Does any Blu Ray drive work?

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bradwiggo
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Does any Blu Ray drive work?

Post by bradwiggo » Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:48 pm

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
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Re: Does any Blu Ray drive work?

Post by MissRin » Sun Jun 06, 2021 12:00 am

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
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Re: Does any Blu Ray drive work?

Post by demon » Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:34 pm

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
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Re: Does any Blu Ray drive work?

Post by Woodstock » Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:17 am

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.

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