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by charlie2025
Thu May 29, 2025 12:26 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: BDR 212V UHD Guide
Replies: 166
Views: 69498

Re: BDR 212V UHD Guide

I just got mine. Don't currently have the need for uhd but I'd like to get the info while available. Drive Information OS device name: E: Current profile: DVD-ROM Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-212V Revision: 1.02 Serial number: Firmware date: 2022-05-31 Bus encryption flags: 13 Highest AA...
by charlie2025
Tue May 27, 2025 9:51 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: BD Drive for non UHD Ripping
Replies: 8
Views: 930

Re: BD Drive for non UHD Ripping

I ordered a Pioneer BDR-212V, which looks like it should work for the movies I own and can be flashed to enable libredrive functionality, if I need it. One thing that wasn't answered is what exactly does it mean if the drive becomes revoked? It will no longer read data? Can it be restored by reflash...
by charlie2025
Mon May 26, 2025 12:02 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: BD Drive for non UHD Ripping
Replies: 8
Views: 930

Re: BD Drive for non UHD Ripping

If I understand this correctly, the only way to know for certain if a disk uses MKBv82 is to insert it into the drive so I can examine its AACS/MKB_RO.inf file.... which, if it does use MKBv82, is going to revoke the AACSv1 host certificate for the drive, and disks can no longer be decrypted? If I h...
by charlie2025
Sun May 25, 2025 6:34 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: BD Drive for non UHD Ripping
Replies: 8
Views: 930

Re: BD Drive for non UHD Ripping

Pioneer drives are still preferable, if you can get one. You can rip/play BDs without needing LibreDrive only so long as you have both an unrevoked device key and host certificate for AACSv1. But bear in mind that inserting a disk that uses MKBv82 will also revoke every publicly-known AACSv1 host c...
by charlie2025
Sat May 24, 2025 10:32 pm
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: BD Drive for non UHD Ripping
Replies: 8
Views: 930

BD Drive for non UHD Ripping

I need to get a blu-ray drive. All the hoopla seems to be about UHD. If I will be ripping a handful of Full HD (1080p) Blu-ray in addition to a couple hundred DVDs, does the drive used matter?