Using ASUS BW-16D1HT, no need to flash drive to rip 4K discs
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:35 am
Firstly, I say hi to you all. Been using MakeMKV for about 2 years now, so have frequented this forum fairly often, am familiar with some usernames here, but this is my first post or comment.
To cut a long story short, I bought a BW-16D1HT, placed inside a OWC Mercury Pro about 12 months ago. I could never properly test a 4K disc with this drive because I had a Mac mini 2012 which just wasn't up to par (problems with H.265, ok when it's H.264). But I've recently purchased a Mac Mini M1, and also got hold of some 4K discs. I already spent a few hours last year looking through posts here to comprehend how to flash my drive to rip UHD successfully. However, when I placed the 4K disc in the drive, and opened MakeMKV, I had no problem in ripping the main movie from the disc, and no problem making a backup of the disc. (Unfortunately I can't play the disc because I don't know any software that can play 4K discs on a Mac.)
I recently ripped a few discs with no problem so far. An 80GB disc took a little under an hour to copy. What problems am I supposed to be encountering, or am likely to encounter by ripping UHD discs without flashing my drive? Something to do with discs getting stuck in drives? I left a disc in the drive for 24 hours, and had no problem in accessing/ripping that disc, or ejecting the disc.
PS
this is a 2nd hand drive, Im not sure what year it was manufactured, I presume 2015, as the firmware date 2115-11-03 seems to be an error.
Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk14
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.00
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2115-11-03 11:10
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 76
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.00
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Disc Information
Label: THE HOBBIT AUJ EXT
Timestamp: 2020-09-17 21:24:31
Data capacity: 77.57 Gb
Disc type: BD-ROM UHD
Number of layers: 3
Bus encryption flags: 80
To cut a long story short, I bought a BW-16D1HT, placed inside a OWC Mercury Pro about 12 months ago. I could never properly test a 4K disc with this drive because I had a Mac mini 2012 which just wasn't up to par (problems with H.265, ok when it's H.264). But I've recently purchased a Mac Mini M1, and also got hold of some 4K discs. I already spent a few hours last year looking through posts here to comprehend how to flash my drive to rip UHD successfully. However, when I placed the 4K disc in the drive, and opened MakeMKV, I had no problem in ripping the main movie from the disc, and no problem making a backup of the disc. (Unfortunately I can't play the disc because I don't know any software that can play 4K discs on a Mac.)
I recently ripped a few discs with no problem so far. An 80GB disc took a little under an hour to copy. What problems am I supposed to be encountering, or am likely to encounter by ripping UHD discs without flashing my drive? Something to do with discs getting stuck in drives? I left a disc in the drive for 24 hours, and had no problem in accessing/ripping that disc, or ejecting the disc.
PS
this is a 2nd hand drive, Im not sure what year it was manufactured, I presume 2015, as the firmware date 2115-11-03 seems to be an error.
Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk14
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.00
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2115-11-03 11:10
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 76
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.00
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Disc Information
Label: THE HOBBIT AUJ EXT
Timestamp: 2020-09-17 21:24:31
Data capacity: 77.57 Gb
Disc type: BD-ROM UHD
Number of layers: 3
Bus encryption flags: 80
