How to downgrade to 1.17.7 so I can flash?

[librelibre]

I used the instructions for installing the current version 1.18.2 viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224

The flashing instructions say that only up to 1.17.7 is supported, I don't see a way to downgrade or get the older versions.

Also has anyone done this and had any issues I should be concerned about when downgrading then upgrading again?

[Coopervid]

I used the instructions for installing the current version 1.18.2 viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224

The flashing instructions say that only up to 1.17.7 is supported, I don't see a way to downgrade or get the older versions.

Also has anyone done this and had any issues I should be concerned about when downgrading then upgrading again?

https://makemkv.com/download/old/

[Woodstock]

And you CAN have multiple versions of MakeMKV installed in different directories. You don't have to "downgrade" just to flash. I think I've got about 7 versions on this machine right now.

[Coopervid]

And you CAN have multiple versions of MakeMKV installed in different directories. You don't have to "downgrade" just to flash. I think I've got about 7 versions on this machine right now.

Whow! Can you elaborate why?

[Woodstock]

Mainly because I had various versions for testing, as they were released. Playing showed that they cooperated with other versions when I would run different ones (so long as they weren't fighting over a single drive), so I have gotten in the habit of loading new versions separately, rather than always using the makemkv directory.

Ugh... Just checked, and I have 9 versions currently installed, from 1.14.something to 1.18.2. Probably should clean that up...

[librelibre]

> And you CAN have multiple versions of MakeMKV installed in different directories.

How do you install it to different directories, doesn't it automatically go to /usr/bin? How do you change that?

[Coopervid]

Mainly because I had various versions for testing, as they were released. Playing showed that they cooperated with other versions when I would run different ones (so long as they weren't fighting over a single drive), so I have gotten in the habit of loading new versions separately, rather than always using the makemkv directory.

Ugh... Just checked, and I have 9 versions currently installed, from 1.14.something to 1.18.2. Probably should clean that up...

Interesting. I have to admit that I usually rip to ISO with AnyDVD / XReveal because playing ISOs on my Oppo Clone works best for that. I only kept CloneBD 1.2.91 versus the newest version because that is the last one that supported GPU acceleration for downconverting UHDs to BDs. My son has only a BD player and so I do this for him.

[Woodstock]

How do you install it to different directories, doesn't it automatically go to /usr/bin? How do you change that?

I thought the installer asked where you wanted to install it, just defaulting to "standard locations". At least on Windows and Mac, you're first asked where to put it after it determines it's already installed in the standard location, and you can tell it anywhere. I haven't done a Linux install in quite a while, because my linux boxes were mostly remote.

[FredMSloniker]

So once I was able to install Bazzite, I liked it - I could actually play Steam games without all the issues that were plaguing me in Kubuntu, and the Flatpak model meant everything Just Worked... until, of course, it didn't.

I can't get MakeMKV running; it hangs trying to read my external Blu-ray drive. The problem is, the earliest version available on Flathub is 1.17.9. (I tried it anyway. No soap.) I can get 1.17.7 here, but it's in a format that requires compiling... and I'm not sure how to go about that on Bazzite. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to proceed here? (Before you ask, I'm also asking on the Bazzite Discord and the forums where they suggested I use Bazzite in the first place.)

[flojo]

... it's in a format that requires compiling...

The binary is not available in source form, it's only available in binary form.You download the bin and gunzip it (twice :-/) and run the appropriate binary. Or in your case, you need to add the binary to the image or make it available to the container. Since you have a mount point available to rip movies to, put the binary in there then shell into the container and run the binary.

[FredMSloniker]

The binary is not available in source form, it's only available in binary form.

I see on further inspection that it's the GUI that needs to be compiled? According to this page, anyway. At any rate, I'll look into creating containers. Thanks!

[BuffaloSlack]

> And you CAN have multiple versions of MakeMKV installed in different directories.

How do you install it to different directories, doesn't it automatically go to /usr/bin? How do you change that?

The linux way, download source and compile using

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./configure --prefix=/usr/local/makemkv177

or whatever, you install each makemkv version into a different prefix and when you launch you have to modify the PATH env variable and LD_LIBRARY_PATH var to point to whatever prefix you want to launch.

The launch command then looks something like

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 PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/makemkv177/bin LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/makemkv177/lib /usr/local/makemkv177/bin/makemkv 

This is all off the top of my head but you get the gist. There's probably an easier way to accomplish this but that's what I do.