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dcoke22 wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:42 am As I understand it, the Verbatim 43888 isn't affected by the updated Pioneer firmware situation.

Thanks!

Do you have any resources you could share that brought you to this understanding?

Woodstock wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:54 pm

Thank you, that was a super helpful and comprehensive answer.

You wouldn't use either or but both together.

First you would use MakeMKV to rip the video from the disc. Depending on what you have ripped this maybe a pretty large file e.g. 50GB. If you have plenty of storage space you may choose to keep this file as it is.

Secondly if the file size is to big ...

Try the Verbatim 43888. It contains a Pioneer BDR-UD04 inside and should work out of the box.


This one ?

For the flashing guide, I just read this:

PSA now most Pioneers come with new fw that prevents them from be crossflashed or downgraded do not buy one for UHD at this time

So „Pioneer ...

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Hello, I am new to all of this so I apologise for my stupid questions in advance.

In Handbrake I can chose the chose the target codec to encode to, but it seems I cannot do that in MakeMKV

So I have these questions:

1. What codec will MakeMKV actually use for
- regular old DVDs
- regular ...

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I have compiled a big personal collection of movie blue-rays and regular DVDs.
I now would like to use my new 16" M2 MacBook Pro to make a digital backup copy of all of them (probably using Handbrake).

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