www.makemkv.com

I'm also interested to hear if Verbatim 43888 is now LibreDrive enabled as it seems to be Pioneer drive inside.


Apparently that is the case.

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2) Second, I would like to confirm that LibreDrive is working perfectly on Verbatim 43888 drive (Verbatim Slimline Ultra HD 4K; Pioneer BDR-UD04 ...

Dear @vrabaci

Would you care extracting the eggs not only form little but emperor penguins aka UHD ripping / playback?

Dear @wizozzy,

thanks to @mike admin's continues efforts , the Pioneer gang (and relatives) has joined the UHD party via LibreDrive membership.

PIONEER-BD-RW___BDR-UD04-1.00-4B3560E3-8A10-20170210
PIONEER-BD-RW___BDR-UD04-1.10-431D03CF-8A10-20170425
PIONEER-BD-RW___BDR-UD04-1.14-489CDFD6-8A10 ...

It might not be an ideal solution, but I managed to crossflash my 5.25" drive externally with the following cabling solution:

Ugreen SATA to USB 3.0 adapter cable + power supply
P/N: 20611
Chipset: ASMedia ASM1153E

Dear @MartyMcNuts,

thank you for the GUI, it worked nicely crossflashing a BH16NS55 to a WH16NS60.


Original FW: Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BH16NS55
Revision: 1.05
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2120-06-18 13:42
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS ...

Hello cdemi,

maybe there is a (modified) Bufallo FW by now, which produces the desired result (= UHD blu-ray readability).
However my attempts roughly a year ago, were only fruitful with the modified LG FW.


Good luck!

As salvaging ones HD-DVDs becomes a more pressing concern by each passing month, here are a two German HD-DVDs which refuse to open in MakeMKV (even when decrypted with dumphd).

terminator.png
death_proof.png

001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 0 at R[Yx-6#%vhZ3@:213130007
005010:0000 Failed to open disc ...

Most components (incl. their open sources) are already there like:

Ripper incl. DST decoder
Audio format for Matroska storage


Maybe having the SACD ripping ability inside MakeMK, might be one step too astray. :?
Putting it into MakeMKA instead, alongside CD-DA, DVD-Audio & Blu-ray Audio ...

Hi,

here are my test results on three LibreDrives (v5 vs. v6) done with two discs:


0. DVD9 + BD50

Disc Information
Label: CHEERS_SEASON_1_DISC_1
Timestamp: 2003-07-21 20:51:53
Data capacity: 7.51 Gb
Disc type: DVD-ROM
Disc size: 120mm
Maximum read rate: 10.08 Mbps [1x]
Number of layers: 2 (OTP ...

You can manually add keys to MakeMKV to get these things to work
http://makemkv.com/faq/item/12/category/8

I put a file called KEYSDB_HD.cfg in my MakeMKV data directory, updated with any missing keys, and I was decrypting and ripping.
Happy hunting!


Thank you :D , @MetalDave for the hint ...

bioteq wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 11:10 pm OK thank you, that's all I needed to know to get on with it.
I'll report back

So how did it go? My Buffalo drive really needed the LG LibreDrive FW (1.03) in order to read the UHD blu-ray discs.

*Added the Sony UBP-X800M2 UHD-disc player & the LG 65SJ8509 LED-TV-set.
*Rearranged device type order
*Added the Sony UBP-X700 - thanks @ RESET_9999

Looking forward to see reports on the Raspberry Pi 4, amazon Fire TV Stick 4K & many more.

1) HOT ROD
2) Paramount
3) MPEG4-AVC
4) DolbyTrueHD + DolbyDigitalPlus
5) MakeMKV takes a long time to open the disc, misses the main movie and fails to rip the rest
missing_Main_Movie_HOT_ROD.PNG
ripping-failure_HOT_ROD.PNG


6) Disc is readable and rips fine with DumpHD ...

There are a few early SACD releases without encryption, readable by old Toshiba DVD-ROM drives - maybe this could be useful for a possible LibreDrive implementation.


On a somewhat similar note - how about a DVD-Audio ripping ability (not necessarily decryption) for MakeMKV?

This firmware worked nicely on a Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2VB, enabling LibeDrive and UHD .

THANK YOU, Mike!