SDF update November 2025

[impala454]

I only got a dump file after I inserted a disc, but mine was a slot loader that showed up as "ejected" until a disc was inserted which might have caused that.

Thanks that was it! Dump sent

[keydb_helper]

Thanks for the update Mike. I didn't try SDF 0x9a but 0x9b worked well with my BDR-XS08MB-S:

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XS08U
Revision: 1.01
Serial number: CK********JP
Firmware date: 2022-12-27
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS9621
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-BDS8
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.01/ID69
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

I've only performed a quick rip test with a single AACS 2.0 disc. Dump file generation was consistent with my older S13/XD07 Pioneer models and the rip itself went smoothly.

[TheThomasTrinity]

I'm a bit confused about what I'm supposed to do about getting the update to work. I don't see anywhere to paste the text block from the first post. I'm on a Mac.

[MartyMcNuts]

I'm a bit confused about what I'm supposed to do about getting the update to work. I don't see anywhere to paste the text block from the first post. I'm on a Mac.

You don't. You update to the latest sdf version. I have no idea how this works on Mac but on Windows, you download it and put it in the MakeMKV data directory and when MakeMKV is next started, it should be absorbed into _private_data.tar.

[TheThomasTrinity]

I'm a bit confused about what I'm supposed to do about getting the update to work. I don't see anywhere to paste the text block from the first post. I'm on a Mac.

You don't. You update to the latest sdf version. I have no idea how this works on Mac but on Windows, you download it and put it in the MakeMKV data directory and when MakeMKV is next started, it should be absorbed into _private_data.tar.

Where do you download the sdf file? I don't see anything with that file extension in the MakeMKV folder.

[MartyMcNuts]

I'm a bit confused about what I'm supposed to do about getting the update to work. I don't see anywhere to paste the text block from the first post. I'm on a Mac.

You don't. You update to the latest sdf version. I have no idea how this works on Mac but on Windows, you download it and put it in the MakeMKV data directory and when MakeMKV is next started, it should be absorbed into _private_data.tar.

Where do you download the sdf file? I don't see anything with that file extension in the MakeMKV folder.

It's not in the MakeMKV folder. You put it in MakeMKV's data folder. Check the location in MakeMKV's preferences.

Download link: https://www.makemkv.com/svq/sdf.bin

[nicholfd]

I'm a bit confused about what I'm supposed to do about getting the update to work. I don't see anywhere to paste the text block from the first post. I'm on a Mac.

You don't. You update to the latest sdf version. I have no idea how this works on Mac but on Windows, you download it and put it in the MakeMKV data directory and when MakeMKV is next started, it should be absorbed into _private_data.tar.

Where do you download the sdf file? I don't see anything with that file extension in the MakeMKV folder.

As MartyMcNuts said, if you have internet access disabled for MakeMKV, or if the auto-download is not working, you download the file from here: https://www.makemkv.com/svq/sdf.bin

On macOS, the default location for that file is in your home directory, "~/Library/MakeMKV/" . MakeMKV allows you to change the location of where it stores this file & other data. If you've changed that setting in the app Preferences, then the file would go wherever you told MakeMKV to store its data.

Thanks,
Frank