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I have found a way to get the latest version (1.18.3) working. Edit .MakeMKV/settings.conf and add your drives name to "sdf_Stop", In my case it looks like this: sdf_Stop = "TEAC_BD-W26SS-B_2.02_{serial number}" With that, the original functionality returns. I tested this and it...

I have paid key and i use Non-Libre BD-Drives with newest MakeMKV 1.18.3 on one my machine. Works fine. What i did: 1. Install MakeMKV 1.17.6 (Add Paid Key) 2. Open MakeMKV and put DVD in. 3. Wait MakeMKV to get firmware file. 4. Install newest MakeMKV 1.18.3 and enjoy. Backup that .MakeMKV director...

No need. If that version of yours works fine, use that.
But if you want to upgrade and something is not working right, you can always downgrade to older working version and use same paid key.

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

Maybe there is space or something on your copy/paste? Open Terminal and add the key from there. This adds the Key to the .MakeMKV/settings.conf file, on your home directory. echo 'app_Key = "T-URt6MHxNy3HmfVojU8pE05WQ6HfgVI8S@HiIeNcWFim9rBgNlOdLFROSATCsWikcKW"' >> ~/.MakeMKV/settings.conf

"How can I access and install or get the missing shared libraries." https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224 On Debian. 1. Download MakeMKV oss & bin: wget https://www.makemkv.com/download/makemkv-bin-1.18.3.tar.gz && wget https://www.makemkv.com/download/mak...

Bad Windows driver maybe?
Can you try with Linux distro to see if those drives works beter there.

Still works great with Debian 13 Stable. Downloading and extracting with no errors. Wget 1.25.0-2 Tar 1.35+dfsg-3.1 sha256sum are: makemkv-bin-1.18.3.tar.gz c1ee720ae91b276a7c89be861146c5b934631831e8d6c8f453406435724e92bd makemkv-oss-1.18.3.tar.gz bc8bb084ae3aabcd503d5bb93efc273e046e4fd4663d39a9836c...

Both, bin and oss works fine on pure, real Debian.

Open Terminal and try with wget:

wget https://www.makemkv.com/download/makemk ... 8.3.tar.gz && wget https://www.makemkv.com/download/makemk ... 8.3.tar.gz

Backup your ./MakeMKV just in case and then delete the .MakeMKV derectory from you /home.
Open MakeMKV to see if that help.

"I also read, that MakeMKV isn't using the ~/.config/aacs database. Is that true?"

I think that AACS file (KEYDB.cfg) should be in .MakeMKV directory.

suit1 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 22, 2026 8:33 am

It helped. Thanks!

You're welcome!

echo 'app_Key = "T-USSm3IxiXEKzraO1BIr0HAlRVzySlsOvlJMknCoq2G1NuNBvDv4xbSgUpueTH5nUdl"' >> ~/.MakeMKV/settings.conf

It's a feature on MakeMKV. (MakeMKV v1.17.7 (15.5.2024)

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37670

On Linux. Install qt5ct and adwaita-qt packages to get dark theme.

MakeMKV Dark Theme (Adwaita-dark)
https://ibb.co/hRcCWd50

On Linux. Install qt5ct and adwaita-qt packages to get dark theme.

MakeMKV Dark Theme (Adwaita-dark)
https://ibb.co/hRcCWd50

It looks like it is broken specifically when using Pioneer drives - and maybe only broken when using drives where the LibreDrive status is "Possible, not yet enabled". In that case, MakeMKV is supposed to generate a firmware dump that you can email to support so they can add LibreDrive su...