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Did you try using /dev/sr0 ?

You should be emailing those dumps to svq@makemkv.com so a key can be created for MakeMKV's built in hashed key mechanism.

To contribute to the public KeyDB, use the template and follow the instructions in the first post in the Public KeyDB Disc Submissions thread.

That looks like a 8 cm DVD that would fit into the smaller circle of a tray loading optical drive or onto the spindle of a mobile optical drive. But you said it won't fit?

Being from France it'll be Region 2.

it not the actual drive model i send you an xd08 the fw is from an xd08u makemkv now supports all UHD pioneers even on the latest fw What do you mean MakeMKV now supports all UHD Pioneers even on latest FW? Like if I find any Pioneer UHD drive on FB Marketplace I can purchase that and have you flas...

I don't have much experience with cleaning discs like that. In theory I agree. :) I've only seen Billycar11 suggest the Q-tip and isopropyl alcohol method. Both of you have way more hands-on experience with optical drives than me. To my friends, I'm the weirdo with 5 optical drives in 2025 but that'...

For every kind of disc my first step is to put the disc in my drive and let MakeMKV create a decrypted backup of the disc. Reading from an optical disc is slow and by creating the backup I can do all the optical disc reading at once without having to pay attention to it. If the backup succeeds I kno...

Wikipedia suggests that a MiniDVD is the smaller, 8 cm DVD (as opposed to a normal 12 cm DVD). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDVD If the disc is a full 12 cm, maybe it is a CD written with the format of a DVD which Wikipedia calls a cDVD (Compact DVD) or a mini-DVD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

I presume you can hear the disc spin when you insert a disc and close the tray? If other things are working, the disc must be spinning. It might help to try to clean the lasers on your drive (with isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip, dry with a microfiber, don't let it air dry, do it twice) but doing it o...

Email the dump to svq@makemkv.com.

If you wish to contribute it to the keyDB, use the template from the first post of the Public KeyDB Disc Submissions thread and post a link to the dump hosted on the internet somewhere (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.).

Here's a post I made a while ago with more details about the topic: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=128196#p128196

Some discs have playlist obfuscation. It was a tactic some studios used for a time to try to prevent their discs from being ripped as you're about to do. There's probably a thread on the forum most any disc with this that you'll run into. Midsommar Hereditary Blu Ray Playlist Obfuscation There's a c...

joe_k wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 17, 2025 7:25 pm

Thanks. I'm curious to learn how you know it is an LG drive.

Coopervid made that determination based on the drive platform of MT1959.

ASUS doesn't actually manufacture their own optical drives; they buy a drive from an OEM (LG in this case) and put their own logo and firmware on it.

This thread will provide more details: Blu-rays with extra video in m2ts files

I'd suggest getting MediaInfo , a free utility to show you details about .mkv files. I find it to be a valuable tool. Since MakeMKV is just copying the bits on the optical disc into a new container, the .mkv file, I'm sure MediaInfo will tell you that the resolution of the video in the .mkv file Mak...

Personally, I use a local external SSD as my work area when I'm ripping discs and making .mkv files. Only when I'm satisfied with my files do I bother to push them to my NAS. Reasonably sized reasonably fast external SSDs are reasonably priced these days.