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AnyDVD[1] (Windows only) and MakeMKV[2] (Windows, Mac, and Linux) will allow you to read blu-ray video discs without SGX support. AnyDVD will allow you to "pla

AnyDVD[1] (Windows only) and MakeMKV[2] (Windows, Mac, and Linux) will allow you to read blu-ray video discs without SGX support. AnyDVD will allow you to "play" it in the traditional sense by presenting the disc to your player software as unencrypted and unprotected. With MakeMKV you have to make a copy of the video first, and then play the copy. Both are paid software. I use MakeMKV on Linux, it works well. [1]: https://www.redfox.bz/en/anydvdhd.html https://www.redfox.bz/en/anydvdhd.html [2]: https://www.makemkv.com https://www.makemkv.com

Flameancer 4y ago
MakeMKV with a pioneer drive (4K or regular) just works s as well.
js2 4y ago
MakeMKV is great. Also works on macOS. You have to use a LibreDrive with it though to rip Blu-rays.
- jerrysievert 4y ago
  no, you don't. I ripped many a blu-ray with an unsupported blu-ray drive (I was even the one to mail in the copy of the firmware as requested by makemkv when it doesn't recognize a drive). ripped great up until the poor drive started having read errors (much later). new drive supports libredrive though, but I've noticed no real difference in functionality/behavior.
  - js2 4y ago
    LibreDrive is a mode of operation. If you can rip with it, it’s LibreDrive compatible. That’s all I meant. For anyone getting into this now and that wants to rip UHD disks, they are going to need a compatible drive. https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18856 https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18856
    - jerrysievert 4y ago
      more information on how libredrive is activated: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19113 https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19113 yes, it's a mode of operation, made possible by adding custom firmware by updating the device's microcode. even your link notes: > Change the optical drive embedded software in a way that the drive becomes a “primitive” device - one that just positions a laser, reads and decodes the data. Make a drive free from “policing” functionality, a drive that just passes all data from the disc to the user. We call this drive a LibreDrive. but, libredrive support is not necessary for all drives.
marcodiego 4y ago
Does it have anything to do with blue-ray?
- js2 4y ago
  The names of these programs is historical. They work with Blu-rays.
- dylan604 4y ago
  What is this blue-ray you speak of?
pier25 4y ago
Don't you need a firmware update on the BluRay player to be able to read certain BluRay discs?
- babypuncher 4y ago
  You will likely need custom firmware to read 4K Blu-Ray discs with MakeMKV unless you have a BDXL drive that was purchased before 4K discs came out. These firmwares are provided by the developer of MakeMKV on his forum. For standard Blu-Ray discs, nothing special is needed. Any Blu-Ray drive will work out of the box.
- Flameancer 4y ago
  Actually pioneer drives work out of the box without custom firmware I’ve brought two of them before a standard blu-ray and a 4k one. Both worked out of the box.
  - pier25 4y ago
    What models are these? I have a collection of about a hundred physical 4K BluRays that I would like to rip and upload to my Plex server. I just hate using my physical BluRay player. The reproduction is good, super stable, but it's noisy and clunky. I've thought about buying a new player but good players are expensive and I'm not sure I want to keep investing money on physical media. I live in Mexico and for some reason Amazon US has stopped shipping most BluRay discs here. The selection of titles available in Mexico is much more limited and the prices are so much higher. 4K HDR streaming is really good these days. I rarely feel like the compression is noticeably worse than when watching a BluRay.
    - toast0 4y ago
      Take a look at the MakeMKV firmware guide, it also has a list of models that are known working. https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19634 https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19634
      - 4y ago
babypuncher 4y ago
MakeMKV will also read 4K Blu-Ray discs. You may not even need a proper 4K Blu-Ray drive, most BDXL capable drives can be made to work using some custom firmware provided by Mike (the developer of MakeMKV). MakeMKV is "free while in beta". Mike posts a new beta key every few months on their forum. However I implore anyone who can to buy a license. It is a one-time $50 purchase, way cheaper than AnyDVD. This man has spent more than a decade doing God's work.
- iforgotpassword 4y ago
  Wait, this is still in free beta? I used it only twice so far and "only" for DVDs that had this weird "a thousand bogus chapters" copy protection scheme, which I didn't find a FOSS solution for. Last time must have been about three years ago, and even then I was surprised it's still doing the free beta thing, because the time before that felt like a decade ago. Reading the comments here it seems MakeMKV is quite reliable and feature-rich. That guy should just pull the trigger and call it 1.0 already.

