SDF.bin

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Billycar11
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Re: SDF.bin

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d00zah wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:24 pm
Buzzlite1926 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:38 pm
It's only for automatic download?
C'mon! Really?
Woodstock wrote:
Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:19 pm
The file itself should be automatically downloaded when you start a rip; On disk, it is added to _private_data.tar in your MakeMKV data directory.

If you want to manually download it, https://makemkv.com/sdf.bin will fetch it.

Be aware that sdf.bin does not contain the hashed keys for UHD decoding; it DOES contain the current link to it, though.
inb4 the wat i do with privatedata.tar
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Buzzlite1926
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Re: SDF.bin

Post by Buzzlite1926 »

Yes really! It says specifically don't contain the hash key for uhd, so I take it as just that.
To put it an a specific folder?
d00zah
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Re: SDF.bin

Post by d00zah »

Buzzlite1926 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:51 pm
Yes really! It says specifically don't contain the hash key for uhd, so I take it as just that.
To put it an a specific folder?
Woodstock wrote:
Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:19 pm
The file itself should be automatically downloaded when you start a rip; On disk, it is added to _private_data.tar in your MakeMKV data directory.

If you want to manually download it, https://makemkv.com/sdf.bin will fetch it.

Be aware that sdf.bin does not contain the hashed keys for UHD decoding; it DOES contain the current link to it, though.
It doesn't explicitly say it, but the .bin should be dropped in the MakeMKV data directory, which by default, is (in Windows, unless changed by user):

%UserProfile%\.MakeMKV

Unless somehow blocked, or disabled, all this SHOULD all happen automagically.

I surrender!
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