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SDF Download - Stuck or not Working?
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2026 7:41 pm
by mheaton58
i just opened MakeMkv to burn a Blu Ray and I have the following message that seems to be stuck.
MakeMKV v1.18.4 linux(x64-release) started
Downloading latest SDF to /home/mark/.MakeMKV ...
after a long wait it get a failed message.
The only thing I can think of is a link is down or something as i have turned my fire wall off and on with no resolution.
MakeMkv is still able to burn a Blu Ray, just thinking this is important and looking for any ideas.
Re: SDF Download - Stuck or not Working?
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2026 12:50 am
by tomty89
Probably due to geoblocking or so, but it didn't seem to happen when I was with 1.18.3.
Can be worked around by unchecking "enable internet access", but with that you would probably lose Hashed Keys downloading / updates (which is sort of required for UHD BD and non-LibreDrive -- you can use KeyDB instead).
Haven't checked whether downloading makemkv.com/sdf.bin and put it into ~/.MakeMKV would help yet.
Re: SDF Download - Stuck or not Working?
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2026 7:03 pm
by georgesgiralt
Hello,
I've just tried on my Ubuntu machine :
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$ wget makemkv.com/sdf.bin
--2026-07-10 20:01:51-- http://makemkv.com/sdf.bin
Resolving makemkv.com (makemkv.com)... 104.21.49.241, 172.67.195.244, 2606:4700:3036::ac43:c3f4, ...
Connecting to makemkv.com (makemkv.com)|104.21.49.241|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://makemkv.com/sdf.bin [following]
--2026-07-10 20:01:51-- https://makemkv.com/sdf.bin
Connecting to makemkv.com (makemkv.com)|104.21.49.241|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: 'sdf.bin.1'
sdf.bin.1 [ <=> ] 2,02M 2,26MB/s in 0,9s
2026-07-10 20:01:53 (2,26 MB/s) - 'sdf.bin.1' saved [2119472]
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Re: SDF Download - Stuck or not Working?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 8:08 am
by tomty89
I could download makemkv.com/sdf.bin through a browser when I was having the same issue in MakeMKV, so either they are somehow downloading from different places, or MakeMKV got stuck because of something else other than geoblocking...