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dammit, it *was* the snap - I shouldn't have been so lazy and just install pkg-conf, then compiling worked and with the "native" makemkv, flash worked like a charm with the firmware listed here: Reading input file HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin Flashing flags = 0x0 : 0 ...

Just got my Archgon MD-8107S-U3+BU40N(K) from the recommended drives list, which is correclty identified as: $ makemkvcon f -l Found 1 drives(s) 00: dev_21:0, /dev/sr0, /dev/sr0 HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.01_211712221221_KZZICCG5934 But when trying to flash with the associated firmware from the ultimate...

just to go sure, you mean normal blu-rays?
So the drive is not UHD friendly, correct?
Did you try to rip 4k media, too?

I'm at loss trying to find a compact, external, current and affordable UHD drive that is LibreDrive compatible...

I am also on the verge of moving up to 4k ripping my shiny new 4k discs, but sadly the WH16NS60 is not even available in the EU yet (e.g. amazon.de). So the good part is I am happy to wait for support by MakeMKV :? Wish you all happy backup and a great movie time in 2019, and many thanks to Mike for...

I installed makemkv 1.8.7 oss with ffmpeg 2.1 as described in the release notes (manual method with ffmpeg2-tar), everything configured and compiled OK. However when trying to start, I get this error: [grexe@grexbox makemkv-oss-1.8.7]$ makemkv /usr/bin/makemkvcon: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/makem...