makeMKV 1.8.2 not working on Debian 13

[ralf28]

Hello together,
I recently walked away from Windows on all my computers also on my multimedia/home theater PC. However, I would still like to be able to watch the Blu-ray discs I have purchased. For that purpose, I installed makeMKV. However, it does not work. At first, I thought the reason might be my rather old Blu-ray drive (LG BH10LS30). So I bought an Asus BW-16D1HT, but the result is exactly the same, even with DVDs.
As already mentioned, my motivation for makeMKV is only to watch the Blu-ray discs that I have purchased on a Linux PC maybe there is another way instead of using makeMKV to do this, this would also be an option for me.

What happens is, I insert the disc and it starts spinning.
MakeMKV says “Loading...” “Please wait,” but nothing else happens, even after minutes.
I was able to get a debug log from it with makemkvcon info disc:0 --debug

Debug log started at Fri Jan 2 14:30:53 2026 , written by MakeMKV v1.18.2 linux(x64-release)
001005:0000 MakeMKV v1.18.2 linux(x64-release) started
001004:0000 Debug recording enabled. Recording is saved as file:///home/htpc/MakeMKV_log.txt
Using 262272KB for read cache.
Network access is ENABLED, CURL version 8.14.1/OpenSSL/3.5.4/1.64.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) , proxy server not set.
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 0 at [$&!cPHsNoNC,vJT%<05$ :29393631
No SDF v0a4: ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.11_212012011759_KLZP84F2253
SDF auto v0a4: ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.11_212012011759_KLZP84F2253
and here it stops
I have already downloaded sdf.bin, which I have read about several times as a tip, but unfortunately nothing has helped so far.

I am using a fairly new installation of Linux Debian 13, do I need to configure something on my Linux installation. I already spent some time for investigation but couldn't find a solution yet.

Can anyone here help me, please?

[16442496]

It's a feature on MakeMKV. (MakeMKV v1.17.7 (15.5.2024)

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37670

[opinux]

hi there,

Thats weired, i also run makeMKV on Debian 13, and i have no problem at all. It just works as it should.

Have you installed makeMKV direct from the link from the forum ?

I did it as follow. i took the 1.8.2 link from the forum, used the guide by downloading the files and started the installation as mentioned.
And after that i was able to use it just normal.

[ralf28]

hi there,

Thats weired, i also run makeMKV on Debian 13, and i have no problem at all. It just works as it should.

Have you installed makeMKV direct from the link from the forum ?

I did it as follow. i took the 1.8.2 link from the forum, used the guide by downloading the files and started the installation as mentioned.
And after that i was able to use it just normal.

Yes, I was redirected to the forum from www.makemkv.com and I also just followed the instructions, but unfortunately it doesn't work on my machine.

[ralf28]

It's a feature on MakeMKV. (MakeMKV v1.17.7 (15.5.2024)

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37670

Thank you very much for the information, I tried it out right away. However, version 1.17.7 tells me it is to old and I am asked to download the current version.
It's unbelievable that the problem has been around for more than 1.5 years and still hasn't been fixed.
However it seems to work on some machines when I go through the posts in the link you have provided.