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If I understand correctly for UHD discs it amounts to having not just any drive, but having a supported drive flashed to a supported, sometime old, firmware ver

If I understand correctly for UHD discs it amounts to having not just any drive, but having a supported drive flashed to a supported, sometime old, firmware version such that MakeMKV is able to dynamically overwrite the drive firmware (ie, root the drive) before ripping the disc. The whole process also depends on downloading encryption keys from a server that are per-disc, so if that goes down or stops being updated that could prevent you ripping your discs again in future. MakeMKV is incredible but the whole process seems fragile and very complex.

post_break 4y ago
Pioneer drives work out of the box with no firmware update.
- account42 4y ago
  Good to know, but flashing an e.g. ASUS drive with LibreDrive firmware is also no as complicated as the GP makes it out to be and supported drives are easy to find.
smaudet 4y ago
In addition macOS probably means macbook, where they either don't have drive bays or only dvd drive bays.
- account42 4y ago
  You can always get an external SATA to USB adapter or enclosure, no?