Does any Blu Ray drive work?

[bradwiggo]

Most of the info and discussion I see about this is about 4k blu rays. I don't want to rip 4k blu rays, just normal ones. Would any drive work for this? For example something super cheap like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184792303350 ... SwX4BghaWG ?

[MissRin]

MakeMKV should be able to open any disc that your Optical Disc Drive can read, so as long as this ODD is functional it should work.

[demon]

As the player keys for Blu-ray Disc have been leaked for awhile now, yes, any Blu-ray Disc drive will work for ripping. Specific drives are needed for 4k UltraHD Blu-ray Discs because the way extraction is done with title keys only works with some drives.

[Woodstock]

Different answers for different criteria.

Yes, MakeMKV will work for regular BDs with just about any major-brand BD player, but some are more "future proof" than others.

A BD drive that has a LibreDrive-compatible firmware will be less susceptible to player key revocation and any complaints about region coding.