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Yes, actually it is. You have to be very aware of where your software comes from. Even official packages are at risk. So I would only trust original software either from the official packager or my distribution team (hoping they have audited the code). In the case of MakeMkv, compiling it is very ea...

Hello, MakeMkv is only officially distributed as source code you have to compile yourself and install. It is not that difficult once done it the first time (you have to check and install the required dependencies). I do not know of any Linux distribution providing a version of MakeMkv officially co...

Hello, I'm not fluent on Flatpack software, but if what I know is true, flatpack software is tightly contained and fenced. Your VLC software is not (or is into a different container and thus another fence...) so it can't "reach" the MakeMkv library needed to work with BluRays... You'd bett...

Hello, MakeMkv is only officially distributed as source code you have to compile yourself and install. It is not that difficult once done it the first time (you have to check and install the required dependencies). I do not know of any Linux distribution providing a version of MakeMkv officially com...

Beede, you are running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which is obsolete (but still supported) maybe you could upgrade to the "newest" Ubuntu LTS which was new last year in April... You have some detailed instructions here : https://www.howtogeek.com/351360/how-to-upgrade-to-the-latest-version-of-ubuntu...

Hi ! I own a BU40N which is into an external enclosure powered by an ASMT ASM105X chip. Interface is with a USB3.2 (USB-C ) connector. Last week, the BU40 N refused to read a DVD. At first I though it was dying, as it is a 2018 made drive and had seen a lot of discs. So I thought I could try to read...

If you use the MakeMKV backup function to backup a DVD to ISO, it will remove copy protection/encryption (CSS) and change the region to all regions (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). However, it doesn't remove RCE protection, although I don't know if this matters since it is set to all regions. To remove RC...

I have been using *nix for 40+ years and have always had ~/bin in my PATH. And never once lost data or had my system compromised because of that... Well, these days of Javascript and "active" plugins from Web browser has changed the things a lot. Talk to a security expert and ask him abou...

Hello, Having, for a normal user, ~/.local/bin or ~/bin in the PATH variable is the worst idea one can have security wise. This will defeat the most basic security rule about Unixes which separate user privileges with system privileges. And will allow a malevolent person to install software through ...

Thank you all ! I couldn't sleep

I did not try it yet since I do not own any 4K BD.

Hello, A friend of mine gave me this one : Informations lecteur Nom du lecteur SE : /dev/sr0 Fabricant : HL-DT-ST Produit : BD-RE BU40N Révision : 1.03 Numéro de série : XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Date micrologiciel : 2118-10-24 19:34 Marqueurs d'encryptage bus : 17 Version AACS la plus haute : 77 LibreDrive In...

Hello,
Changing the region code involve changing a file in the file tree of the DVD. Which is read only.
So if you know how to change a read only file on a read only file system, bob's your uncle....

I agree with you to some extent. When you swap a chip from a failed drive to a donor board, you have the old chip and the new board. And the chip is a flash memory perfectly identifiable and well known. So you can read the data from one chip, save it and program it into the new one. * But the situat...

You're welcome ! Enjoy your drive !