In your experience, what's the most effective BD and 4K UHD reading drive for ripping?

[TheMKVMaker]

I'm seriously considering the Verbatim Slim 4K Drive - https://www.amazon.com.au/Verbatim-Exte ... B07MTP9VKX

The only thing that I'm concerned about is how fast it can rip Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, especially in contrast to other drivers.

What is your experience like with these drivers?

[Woodstock]

For most people, the question would be "does it read disks?"

[Coopervid]

I'm seriously considering the Verbatim Slim 4K Drive - https://www.amazon.com.au/Verbatim-Exte ... B07MTP9VKX

The only thing that I'm concerned about is how fast it can rip Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, especially in contrast to other drivers.

What is your experience like with these drivers?

It has a Pioneer BDR-UD04 in the enclosure. You can go for it.

[TheMKVMaker]

I'm seriously considering the Verbatim Slim 4K Drive - https://www.amazon.com.au/Verbatim-Exte ... B07MTP9VKX

The only thing that I'm concerned about is how fast it can rip Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, especially in contrast to other drivers.

What is your experience like with these drivers?

It has a Pioneer BDR-UD04 in the enclosure. You can go for it.

Yeah I've read some posts, albeit older (2020/2021) that specify the Pioneer BDR-UD04 as not being effective at ripping $k UHDs.

[Coopervid]

Mike started support of Pioneer drives much later. Start reading here:

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27378

And see ripping speeds in this guide:

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634

[TheMKVMaker]

I'm seriously considering the Verbatim Slim 4K Drive - https://www.amazon.com.au/Verbatim-Exte ... B07MTP9VKX

The only thing that I'm concerned about is how fast it can rip Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, especially in contrast to other drivers.

What is your experience like with these drivers?

It has a Pioneer BDR-UD04 in the enclosure. You can go for it.

Interesting - does that mean that other dvd ripping programs can utilize this drive or is it only MakeMKV that is the exception?

[Coopervid]

Only Makemkv and AnyDVD.