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I have been unable to open any new DVD disks with makemkv 1.18.1 [darwin(arm64-release)]. I'm on MacOS Sequoia 15.5 (apple M4 pro chip makbook). I've tried using this with three newly purchased DVDs and makemkv will open none of them. The disks are not damaged as each will play using VLC. I get a se...

Yah, I did. The first thing I always do is to look at the disk for flaws and gently clean. Unfortunately, that did not work.

so here's the sequence I went through. 1. When I plug the disk in, nothing is recognized 2. I can use the file > open files to bring up the content of the disk. In this case, I went into the BDMV folder and opened the index.bdmv file. 3. MakeMKV says that it looks like you are trying to open a root ...

I get the "Disk won't open" error when I try to open the Noelle 4k Collector's Edition disk. It's a disney disk, so I'm not sure if there is some weird protection that MakeMKV won't unravel or what. Any suggestions?

One of the early posts in this thread said that the FW for a BDR-XS07S / BDR-XS07UHD could be downgraded. However, some other posts in the thread leads me do believe that this isn't true. Can someone clarify? Trying to sort out how to get a Pioneer drive (preferably a slim/external) that can be used...