4k discs and MakeMKV Win32/Win64/Lin64
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:59 pm
Hey all, been ripping DVDs, blu rays, laserdiscs, and VHS tapes for years, decided it was time to figure out 4k UHD discs. After wrapping my head around how to get the Libredrive firmware updates on my optical drives, I am finally pulling 4k discs down to the hard drive, am quite impressed with MakeMKV.
Blu rays have generally been straight forward in 32-bit Win7, it was usually simply a matter of sticking the disc in the drive and letting MakeMKV do the magic, and this is still the case using 64-bit Windows10. I am finding that 64-bit Win10 is the only way I am able to get any success with 4k video, though. The same disc in 32-bit Win7, 64-bit Linux, and 32-bit WinXP all fail. Each separate machine is connected to the net to acquire the hash keys, but only 64-bit Win10 can actually decrypt the discs. Is there some limitation on 32 bits and 4k decryption?
My preference is to use Linux whenever possible, but my experience with MakeMV in Linux has been quite brief, have taken a handful of pokes at it. I installed a recent 64-bit distro, compiled and fired up MakeMKV. It cannot scan & find any optical drives, but if I insert a disc & mount it, I can use "Open Files" and navigate to the "index" file on the disc, open it up, and MakeMKV will start its process. Ultimately it fails to open on both 4k and blu ray discs, saying that there are no hash keys. These discs will open in 64Win10.
Am happy to have a machine that pulls them down, I guess this is just feedback regarding the other releases of MakeMKV that seem to provide inconsistent results. Thanks for the excellent work.
Blu rays have generally been straight forward in 32-bit Win7, it was usually simply a matter of sticking the disc in the drive and letting MakeMKV do the magic, and this is still the case using 64-bit Windows10. I am finding that 64-bit Win10 is the only way I am able to get any success with 4k video, though. The same disc in 32-bit Win7, 64-bit Linux, and 32-bit WinXP all fail. Each separate machine is connected to the net to acquire the hash keys, but only 64-bit Win10 can actually decrypt the discs. Is there some limitation on 32 bits and 4k decryption?
My preference is to use Linux whenever possible, but my experience with MakeMV in Linux has been quite brief, have taken a handful of pokes at it. I installed a recent 64-bit distro, compiled and fired up MakeMKV. It cannot scan & find any optical drives, but if I insert a disc & mount it, I can use "Open Files" and navigate to the "index" file on the disc, open it up, and MakeMKV will start its process. Ultimately it fails to open on both 4k and blu ray discs, saying that there are no hash keys. These discs will open in 64Win10.
Am happy to have a machine that pulls them down, I guess this is just feedback regarding the other releases of MakeMKV that seem to provide inconsistent results. Thanks for the excellent work.