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I've even added an explicit comment at vt - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/043e41ff5c309ac4e393e1e40a791c58ea21f2421736cd8e9631944cba629f0e/community. The file itself is 13 kilobytes, it is a 32-bit service installer - literally, it calls few windows APIs and exits. You can't pack much malware ...

It certainly looks like a damaged disc, but MakeMKV should not crash on it, it's a bug.
Try making a full disc backup (non-decrypted) first, and see if you'll have better luck opening the backup.

The whole issue is about Handbrake being an application from "trusted developer" and MakeMKV being not. The way MakeMKV integration works - an instance of MakeMKV executable is launched by the host application (Handbrake) to do all the decryption magic. Because Handbrake is sandboxed app, ...

In MakeMKV, there is no section for LibreDrive Information so that would lead me to believe this drive doesn't qualify as described by the flashing guide in this forum. Yes, and this is very unusual. I haven't seen a BD drive on an unknown platform for a while. Any chance to open the enclosure and ...

I missed this one. Of course, and you don't need an explicit permission - the license explicitly allows repackaging/redistribution for this purpose.

To be honest, the MakeMKV GUI is open source mostly to satisfy the QT (and others) licensing requirements, and to ease the linux build. It was "truly" open source for a while, but was discontinued then. As for your changes - obliviously, your contribution would be very welcome. I'd prefer ...

The SDF update time for new firmwares varies. In this particular case, all 8 Pioneer firmwares released yesterday are already integrated in latest SDF.bin and are supported. Sometimes it takes much longer, though...

Please do collect the core dump and send to support@makemkv.com . Thanks!

Here is the process for adding LibreDrive support. First time MakeMKV sees a new LibreDrive-capable drive, it would produce a firmware dump file (named something like dump_FW_8D764A026549A275718D.tgz ) and would say something like "Please send this file to support@makemkv.com". The dump wi...

There were recent success stories with cross-flashing Pioneer drives, I believe some forum members provide this service for a fee. Current sdftool does not support this. I believe the relevant research happens on https://www.cdrinfo.pl/ forum.

In MakeMKV's GUI, when I highlight the TrueHD audio track on a 4K playlist before ripping, the following appears in the info box: Track information Type: Audio Name: Surround (English) Language: English Codec: TrueHD Atmos Channels: 0 Channel layout: 0 channels Sample rate: 48000 Bits per sample: 2...

Fixed in 1.17.2, just released.

The SDF.bin was just updated a few hours ago. Should work now.

This should have been fixed long ago... Do you have a disc that reproduces the issue?

CdRom arbiter is just a regular service. It can be stopped or disabled from task manager or services panel.The disabled service is as good as uninstalled, and generally, being a small open-source service it does more good than harm)