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by nicholfd
Sat May 17, 2025 2:45 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Replies: 60
Views: 14853

Re: Verbatim Ultra HD 4K CD DVD = PIONEER

TLDR: Pioneer drives can take advantage of keys already in the KeyDB, they just can't be used to help add new ones to it. Thanks for the good info. I don't know enough about technical details about what the Pioneer drives can't be used to help derive new keys, but maybe the coming Pioneer flash/unl...
by nicholfd
Fri May 16, 2025 11:48 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Replies: 60
Views: 14853

Re: Verbatim Ultra HD 4K CD DVD = PIONEER

I don't understand the the significance of "incompatible with KEYDB" KEYDB is an alternative public key database, as compared to MakeMKV's private "hashed keys". You don't need to use KEYDB, but some people choose to help add their disks' keys to KEYDB because - under the right ...
by nicholfd
Fri May 16, 2025 11:33 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Replies: 60
Views: 14853

Re: Verbatim Ultra HD 4K CD DVD = PIONEER

Make MKV reads it as: BD-RE PIONEER BD-RW BDR-UD04 1.14 Yes, it enables LibreDrive out-of-the-box. Unfortunately, it is also very incompatible with KEYDB :(. However, it is still fine for ripping :). Hello, I don't understand the the significance of "incompatible with KEYDB". For years I'...
by nicholfd
Fri May 09, 2025 2:13 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025
Replies: 2963
Views: 1163736

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

Motherboard supports IDE mode
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Windows 10 x86 (32-bit) installed, with BIOS set to SATA IDE mode.
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by nicholfd
Fri May 09, 2025 1:26 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025
Replies: 2963
Views: 1163736

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

do not flash it Thanks - too late. I found an issue & tried again. Thought I made progress. I updated my original message before you posted this one or they crossed. Is it hosed? Thanks! dead unless you have a pc with sata ide mode and a 32bit os see recovery section in guide i no longer give o...
by nicholfd
Fri May 09, 2025 12:59 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025
Replies: 2963
Views: 1163736

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

Billycar11 wrote:
Fri May 09, 2025 12:53 am
nicholfd wrote:
Thu May 08, 2025 11:49 pm

Is this drive not flash-able? Did I miss step or option?

Thanks!
do not flash it
Thanks - too late. I found an issue & tried again. Thought I made progress. I updated my original message before you posted this one or they crossed. Is it hosed?

Thanks!
by nicholfd
Thu May 08, 2025 11:49 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025
Replies: 2963
Views: 1163736

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

I just realized I had two old drives in an old, 2010 cheese grater Mac Pro (non-operable). Both are the same model: WH16NS40. I pulled one & put it in a Windows machine: C:\Program Files (x86)\MakeMKV>makemkvcon64.exe f -l Found 2 drives (s) 00: \Device\CdRom0, \Device\CdRom0, D: HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_...
by nicholfd
Sun Apr 27, 2025 5:09 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: UHD FAQ
Replies: 85
Views: 387534

Re: UHD FAQ

Sorry for all the new versions but it was quite a big internal code change recently. I just posted what should be the last version for quite a while of the KeyDB Helper. All known bugs are squashed. If you find anything let me know. Enjoy! I think your new link is broken. The link in the post point...
by nicholfd
Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:42 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: UHD FAQ
Replies: 85
Views: 387534

Re: UHD FAQ

Sorry for all the new versions but it was quite a big internal code change recently. I just posted what should be the last version for quite a while of the KeyDB Helper. All known bugs are squashed. If you find anything let me know. Enjoy! I think your new link is broken. The link in the post point...
by nicholfd
Fri Apr 18, 2025 2:48 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1
Replies: 141
Views: 68267

Re: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1

I too experience "Fatal Error Occurred" on rips. macOS 15.4. I'm ripping Blake's 7 Series 1 Blu-Ray, released Nov 2024 in the UK. The first disc ripped correctly, but disc 2 and disc 5 it fails near to the end of each episode. The only error reported is about audio sync, then the dreaded ...
by nicholfd
Sun Apr 06, 2025 12:50 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1
Replies: 141
Views: 68267

Re: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1

Same problem here with the older version. Upgraded to the latest for Mac/OS and now, after the disc scan, the read fails due to something it can't do while downloading Hash Keys (?). I guess this is just something to do with the decryption but wanted to see if anyone else is having the same issue. ...
by nicholfd
Sat Apr 05, 2025 8:01 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1
Replies: 141
Views: 68267

Re: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1

KENSAI wrote:
Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:55 pm
Well...at least I could rip my Blu-rays. :mrgreen:

Looking forward to the .1 release that fixes this new issue.
See 2 posts above yours. 1.18.1 is already released & resolves the UHD issue (and another issue).
by nicholfd
Sat Apr 05, 2025 2:30 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1
Replies: 141
Views: 68267

Re: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1

Worked up until the point of actually opening the UHD disc. Attached are the drive details & a screenshot of where it died. Drive Information OS device name: /dev/rdisk14 Current profile: BD-ROM Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST Product: BD-RE BU40N Revision: 1.04 Serial number: MZRJ74G1743 Firmware date: ...
by nicholfd
Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:39 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1
Replies: 141
Views: 68267

Re: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1

As a developer myself; I have two thoughts. First, this looks intentional beyond the obvious, I believe they are trying to get ahead of a firmware attack that is reported but not generally not yet covered and as far as I can tell not in the wild yet. Second: this change has broken most but not all ...
by nicholfd
Thu Mar 27, 2025 11:53 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1
Replies: 141
Views: 68267

Re: “Fatal Error Occured” with MacOS 15.4 Developer Beta 1

Received feedback from Feedback Assistant. Apple states that is is up to the developer to fix it. Remains broken in RC2 I would caution against bringing MakeMKV to the attention of OS companies (Apple/Microsoft/RedHat/Ubuntu/etc.) In general, if an app breaks on a beta/release OS, it is * ALWAYS * ...