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Well in reality it's generally not considered a good idea to install something by running make install yourself. These days people often use flatpak or alike if it is something your distro doesn't ship in its official repo. The more traditional way would be to look for extra repo, or something like...

Thank you !

Thank you, this explains some strange things I get.
Could you post a link for your metal enclosure ? I'm looking for one...

What I was saying is that, under Linux, and if Makemkv says "DVD all region : Yes" you can read a DVD coded Region 1 on any DVD drive whatever Region you are in.
And this is true also for a DVD movie player software.

Hello The switch between /dev/sr1 and /dev/sr2 is due to the drive hard resetting itself on error. When he does that, the host loose connection with the drive. So see a new drive when the drives connect back after the reset. But the old sr node has not been closed properly so remains. Hence, the hos...

Hello,
I just tried under Ubuntu, and with a BU40N the only Region 1 DVD disc I own.
It plays nice using VLC. So you may try it on your computer and see what gives ...

Hello, I flashed the BU40N. To the A100 firmware. As it is a laptop internal drive, I shut down the computer and removed the batterie. Alas, upon reboot, the BU40N still misbehave : When you put a DVD in (I could not test with a BD yet), it spins and Ubuntu tries to get the DVD keys. Follows a infin...

Hi Guys ! On my ISP set-top box, one can record the television. But I cant open the resulting file. VLC gives me a black screen. Mediainfo tells me it is a BluRay : General ID : 22544 (0x5810) Complete name : TF1 - Rugby Tournoi des Six Nations (Tournoi des Six Nations 2026 4e journée - Ecosse Franc...

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Thu Mar 05, 2026 2:30 pm

On Linux, BU40N drives work better on the 1.00 firmware.

Hello,
I also have strange behavior under Linux by my BU40N.
Question : where do you find the 1.00 firmware ?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help !

Hello, In Unixes, (and Linux is a Unix variant) it is customary to tell the "launcher" what application to use to execute the code in the file. By using the "#" character, we start a comment. So a non executable line. But the "!" telle the "launcher" that some...

Thank you. I've a bunch of sdf_00000NNN.bin in the tar file !

Hi Guys,
Everything is in the title.
I just keep reference of these two files and can't find them on my 1.18.2 installation.
So I would like to know if they are needed and if yes where in Ubuntu/linux installation.
Thanks in advance.

Hello, If you are totally new to Linux, and Ubuntu, my bet is that installing from sources could be too high a step. You are lucky, though, because some of MakeMkv users have made an Ubuntu repository with packages for you to install using one command line. See the maker information here : https://l...

On my Ubuntu (Noble) :

Thanks !