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External drive advice...
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 11:21 pm
by brecht
All the external pioneer drives i've looked at say "for windows" or "for windows and mac os" on the box, so now im not sure which one i should get. Do they work with linux? Is there any specific drive i should get for 4k bluray ripping?
Re: External drive advice...
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:25 am
by MrPenguin
brecht wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 11:21 pm
All the external pioneer drives i've looked at say "for windows" or "for windows and mac os" on the box, so now im not sure which one i should get. Do they work with linux? Is there any specific drive i should get for 4k bluray ripping?
Yes, USB drives are just "mass storage devices" and so work fine with Linux. MakeMKV requires that the drive's /dev/sr
N device also has a corresponding /dev/sg
M device, but that's just a matter of the kernel supporting "SCSI generic".
As for supporting UHD, you will need to buy a Pioneer drive whose firmware is dated 2022-11 or earlier, which is becoming increasingly difficult as existing stocks run out. Drives manufactured more recently have updated their firmware both to block MakeMKV's LibreDrive and to prevent downgrading.
Re: External drive advice...
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:53 am
by Coopervid
brecht wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 11:21 pm
All the external pioneer drives i've looked at say "for windows" or "for windows and mac os" on the box, so now im not sure which one i should get. Do they work with linux? Is there any specific drive i should get for 4k bluray ripping?
Depending on your country of residence you might find a Verbatim 43888 which contains a Pioneer UD04 that works out-of-the-box.
Re: External drive advice...
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 1:06 pm
by flojo
MrPenguin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:25 am
becoming increasingly difficult as existing stocks run out.
Overly niche I'd say. It's easier to find a working laserdisc player :-/
Re: External drive advice...
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 1:36 pm
by MrPenguin
flojo wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 1:06 pm
Overly niche I'd say. It's easier to find a working laserdisc player :-/
It depends who you ask. I believe
asmcom still has some - for now at least.