Newbie here. MakeMKV stuck loading disc on Linux

[Setta]

Hello. I am brand new to MakeMKV. I just got one of the recommend LG Blu ray drives. I am running the current Mint Cinnamon distro. I have installed the current version of MakeMKV Linux 1.18.3. It recognizes when I load the disc, but never gets past the "loading disc" part. I have tried both the official install via compiling from source and the Flatpack version from Flathub, both have the same problem. It happens with DVDs and regular Blurays. I have not cross flashed the Drive or enabled LibreDrive yet. As I am just doing DVDs and regular Blurays now. Not 4K yet. Below are drive specs from MakeMKV. Can someone please advise me on what to do?

Drive Information:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.05
Firmware Date: 2121-04-23 13:47
Bus Encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive Platform: MT1959

[3JplMQv9]

Same Problem here, flatpak or from 3rd party repo (packman opensuse). That seems to be a bug in all versions.

Found a workaround in the Linux Mint forum:

Start Makemkv
Have another internal or external USB CD-Drive and insert a normal DVD. MakeMKV should load the DVD and offer copying the files. Now insert a BR disk in the BR-Drive. MakeMKV now should read the BR disc and offers the BR Disc via drop down menue.

Hope it works for you

And hopefully it will be fixed, because it looks like that bug wasn't there forever and only started to appear mid/end of last year.

[dcoke22]

Hello. I am brand new to MakeMKV. I just got one of the recommend LG Blu ray drives. I am running the current Mint Cinnamon distro. I have installed the current version of MakeMKV Linux 1.18.3. It recognizes when I load the disc, but never gets past the "loading disc" part. I have tried both the official install via compiling from source and the Flatpack version from Flathub, both have the same problem. It happens with DVDs and regular Blurays. I have not cross flashed the Drive or enabled LibreDrive yet. As I am just doing DVDs and regular Blurays now. Not 4K yet. Below are drive specs from MakeMKV. Can someone please advise me on what to do?

Drive Information:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.05
Firmware Date: 2121-04-23 13:47
Bus Encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive Platform: MT1959

On linux, the BU40N works a lot better on the 1.00 firmware.

[SamSpeexy]

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive Platform: MT1959

Linux versions after 1.17.7 don't work well unless your drive has libredrive firmware. ( LINK )

Check out the Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide to learn how to flash your drive to libredrive firmware. ( LINK )

[Setta]

Same Problem here, flatpak or from 3rd party repo (packman opensuse). That seems to be a bug in all versions.

Found a workaround in the Linux Mint forum:

Start Makemkv
Have another internal or external USB CD-Drive and insert a normal DVD. MakeMKV should load the DVD and offer copying the files. Now insert a BR disk in the BR-Drive. MakeMKV now should read the BR disc and offers the BR Disc via drop down menue.

Hope it works for you

And hopefully it will be fixed, because it looks like that bug wasn't there forever and only started to appear mid/end of last year.

Thanks for the idea. I will give this a try. I believe I have another dvd drive laying here somewhere.

[Setta]

Hello. I am brand new to MakeMKV. I just got one of the recommend LG Blu ray drives. I am running the current Mint Cinnamon distro. I have installed the current version of MakeMKV Linux 1.18.3. It recognizes when I load the disc, but never gets past the "loading disc" part. I have tried both the official install via compiling from source and the Flatpack version from Flathub, both have the same problem. It happens with DVDs and regular Blurays. I have not cross flashed the Drive or enabled LibreDrive yet. As I am just doing DVDs and regular Blurays now. Not 4K yet. Below are drive specs from MakeMKV. Can someone please advise me on what to do?

Drive Information:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.05
Firmware Date: 2121-04-23 13:47
Bus Encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive Platform: MT1959

On linux, the BU40N works a lot better on the 1.00 firmware.

Thanks for the info. I also just recently saw something about older firmwares being better. I will look into this.

[Setta]

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive Platform: MT1959

Linux versions after 1.17.7 don't work well unless your drive has libredrive firmware. ( LINK )

Check out the Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide to learn how to flash your drive to libredrive firmware. ( LINK )

Thank you for the links and info about the MakeMKV version. I do plan on getting LibreDrive setup on it as I will need 4K ripping at some point.