MakeMKV above v1.17.7 still broken on Linux

[visionviper]

I'd like to hear more about what people are doing for build/install. I had zero issues with v1.18.1 following the official instructions. But I see people making reference to Flatpak and a tar file I never downloaded or used.

Is someone willing to post a detailed step by step of what they are doing?

[iktas_]

I'm also having the same problem. No fixes as of now. I'm on NixOS Warbler, installed makemkv through nixpkgs version 1.18.1. All the same problem as you guys have mentioned but unfortunately none of the fixes are working. Adding DVD first doesn't work, replacing _private_data.tar doesn't work. Downgrading just crashes the makemkv instance. I'm stuck right now

[SamSpeexy]

I believe the problem might have something to do with MakeMKV attempting to dump drive firmware. One of my drives that doesn't work with 1.18.1 is an older model flashed with firmware from a long time ago. When using MakeMKV 1.17.7 offline, it successfully dumps the firmware to the .MakeMKV settings folder as a .tgz file. When I upgrade to 1.18.1, and use it offline, it works fine with the older drive as long as the .tgz file is in the .MakeMKV settings folder. Two of my newer libredrives don't have any issues with 1.18.1 at all. Both have factory firmware.

I hope this helps.

[Miramur]

@SamSpeexy +1.
This worked for me. 1.17.7 offline, dump firmware tgz, then all versions past and current worked. Thank you!

[helvetichris]

I'm a total noob but i found this old and very easy solution which works perfectly for me on CachyOS with the latest version of Makemkv

Create a file on /etc/modules-load.d/ with the content sg then reboot. Mine is named sg.conf but the name is totally arbitrary.

Post is here : https://www.reddit.com/r/makemkv/commen ... ny_usable/

I hope it helps