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I know this sounds mental :oops: but I just purchased LG BU40N for "normal" retail price of ~84€ before the last stocks dry for good. I will put it in my second desktop build and install original 1.00 FW on it. The other one I have is on 1.03MK. I think I'm now covered for the rest of my e...

I did not realize that also LG has stopped to manufacture new drives. So basically it's existing stocks and then no more new drives at all.

Enclosed disc is probably just a CD-ROM or maybe a DVD-ROM. So different laser is used to read those older format discs. Your drive may have a faulty blue laser, which is used for BD discs. If you already tried several different discs without success then I think dirty or faulty discs are not the re...

I think I haven't seen any discussion about reversing this process? Does it make any sense? Is it possible to convert dvhe.08 source back to UHD BD compatible dvhe.07 (Profile 7 MEL)?

On BD format TrueHD audio must include legacy core ac3. It is mandatory! Typically backup softwares e.g. MakeMKV remove this core part when matroska is chosen output format as it is considered redundant. Use eac3to source.thd target.thd+ac3 A core part will be re-encoded and interleaved to existing ...

I can confirm Verbatim #43888 is LibreDrive capable external Pioneer drive. I had it on 1.14 firmware (2020-06-15) from the box matching the following entry. PIONEER-BD-RW___BDR-UD04-1.14-489CDFD6-8A10-20200615 Although it does not matter MakeMKV this drive seems to be official 4K UHD BD drive with ...

I purchased this drive and can also confirm it is LibreDrive capable. I had it on 1.14 firmware (2020-06-15) matching the following entry. PIONEER-BD-RW___BDR-UD04-1.14-489CDFD6-8A10-20200615 Although it does not matter MakeMKV this drive seems to be official 4K UHD BD drive with AACS2 keys for e.g....

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

Great job re: Pioneer LibreDrive support! Are Asus branded drives (Pioneer clones listed in the first post) as good burners as "real" Pioneer drives. I'm planning to get one of these drives mainly due to amazing BD50 burning capabilities. For example these, which I could easily purchase fr...

That particular release contains both the theatrical and director's cut versions of the film. That is the reason for two playlist :mrgreen: . I have to chime in here: that doesn't seem right. This is the UHD section. I don't think both versions are on the UHD. Please correct me if I am wrong. Both ...

That particular release contains both the theatrical and director's cut versions of the film. That is the reason for two playlist .

I have BU40N in external enclosure and BH16NS55 (w/ WH16NS60 1.02MK) in PC tower. Seems like a good combination .

Thanks alot for excellent tip Chewi! I tried again with MPC-HC and this time used its "Open DVD/BD" functionality. Now it works, even for UHD BD. Of course MPC-HC cannot do full menus but it allows easily to check certain playlists/titles containing the actual feature. Actually very nice ...

How is libmmbd decrypting supposed to work? I read instructions and one thread here where it was stated "it just works" when it's enabled. I have understood that is supposed to work in the background on-the-fly? I have enabled settings in the configuration page of makeMKV. Both win system ...

Long story short is seems there are some major issues with discs being made now. A big bummer as dealing with mass returns is just another reason for retailers to shop carrying physical media I think these bad discs are almost always triple decker BD100 discs, which are pretty common now. Quality o...