MakeMKV, LibreDrive and avoiding AACS changes

[onionfolk]

If I run makemkv before inserting a blu-ray film, will this stop any AACS updates or any other protection modifications? If so, do I need to run makemkv as admin for this?

I know AACS changes are irrelevent to makemkv ripping, but I'd like to keep the drive as unmodified as possible. I'm hoping the LibreDrive operations will achieve this.

[AstralWanderer]

Revocation list updates (this, I presume is what you are referring to) occur whenever a BluRay with a more recent list than present in the drive is inserted.

MakeMKV has nothing to do with this process and cannot therefore prevent it. LibreDrive (see What is LibreDrive?) cannot prevent it either, but allows MakeMKV (and presumably other software that can make use of it) to ignore revocation lists.

Full AACS updates can also occur on disc insertion, and can require an update to MakeMKV to handle them (see AACS v82 status for the most recent example).

See also LibreDrive and revocation list update protection.

[onionfolk]

A pity. Many thanks though for the detailed information and links.