydb.cfg, out of date HKs was causing the problem. I had to use a VPN to successfully download the latest HKs and then the disc rips. I will follow that process in the future. Thanks again!


I'm glad ...

I figured out the problem. My ISP blocks downloading the HKs, so even though I had the latest keydb.cfg, out of date HKs was causing the problem. I had to use a VPN to successfully download the latest HKs and then the disc rips. I will follow that process in the future. Thanks again!


I'm glad ...

@anon.mouse...
Just install Samiur-Hl keydb finder program.
Takes up no resources.
Run syncronise before ripping disk and done


Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm running on CachyOS (Linux), and that program is Windows-only. I know how to update the keydb.cfg correctly - the problem was my ISP ...

My apologies - I thought I did. I downloaded and installed the latest keydb.cfg and tried to rip the discs and was still unable to find the volume key for all three discs.


No worries - your submissions were fine apart from that uniqueness issue.

Open up your local keydb.cfg file in a text ...

Disc type: UHD
Disc ID: d0b73588a895ed9a8ce4fef68a0a2aba9aa95754
Disc dump filename: MKB20_v82_STRANGENEWWORLDS_SEASON3_7681.tgz
...
Did you sync the public keydb within the last 15 minutes? Yes


Disc type: UHD
Disc ID: bce31ef953b65ea5fb586f860b2e09a014a363e9
Disc dump filename ...

Disc type: UHD
Disc ID: 210404be01f7f2a29f2cb2a9e25993b15878dda7
Disc dump filename: MKB20_v82_STRANGENEWWORLDS_SEASON3_8B4F.tgz
Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BP60NB10
Drive firmware: 1.02
LibreDrive status: Enabled
Did you sync the public keydb within the last 15 minutes? Yes
Have you verified that ...

Disc type: UHD
Disc ID: bce31ef953b65ea5fb586f860b2e09a014a363e9
Disc dump filename: MMKB20_v82_STRANGENEWWORLDS_SEASON3_F7CD.tgz
Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BP60NB10
Drive firmware: 1.02
LibreDrive status: Enabled
Did you sync the public keydb within the last 15 minutes? Yes
Have you verified ...

Disc type: UHD
Disc ID: d0b73588a895ed9a8ce4fef68a0a2aba9aa95754
Disc dump filename: MKB20_v82_STRANGENEWWORLDS_SEASON3_7681.tgz
Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BP60NB10
Drive firmware: 1.02
LibreDrive status: Enabled
Did you sync the public keydb within the last 15 minutes? Yes
Have you verified that ...

Disc type: UHD
Disc ID: 986a7cbdfa9bae6f8f50959ced2315d4aae685c1
Disc dump filename: MKB20_v82_UHD_The_Astronaut_5413.tgz
Drive: BD-RE BP60NB10
Drive firmware: 1.02
LibreDrive status: Enabled
Did you sync the public keydb within the last 15 minutes? Yes
Have you verified that all submission ...