What is the deal with the KEY?

[smol_birb]

Don't wait too long to save the "July code". In case there's any doubt remaining, someone is making changes to the website, changes to the "WHOIS" data, and nothing prevents them from making changes to the forum. ... the "change date" feature clearly doesn't work properly, or has been over-ridden!

What change date feature?

The "change date feature" I was referring to is a feature of the forum software (phpBB in this case) that changes/updates the date that the post was made based on the latest revision to that post. IOW, if you look at the "News and Announcements" area, you see the post in the Announcements section titled: "MakeMKV is free while in beta", dated "Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:46 pm", and "Last Post" date also "Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:46 pm". Further, there is no annotation in the post itself indicating it has been updated. However, this post has clearly been updated since then.

OTOH, when I update/edit one of my posts, a note appears at the bottom stating when the post was last edited, the date of that edit and the number of edits. IOW: The forum provides no indication that edits/changes have been made to posts by some users.

That post is listed as an announcement, which phpBB may treat differently to a regular post. Even so, it looks like the only user whose posts don’t necessarily show edit dates is Mike, who is listed as a site admin. I’m not sure if phpBB treats admin posts with different rules, because his profile also doesn’t show the dates when he was last seen online.

It kind of feels a bit moot anyway, since we now know that Mike seems to be back.

[m1ccc]

Don't wait too long to save the "July code". In case there's any doubt remaining, someone is making changes to the website, changes to the "WHOIS" data, and nothing prevents them from making changes to the forum. ... the "change date" feature clearly doesn't work properly, or has been over-ridden!

What change date feature?

The "change date feature" I was referring to is a feature of the forum software (phpBB in this case) that changes/updates the date that the post was made based on the latest revision to that post. IOW, if you look at the "News and Announcements" area, you see the post in the Announcements section titled: "MakeMKV is free while in beta", dated "Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:46 pm", and "Last Post" date also "Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:46 pm". Further, there is no annotation in the post itself indicating it has been updated. However, this post has clearly been updated since then.

OTOH, when I update/edit one of my posts, a note appears at the bottom stating when the post was last edited, the date of that edit and the number of edits. IOW: The forum provides no indication that edits/changes have been made to posts by some users.

The post is just edited; phpBB has a permission setting for whether a user/group can edit posts without showing that they've been edited. phpBB doesn't have a feature to change the date/time of a post without manually editing the database.

[runezen]

Purchased permanent key just now, delivered immediately. Thanks to everyone who got this working again.

[DrWhoFanJ]

I tried using the new key, and it just kept tripping the "too old" notification for no clear reason every time. I had to redownload the entire application (and force my Mac to let it open again), and it is now working. Just in case other people are getting a similar problem.

[exodoplex]

This thread is an excellent exhibit on taking "free" software for granted.
As soon as Mike went offline for a week the sky fell even though most of the commenters on this thread never paid him anything.

I paid him as soon as he came back online LOL

[baraktorvan]

If you are buying it, the process is once again working. I ordered again (after being refunded) and it works just fine now. The serial came into my email a moment after ordering. Once you enter it, close the app completely and reopen. Works fine for me on Windows 11.

[seamus]

This thread is an excellent exhibit on taking "free" software for granted.
As soon as Mike went offline for a week the sky fell even though most of the commenters on this thread never paid him anything.

I paid him as soon as he came back online LOL

Good for you, and I truly hope you're not disappointed. Since learning that MakeMKV is from Russia, I'd feel more comfortable if the software were open source. Nothing against Russians individually, but the country does seem to be home to some unscrupulous people. That said, based on posts from those who've bought licenses, I may still buy a license once I've gained more experience using it.

[sweakley0299]

Purchased my permanent key today for $60, got the key immediately in the email, applied it and been off and running. No more waiting on the Beta key and money well spent. I have over 5K DVD's in my collection and have about 85% digitized and want to finish the project. Now I can without any interruptions. Hated having to backdate PC every day.

[exodoplex]

This thread is an excellent exhibit on taking "free" software for granted.
As soon as Mike went offline for a week the sky fell even though most of the commenters on this thread never paid him anything.

I paid him as soon as he came back online LOL

Good for you, and I truly hope you're not disappointed. Since learning that MakeMKV is from Russia, I'd feel more comfortable if the software were open source. Nothing against Russians individually, but the country does seem to be home to some unscrupulous people. That said, based on posts from those who've bought licenses, I may still buy a license once I've gained more experience using it.

Honestly, I've found Russian software can be very good in general. Unlike software of Chinese origin, which inevitably always seems to be cheap or stolen or scammy. Heck, Kaspersky is Russian. And when that became unavailable to US residents that was a huge loss. One of the best Anti-malware softwares in existence. I 'spose it makes one of the countries that authors the most malware (next to China and the US of course) knows how to get rid of it LOL

[Leberkasbepi]

Buy the software works great now.
Can I use the key multiple times or just one time? How I can change to another system with the same key?

[m1ccc]

This thread is an excellent exhibit on taking "free" software for granted.
As soon as Mike went offline for a week the sky fell even though most of the commenters on this thread never paid him anything.

I paid him as soon as he came back online LOL

Good for you, and I truly hope you're not disappointed. Since learning that MakeMKV is from Russia, I'd feel more comfortable if the software were open source. Nothing against Russians individually, but the country does seem to be home to some unscrupulous people. That said, based on posts from those who've bought licenses, I may still buy a license once I've gained more experience using it.

I would love to know which country you think is not home to any unscrupulous people. There's a word for judging a large group of people based on the actions of a few individuals.

When it's working, MakeMKV works well.

[wmcclain]

You can use it on any number of machines at your site. Cross platform.

[BGLUK]

I purchased a key (again as it was auto refunded the other week) and all seems fine - email with the key was received in seconds.
Just backing up my first Blu-ray disc now as a verified purchaser/supporter

[seamus]

... There's a word for judging a large group of people based on the actions of a few individuals.

Actually, it's two words... "Common Sense".

Go play "woke" somewhere else - PLEASE.

[seamus]

This thread is an excellent exhibit on taking "free" software for granted.
As soon as Mike went offline for a week the sky fell even though most of the commenters on this thread never paid him anything.

Good for you, and I truly hope you're not disappointed. Since learning that MakeMKV is from Russia, I'd feel more comfortable if the software were open source. Nothing against Russians individually, but the country does seem to be home to some unscrupulous people. That said, based on posts from those who've bought licenses, I may still buy a license once I've gained more experience using it.

Honestly, I've found Russian software can be very good in general. Unlike software of Chinese origin, which inevitably always seems to be cheap or stolen or scammy. Heck, Kaspersky is Russian. And when that became unavailable to US residents that was a huge loss. One of the best Anti-malware softwares in existence. I 'spose it makes one of the countries that authors the most malware (next to China and the US of course) knows how to get rid of it LOL

Yes - some of the Russian people seem to be positively brilliant!
All I'm really trying to say is this: You're dealing with strangers; their website cannot be called "reliable"; the people behind it are from an area of the world where things are "different" than they are in the West. Any one of those would be cause for caution.