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Yes (without the space).

Ah, I totally forgot Europe et al. is also Region 2 (coz I'm in Asia).

Anyway, my point was I feel like Region 1 releases are seemingly the worst (among 0-3; have no experience at all with the others).

There have been saying that BU40N needs 1.00 to work properly (in some cases?) in Linux. Not sure if it's true for DVDs though.

Can VLC or mpv (with libdvdcss installed) play the DVD? If so maybe you'd want to try dvdbackup.

How are you powering the drive? If the host has a USB-C port, maybe try to connect the USB-SATA adapter to it (through a C-A adapter; or get one that has a USB-C plug).

(I've also seen USB-SATA adapters from Orico that come with a 5V USB-C power-in...)

Also mpv, plays movie fine with makemkv backend.


Neither vlc nor mpv uses makemkv for DVD decryption, as libdvdread is not coded to use / try libmmbd (instead of libdvdcss) like libbluray does (instead of libaacs). (libmmbd is not a drop-in replacement for libdvdcss anyway.)


-Yesterday i ...

LG 1.04+ / BU40N 1.03 / Asus 3.10+ and similar
...and there is no MK version of the same firmware/drive model or higher number, you will have to sidegrade to Asus 3.10MK (for compatible ASUS 5.25 drives ONLY) or (LG WH16NS60 1.02MK for compatible LG 5.25) or (BU40N 1.03MK LG Slim drives ONLY ...

Form original bn11 to HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-BN11-0M00300-211711201351.bin
simple write, no recover. I'm not sure if you'll need this step if you go for an bu40 1.00 or bu40 1.03mk after that.



BU40N on any Firmware directly to > BU40N 1.03MK

WP/BP50NB40 to > BP50NB40-NB50-1.03MK then to ...

MakeMKV has a bundled list of disc/key identifiers which is checked before creating a full vs partial disc dump file. This check is independent of the private data contents.


Interesting.


This HC had a funny history as it was revoked in MKBv76, unrevoked in MKBv81, and then revoked again in ...

Trashing the private data and disabling internet access won't be enough to force MakeMKV to generate a complete disc dump file for an arbitrary AACS 2.x disc.


Hmm, I thought a dump will be made as long as MakeMKV has no key to decrypt a disc. (And unlike AACS 1.0, MakeMKV cannot "synthesize ...

But I found out that DTS-HD MASTER AUDIO 5.1 does not have same quality as on my PS5. Bass tone is muddy a lot when decoding in DTS Core compatibility mode, worse than track 2 in my feel.


What are you comparing against the PS5 though? Are you even sure it's really just decoding the DTS Core ...

True, and AFAIK (please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) whereas MakeMKV needs the VUK to decrypt a disc, libaacs (and Xreveal) seem to work fine with just the Unit Keys, which is why as long as you can use FindVUK to get the Unit Keys for a UHD Blu-ray disc, you can then use Xreveal *and ...

AstralWanderer wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2026 6:09 pm any idea if it uses a dual lens or not?

Seemingly yes: https://ad.impress.co.jp/special/pioneer1211/ (although what I have isn't the Japan S08J model/variant, but S08XLT; AFAIK they share the same firmware though)

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38293

I don't know if there's a better way to get the required disc dump when there's seemingly key for the title in the Hashed Keys, but I suppose you can at least remove them and untick "enable internet access" in Preferences. (Make sure you restart ...

It looks like VLC was unable to get the Volume Unique Key (VUK) from MakeMKV for some reason, and when you likely added it (or at least the Unit Keys) to KEYDB.cfg when you used FindVUK, it fixed this.


For the record, VLC / libbluray just passes the encrypted data to libaacs / libmmbd for ...

Probably not the laser itself / whatever produces the laser, but other components (including but not limited to the lens if it's "shared"?).

My Pioneer BDR-S08 can no longer read CD or DVD, but still reads BD and UHD BD fine.