Flameancer 4y ago

MakeMKV with a pioneer drive (4K or regular) just works s as well.

js2 4y ago

MakeMKV is great. Also works on macOS. You have to use a LibreDrive with it though to rip Blu-rays.

jerrysievert 4y ago
no, you don't. I ripped many a blu-ray with an unsupported blu-ray drive (I was even the one to mail in the copy of the firmware as requested by makemkv when it doesn't recognize a drive). ripped great up until the poor drive started having read errors (much later). new drive supports libredrive though, but I've noticed no real difference in functionality/behavior.
- js2 4y ago
  LibreDrive is a mode of operation. If you can rip with it, it’s LibreDrive compatible. That’s all I meant. For anyone getting into this now and that wants to rip UHD disks, they are going to need a compatible drive. https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18856 https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18856
  - jerrysievert 4y ago
    more information on how libredrive is activated: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19113 https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19113 yes, it's a mode of operation, made possible by adding custom firmware by updating the device's microcode. even your link notes: > Change the optical drive embedded software in a way that the drive becomes a “primitive” device - one that just positions a laser, reads and decodes the data. Make a drive free from “policing” functionality, a drive that just passes all data from the disc to the user. We call this drive a LibreDrive. but, libredrive support is not necessary for all drives.

marcodiego 4y ago

Does it have anything to do with blue-ray?

js2 4y ago
The names of these programs is historical. They work with Blu-rays.
dylan604 4y ago
What is this blue-ray you speak of?

pier25 4y ago

Don't you need a firmware update on the BluRay player to be able to read certain BluRay discs?

babypuncher 4y ago
You will likely need custom firmware to read 4K Blu-Ray discs with MakeMKV unless you have a BDXL drive that was purchased before 4K discs came out. These firmwares are provided by the developer of MakeMKV on his forum. For standard Blu-Ray discs, nothing special is needed. Any Blu-Ray drive will work out of the box.
Flameancer 4y ago
Actually pioneer drives work out of the box without custom firmware I’ve brought two of them before a standard blu-ray and a 4k one. Both worked out of the box.
- pier25 4y ago
  What models are these? I have a collection of about a hundred physical 4K BluRays that I would like to rip and upload to my Plex server. I just hate using my physical BluRay player. The reproduction is good, super stable, but it's noisy and clunky. I've thought about buying a new player but good players are expensive and I'm not sure I want to keep investing money on physical media. I live in Mexico and for some reason Amazon US has stopped shipping most BluRay discs here. The selection of titles available in Mexico is much more limited and the prices are so much higher. 4K HDR streaming is really good these days. I rarely feel like the compression is noticeably worse than when watching a BluRay.
  - toast0 4y ago
    Take a look at the MakeMKV firmware guide, it also has a list of models that are known working. https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19634 https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19634
    - 4y ago

babypuncher 4y ago

MakeMKV will also read 4K Blu-Ray discs. You may not even need a proper 4K Blu-Ray drive, most BDXL capable drives can be made to work using some custom firmware provided by Mike (the developer of MakeMKV). MakeMKV is "free while in beta". Mike posts a new beta key every few months on their forum. However I implore anyone who can to buy a license. It is a one-time $50 purchase, way cheaper than AnyDVD. This man has spent more than a decade doing God's work.

iforgotpassword 4y ago
Wait, this is still in free beta? I used it only twice so far and "only" for DVDs that had this weird "a thousand bogus chapters" copy protection scheme, which I didn't find a FOSS solution for. Last time must have been about three years ago, and even then I was surprised it's still doing the free beta thing, because the time before that felt like a decade ago. Reading the comments here it seems MakeMKV is quite reliable and feature-rich. That guy should just pull the trigger and call it 1.0 already.