Verbatim 43888 & 43890

[xSephirothAngelX]

Hi, just bought this drive and am trying to get MakeMKV to read the BluRay I'm putting in.

The system reads it fine and I can even mount it, but MakeMKV is stuck on just loading the disc.

Any way I can fix this or am I screwed because this is an BU40N on Firmware 1.05?

It should still work fine as is for DVD/BD discs but as LibreDrive isn't enabed, your drive could get revoked if you insert a new disc with AACS MKB revision. You would then have to wait for a MakeMKv software update. If you want to avoid this, you need to flash it. After flashing, Libredrive will be enabled and so will UHD readability.

Thing is I'm reading a normal 1080P Blu Ray.

I'm still going to need to flash it regardless?

[MartyMcNuts]

Hi, just bought this drive and am trying to get MakeMKV to read the BluRay I'm putting in.

The system reads it fine and I can even mount it, but MakeMKV is stuck on just loading the disc.

Any way I can fix this or am I screwed because this is an BU40N on Firmware 1.05?

It should still work fine as is for DVD/BD discs but as LibreDrive isn't enabed, your drive could get revoked if you insert a new disc with AACS MKB revision. You would then have to wait for a MakeMKv software update. If you want to avoid this, you need to flash it. After flashing, Libredrive will be enabled and so will UHD readability.

Thing is I'm reading a normal 1080P Blu Ray.

I'm still going to need to flash it regardless?

If you want to enble LibreDrive, yes. It just so happens to also enable UHD readability.

I do have a flasher for it if you are worried about doing it yourself. See my signature.

[xSephirothAngelX]

It should still work fine as is for DVD/BD discs but as LibreDrive isn't enabed, your drive could get revoked if you insert a new disc with AACS MKB revision. You would then have to wait for a MakeMKv software update. If you want to avoid this, you need to flash it. After flashing, Libredrive will be enabled and so will UHD readability.

Thing is I'm reading a normal 1080P Blu Ray.

I'm still going to need to flash it regardless?

If you want to enble LibreDrive, yes. It just so happens to also enable UHD readability.

I do have a flasher for it if you are worried about doing it yourself. See my signature.

Yep, downgrading the firmware is what made it work for me.

I managed to convert the episodes on Blu Ray to MKV, but is there a process for compressing them so the file size is not so large?

It's like 10 GB for a 1 hour episode.

[dcoke22]

Yep, downgrading the firmware is what made it work for me.

I managed to convert the episodes on Blu Ray to MKV, but is there a process for compressing them so the file size is not so large?

It's like 10 GB for a 1 hour episode.

Lots of folks use Handbrake to transcode their rips.

[Coopervid]

Yes, but why cripple your high resolution video?

[MartyMcNuts]

Yes, but why cripple your high resolution video?

It really depends on how much compression you use. I don't use HandBrake, don't like it.

I prefer to use NVENCc64 CLI and use GPU encoding. I find I can reduce BD video bitrate by around 50% without any noticable difference in quality. For UHD, I reduce the video bitrate to 25k average and again, don't notice any quality difference.I don't touch the audio as I want the ATMOS/DTS-X tracks as intended.

I watch movies on a TCL 75" 4K Mini-LED TV and a Samsung 78" 4K TV.

[TM2-Megatron]

The Staples Canada near me has 4 units in stock and I'm hoping to find an old stock Pioneer model there.

Is there a way to discern which is which from the box... UPC... or anything else without actually plugging it into a PC?

[MartyMcNuts]

The Staples Canada near me has 4 units in stock and I'm hoping to find an old stock Pioneer model there.

Is there a way to discern which is which from the box... UPC... or anything else without actually plugging it into a PC?

Yeah, look at the date on the box. To be UHD compatible, it must be pre 12/2022.