r/makemkv

Hmmm, unclear if this might be able to do 4K UHD ripping or what its firmware is modeled, $59, 6x BD-R burning capabilities. It's M-Disc compatible and has no region locks, but according to comments, "We’re unable to reveal the specific disc drive model at this stage."

"Yes, BluHub can be used to read your Blu-ray discs and create digital backups for your home media server, using compatible ripping software."

"Yes, BluHub supports reading 4K Blu-ray discs. Playback will also depend on your computer and compatible playback software"

Thoughts? Some of the comments and responses are raising some red flags.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11185373/bluhub-9-in-1-blu-ray-hub-for-memories-ports-and-storage

I tried installing MakeMKV on my devices last week and had some issues installing it on my laptop (Arch Linux, I dual boot Linux and Windows 11). I know people have mentioned that the MakeMKV website has issues and won't load sometimes, and I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this but I figured out a solution until the website is up and running again.

Use the Internet Wayback machine to download the installer. Go to https://web.archive.org , in the search bar, type in makemkv.com/download and then go to July 26th. There are 2 screenshots, I did the first one (05:26:57) but both of them should work. I wasn't expecting it to work since I didn't know that you could download files from archived websites on the Wayback Machine, but it does work.

I recently started ripping my physical collection for my Jellyfin server. For the first time, I'm working with a TV series across 3 Blu-ray discs.

When scanning the first disc, this is what shows up in MakeMKV.

https://preview.redd.it/4nyurvyppakh1.png?width=604&format=png&auto=webp&s=d1468674fc84f9e7682e482bb526694673523895

I was wondering how to split it into separate episodes (expanding the 27 GB track only shows audio and subtitle options, not individual episode titles)

Using a Matshita BD-MLT inside a Windows VM w/Oracle VirtualBox. I can access the disc across the VM, but it rips very slow, like 2x at best.

Anyone have any tips / pointers to make this work faster?

When I run on bare metal, i get much faster access, so i don't think it's the drive itself

I've been using make mkv to rip my collection of movies I've slowly built up over the years. Being able to set up jellyfin and have an easy way to watch my stuff during lunch at work is great.

I've been watching and rewatching movies at a larger rate than before and now I've begun buying more movies from stores, or garage sales since I feel like I will actually watch them. It's become a fun little hobby.

However, my only complaint is that blue rays files are so large. I want the higher quality over DVDs, but I'm starting to think just off of size I may rather have DVDs.

Like I can get 5-8 DVDs in the place of 1 blue ray disk. Does anyone have options to get the file sizes down. I've tried selecting only the audio I want instead of subtitles or alternate languages but that really only affects the file size minimally.

I figured I would need an additional hard drive to store them in, I just wasn't expecting to need it so soon. Is my only option to just increase available storage.

Hi,

Appreciate this probably gets asked a lot.

Took a chance on a LG BP50NB40 as it matched the details on the redump wiki.

Manufacture date: October 2025.

Model: BP50NB40

Svc Code: NB50

MakeMKV Info:

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: LG
Product: BP50NB40
Revision: 1.01
Serial number: WR70 095259
Bus encryption flags: 1B

Unfortunately SDTool Flasher v1.3.5 says the drive is not on the MT1959 platform.

Did I get something wrong on the details or was I just unlucky with the purchase?

Hello, I am about to start ripping disks onto a harddrive. I am going to set it up so I can hook up the hard drive to an Xbox and use its media player app. I think that works at least. I have very little idea on how most of it works so I have a few questions:

1. Some movies have menus, am I atill going to be able to access those menus as if I am running the file?

2. Can I even do it directly through my xbox?

3. What type of hard drive would I need?

4. How much would the movies compress to lossless?

5. What type of disc reader am I looking for?

6. Do you have any tips?

​Tried Project Hail Mary. Fails and crashes MakeMKV. Anyone else seen this before?

UPDATE: I updated the KEYDB file - no change. Installed Java runtime. No change.
Rebooted the computer (as opposed to restarting MakeMKV) and that fixed it!
Thank you to all who helped.

I didn't know shit from shampoo when I started this journey, but now my basic knowledge is such that I can successfully rip movies (for the most part). Now if I can only figure out why some DVD's are being restricted due to region.

Thanks to everyone who has answered my questions so far!

But it's been several days and now it's got a Russian 403 page. Any inside information?

I know flashing a drive enables MakeMkv to access UHDs, but will programs like PowerDVD for windows or Macgo bluray player on Mac also be able to directly play UHDs assuming the drive is flashed.

I remember a while back that there was a way to convert, or update or something for a Blu-Ray player to make it rip 4KBR.
I was wondering if anyone knew where that went, and the files, and a walk-through, or a hand holding, or someone doing it for me. . . XDDD
I have a "HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40", and I believe it was one of the ones you could update to do it.

Thank you to everyone who looks/ posts/ or points me in the right direction.

So, today I ran into a problem with one of my TV series DVD sets when trying to rip my backup. No matter which drive I tried (I have 3 different ones) it would always end in a catastrophic failure and MakeMkv would shut down. I created a backup (ISO) and tried to rip that, still no go. Then I started researching a bit more and I came across an article that suggested to change the protection from Auto to Cell trim, this is under Preferences > Protection, and wouldn't you know it suddenly it worked and didn't crash again.

So to all of you that had trouble with a particular DVD, try this.

Hope it helps even just one person.

I’m trying to take my digital movies from Fandango at Home & Movie’s Anywhere and put them on an external hard drive.

Any advice on how I go about breaking the encryption and do this?

The title says it all. Is there any way to do this easily? Banging my head against the wall on this one…