Installing MakeMKV on most Linux distributions is done by compiling it.

Install VLC (from the Ubuntu repo, not the Snap Store).

The process to get it working is very simple: Personally, I reason that BluRay is a proprietary format to start with, and since I already use lots of closed-source software for entertainment purposes, e.g., Steam, Netflix, Spotify, etc… Why not!?īut while MakeKMKV is technically software you have to buy all of its features (including the stuff that lets you play BluRays WITH menus in VLC) is “free” while the app is in beta.Īnd the app has been in beta for around 10 years 💁🏻‍♂️. You can even still do DV movie compression in a roundabout way, muxing out the 2 video layers, compressing the HDR layer, then muxing back in with the DV layer.īut you don't need to be compressing if just reading and ripping, they are not the same thing.MakeMKV is proprietary, paid-for software - and it’s at this point some of you will nope-out. StaxRip comes to mind and one other I can see the interface of but not remember the name ATM - simple app with black interface UI. If you're compressing to shrink size or burn in soft subs, there have been full pipeline 10-bit encoders capable of keeping HDR data for years. iso, and/or being able to add them to Plex or something similar so you don't have to get up and physically swap out discs (especially if watching a TV series), or even just UHD physical playback capabilities of discs for an HTPC.

When you flash a modified firmware, you're just telling it too ignore any AACS flags (I believe the lookup part is what's removed from the firmware and that's it - I extracted and edited my own firmware too when I did the flashing, IIRC I just had to remove some parts with a HEX editor and not actually add or change any lines - but this was 3 years ago so I could be misremembering) and simply read the files on the disc that it can see, the files are still DRM encrypted.Īs for why, archival backup of the physical discs as. Correct UHD BR discs are really just BD-XL discs, which is why you can flash some BR drives to read UHD discs (folder structure and file containers and everything the same too basically with just HEVC codec being new).

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