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My 18 years old BluRay-Rom drives got new firmware dumps. Why?
They worked perfectly with old dumps. What new those fw's gives?

Is there a reason why MakeMKV won't make an ISO of a first generation Legally Blonde DVD, but DVDecrypter, a piece of software over 20 years old, will? Surely MakeMKV is more up to date with decryption? :!:


I'm glad that Region code 2 (PAL) DVD's are easy to rip/copy. :)
Legally Blonde 1 ...

Some Japanese print? Probably expected (to be less problematic in every way)?

Maybe they don't print these discs here in Finland.

I have that original "The curse of the black pearl (2-disc collectors edition)

I can copy movie with MakeMKV 1.17.6 without problem. (movie to mkv file.)
MakeMKV scan that disc pretty long time, but still opens it.

Also mpv, plays movie fine with makemkv backend.

lsdvd + libdvdcss2 finds key in ...

Old versions are here:

https://makemkv.com/download/old/


You are a freakin lifesaver tysm!!


I'm finding that the checksums for the tar.gz files on the old downloads page don't match the hashes from the accompanying .txt files. Is that happening for anyone else, or just me? I've tried 3 ...

Works just fine here. Compiled from sources.
viewtopic.php?t=224

GUI version works and TUI from Terminal works.

I get these:

sha256sum makemkv-bin-1.18.3.tar.gz && sha256sum makemkv-oss-1.18.3.tar.gz
c1ee720ae91b276a7c89be861146c5b934631831e8d6c8f453406435724e92bd makemkv-bin-1.18.3.tar.gz
bc8bb084ae3aabcd503d5bb93efc273e046e4fd4663d39a9836ce0c047fee823 makemkv-oss-1.18.3.tar.gz

sha256sum makemkv-bin-1.17.7 ...

How do i delete my account?
If it needs someone else to do it, then please delete it.

Old key is just fine. Mine Key is from 2015 and works fine.

Install MakeMKV 1.18.3 from sources.

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224

Now add your key from GUI.

or

You can use terminal and add your MakeMKV Key from there.
This command adds your key to the MakeMKV settings ...

You can always install official and supported MakeMKV from here:

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224

and then add your key from GUI or from terminal.

There is something about keys:
https://github.com/jlesage/docker-makemkv#troubleshooting

"MakeMKV registration key to use. The ...

On Debian (Linux)

I use gddrescue to make ISO image from DVD and then open that ISO with MakeMKV.
I don't have Downton Abbey Season 5 yet, but older and newer DA discs works just fine.

1. Install
apt install lsdvd gddrescue libdvd-pkg

2. Read the disc to get the key
lsdvd /dev/sr0

3. Make ISO ...

Please post your Makemkv info.

Old drive(s), but read bd/dvd discs very well.


Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-ROM BDC-202
Revision: 1.07
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2008-05-29

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, but very unlikely to happen ...

Thank you very much for this information. This helped me to solve (workaround) the problem :-)

The firmware dump was missing from my Linux system, but was present on Windows. So I copied the dump file over and now everything works perfectly...

I'm glad that helped. :)

Firmware dump stop working ...

I have two old (Non-Libre) Pioneer drives and both works fine with MakeMKV 1.18.3 on Debian 13. Compiled from sources.

Also integration with MakeMKV + mpv media player works as it should. No extra steps here.

Drives i got work with MakeMKV was using MakeMKV 1.17.6 (appimage)to get dump_firmware ...