In your experience, what's the most effective BD and 4K UHD reading drive for ripping?

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TheMKVMaker
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In your experience, what's the most effective BD and 4K UHD reading drive for ripping?

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I'm seriously considering the Verbatim Slim 4K Drive - https://www.amazon.com.au/Verbatim-Exte ... B07MTP9VKX

The only thing that I'm concerned about is how fast it can rip Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, especially in contrast to other drivers.

What is your experience like with these drivers?
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Re: In your experience, what's the most effective BD and 4K UHD reading drive for ripping?

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For most people, the question would be "does it read disks?"
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Coopervid
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Re: In your experience, what's the most effective BD and 4K UHD reading drive for ripping?

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TheMKVMaker wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:02 am
I'm seriously considering the Verbatim Slim 4K Drive - https://www.amazon.com.au/Verbatim-Exte ... B07MTP9VKX

The only thing that I'm concerned about is how fast it can rip Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, especially in contrast to other drivers.

What is your experience like with these drivers?
It has a Pioneer BDR-UD04 in the enclosure. You can go for it.
TheMKVMaker
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Re: In your experience, what's the most effective BD and 4K UHD reading drive for ripping?

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Coopervid wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:48 pm
TheMKVMaker wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:02 am
I'm seriously considering the Verbatim Slim 4K Drive - https://www.amazon.com.au/Verbatim-Exte ... B07MTP9VKX

The only thing that I'm concerned about is how fast it can rip Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, especially in contrast to other drivers.

What is your experience like with these drivers?
It has a Pioneer BDR-UD04 in the enclosure. You can go for it.
Yeah I've read some posts, albeit older (2020/2021) that specify the Pioneer BDR-UD04 as not being effective at ripping $k UHDs.
Coopervid
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Mike started support of Pioneer drives much later. Start reading here:

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27378

And see ripping speeds in this guide:

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634
TheMKVMaker
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Re: In your experience, what's the most effective BD and 4K UHD reading drive for ripping?

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Coopervid wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:48 pm
TheMKVMaker wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:02 am
I'm seriously considering the Verbatim Slim 4K Drive - https://www.amazon.com.au/Verbatim-Exte ... B07MTP9VKX

The only thing that I'm concerned about is how fast it can rip Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, especially in contrast to other drivers.

What is your experience like with these drivers?
It has a Pioneer BDR-UD04 in the enclosure. You can go for it.
Interesting - does that mean that other dvd ripping programs can utilize this drive or is it only MakeMKV that is the exception?
Coopervid
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Re: In your experience, what's the most effective BD and 4K UHD reading drive for ripping?

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Only Makemkv and AnyDVD.
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