

look up on YT a video called How to Flash 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive for. This ability to defeat the UHD encryption scheme is called LibreDrive. I bought this drive specifically to rip UHD on makemkv and at first it didnt work.
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Once it is done, you don't need to mess with it again. The drive wont open, windows doesnt seem to detect it, and makemkv does not. AACS2 drives require AACS2 host certificates for 4K discs. Note that for 4K blurays to work you need to use AACS1 drive with a friendly firmware. Getting the right firmware on your drive is a one-time step. The only caveat is whether decryption keys are available so you have to put a file with these (keyshashed.txt) into MakeMKV's data directory. Also, just in the last few weeks, there are some Pioneer drives that have been made to work with MakeMKV that can rip UHDs and do not require flashing a specific firmware they work with the stock firmware. There are sellers that will either sell you an automated flasher that'll help you flash your drive or sell you a new, tested drive that has been flashed appropriately. In that newly established data directory folder, create a text file and paste those codes and all their info into the text file. Once your drive has the right firmware, then MakeMKV can defeat the encryption scheme on the UHD and rip it just like a regular blu-ray. 3) To manually add volume keys to makemkv, you open Makemkv, go to view->preferences, then, ->general and establish a folder for the 'makemkv data directory'.
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The thread you found, Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide, lists all the known optical drives that work, lists the firmware levels that work, has links to where you can download the firmware, and lists instructions on how to flash the firmware (on your Mac, it is a command line thing). 4k UHDs, however, are tricky because they have a more complicated encryption scheme.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, will be arriving on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K. txt) into MakeMKVs data directory (/Library/MakeMKV is default). MakeMKV can make just about any modern blu-ray reader work for regular blu-rays. Star Wars 4K77 2160p UHD DNR 35mm x265-v1 04K77-DTOne 1. Oldboy attacks 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with a two-disc set from Arrow Video. Like AngryVirginian said, you need the right firmware.
