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by kaelef
Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:35 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: Disney Snow White 4k upgrade dump submitted.
Replies: 4
Views: 4215

Re: Disney Snow White 4k upgrade dump submitted.

I sent my *4AFA on the 12th. First time I got a title that needed to be submitted!
by kaelef
Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Advice For Newbie to UHD Ripping
Replies: 19
Views: 26169

Re: Advice For Newbie to UHD Ripping

I've been using the "Archgon Premium Aluminum External USB 3.0 UHD 4K Blu-Ray Writer Super Drive" very successfully for a few weeks now. I'd recommend that if you need an external drive that's easy to get and immediately supported in MakeMKV. Of course, the ASMCOM drives would be fine, too...
by kaelef
Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:51 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Lessons learned from backing up hundreds of discs
Replies: 20
Views: 16967

Re: Lessons learned from backing up hundreds of discs

Does everyone run the slim, external, Pioneer or is there a good 5.25 internal Pioneer drive for old guys like me who like their giant, old school, tower cases? I just got my hands on one of those slim external Pioneers from Adorama. Very handy since most PC cases these days don't have slots for 5....
by kaelef
Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:46 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1146
Views: 2488462

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

I bought a Pioneer BDR-XS07UHD from Amazon a few days ago. Got here today and it had the 1.02 firmware on it which worked out of the box with libredrive/makemkv. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FGVPTHW?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details The vendor that sold it to me on amazon was Adorama. I ...
by kaelef
Wed Sep 27, 2023 4:13 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Purchasing a UHD Drive from US to use in the UK (compatability)
Replies: 2
Views: 2256

Re: Purchasing a UHD Drive from US to use in the UK (compatability)

I've never had a problem ripping DVDs or Blu-rays from other regions here in the US on my US drives. I don't think you'll have a problem.
by kaelef
Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Lessons learned from backing up hundreds of discs
Replies: 20
Views: 16967

Re: Lessons learned from backing up hundreds of discs

For BD this not as big a deal because of hash verification in MakeMKV . But for DVD this is bad, can cause silent errors without you knowing. For DVD I prefer to rip to ISO twice and compare checksum. Since the junk data appears to always be random, doing a 2-pass rip will rule out the bad dump. Th...
by kaelef
Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:50 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Lessons learned from backing up hundreds of discs
Replies: 20
Views: 16967

Re: Lessons learned from backing up hundreds of discs

Adding to my previous note: I was just now using MakeMKV on my 3 drives simultaneously to back up the 5-disc Speed Racer Blu-ray set. Both the LG drives returned bad M2TS hashes part way into the backup. Turned them off and restarted. Completed the copies without issue. The Pioneer never generated a...
by kaelef
Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Lessons learned from backing up hundreds of discs
Replies: 20
Views: 16967

Lessons learned from backing up hundreds of discs

I thought I'd share my recent experiences: I started making backups of my Blu-rays and DVDs a few weeks ago. This was partly to make it easier to view multi-disc sets (a full season of TV shows, for example), but also to see if any of the discs had suffered from rot. So far, I've backed up over 500 ...
by kaelef
Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: making ISO of uhd BD
Replies: 4
Views: 2446

Re: making ISO of uhd BD

Make a backup of the disc using MakeMKV, then create an ISO of that folder using ImgBurn.
by kaelef
Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:37 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Differences in M2TS files between MakeMKV and AnyDVD
Replies: 0
Views: 4898

Differences in M2TS files between MakeMKV and AnyDVD

I was curious and ran a test of making a Blu-ray backup using MakeMKV and AnyDVD. I did a binary comparison of the resulting files, and the playlists, certificates, etc. are all identical, but all of the M2TS files have differences. Does anyone have an explanation for why they're not identical? (Bot...