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an issue with MakeMKV itself on your system


Could very likely be just that the kernel module sg hasn't been loaded.

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[ What follows is just verbiage from me who is trying to play expert / AI. ]


and of course LibreDrive is a necessity for UHD discs


Yes and no. AFAICT historically ...

VLC, as distributed, can cope with encryption on DVDs but requires extra components to deal with the more complex encryption used on BluRay discs. Specifically you need to add the libaacs component and acquire recent AACS keyfiles - see VideoLAN - AACS for more information and SysAdminSage: How to ...

I could download makemkv.com/sdf.bin through a browser when I was having the same issue in MakeMKV, so either they are somehow downloading from different places, or MakeMKV got stuck because of something else other than geoblocking...

If I were you, I'd probably try to make an encrypted backup with MakeMKV, then try to decrypt it with libaacs instead and see if it makes any difference. To test that, you'd need to make sure VLC leverages libaacs (and maybe libbdplus as well) instead of libmmbd.

There's also the program ...

I hope that this wouldn't sound offensive but I can't help but want to ask: in terms of like "layman interest" (i.e. getting a Pioneer drive crossflashed), is there currently any advantage of using this over BDRFlash? Or, does it aim at gaining one/some (e.g. "breakthrough" regarding post Dec 2022 ...

I feel like some people might not like it for the fact that the development involved reverse engineering BDRFlash...

USB 3.0 to 7+6 13-pin slimline adapter cable

Better get a slimline to regular SATA adapter, which would then allow you to choose / use a regular SATA to USB adapter. Because "direct to slimline" is considered more niche, choices you have tend to be "cheap" (in quality).

You can try dvdbackup (on Linux; or build it with mingw using msys2) -- although it doesn't give you an ISO but just the files.

And if MakeMKV also has issue remuxing the decrypted backup made with dvdbackup (and if MKV is what you want ultimately), try mkvtoolnix or even ffmpeg.

In my case, I'd simply like to extract the M2TS files and verify whether the resulting video is actually playable.


If you have a decrypted backup, then you can try remuxing it into MKV with something else, such as mkvtoolnix or even ffmpeg. Or you can even just play the M2TS.

It almost sounds ...

You mean like it created three 52.8G MKV files out of one disc in a single rip? Or multiple rips with different versions of MakeMKV? Or multiple rips with the same version of MakeMKV?


but they are all a few MB different in size


What about the video length?

P.S. Please upload your screenshot ...

Single USB C with Power Delivery---Max Wattage Up to 240W---Voltage 5V up to 48V (negotiable)---Max Amps 3A to 5A


Pretty sure you won't get PD or voltage other than 5V. Even if the host port were a "charging port", your device (the drive) wouldn't be capable of doing / requesting for PD. (Also ...

It took me a long time to realize that mike has been giving out "beta key s " which is not the same thing as the 30-days trial: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1053

Not sure if the purchase page has been fixed yet, but if so you can also consider buying a permanent key.

P.S. IIRC ...

Btw assuming you have two C ports to spare, you can even try to get two C-A adapters and use them with the Y-cable...never tried / needed that myself, but it seems "powerful", heh

P.S. I read that the power plug of the Y-cable can pull only 100mA anyway. Not sure if it's true.

Using Process Monitor and BDEdit I figured out the damaged BR disc, when starting the main title, called 03001.jar which eventually led to 00364.mpls which called 00501.clpi which called 00501.m2ts. All good. But, my decrypted copy did something different when starting the main title. It called ...

it weirdly appears as a USB Mass Storage device in device manager


If that shows up but no disc drive item shows up, it means that the USB bridge in the enclosure has problem "contacting" the actual drive. Either the drive's controller is dead, or the USB bridge has somehow entered some sort of ...