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by hamsterdance
Fri May 20, 2022 3:26 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: How to find which one is which episode?
Replies: 6
Views: 6162

Re: How to find which one is which episode?

What works for me is to extract all the files (I use makemkvcon for this purpose), then look at the file sizes. The really small files are almost certainly things like the FBI warning, trailers, menu videos, and other such. There'll be a group of (in this instance) five files with similar sizes - th...
by hamsterdance
Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:35 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Query over upgrading to Mac Studio Max
Replies: 6
Views: 4795

Re: Query over upgrading to Mac Studio Max

My 2010 Mac Pro has an internal UHD-capable drive; in anticipation of my Mac Studio arriving (any day now; hurry up, DHL), I bought an LG BP50NB40 external drive. I needed to downgrade the firmware, then crossgrade to make it look like a BP60NB10. Both steps were easily done with the tools that come...
by hamsterdance
Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:47 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2023
Replies: 2271
Views: 3872072

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2022

7. to perform the flash, type "./makemkvcon f -d '/IOBDServices/D5D25996' -f /tmp/sdf.bin rawflash main -i /tmp/your firmware filename here This didn't work for me. I picked up a brand new BP50NB40, with what turned out to be the encrypted firmware version and tried to flash it using the above...
by hamsterdance
Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:17 am
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: Multiple Pixar UHDs - volume key unknown
Replies: 3
Views: 5923

Re: Multiple Pixar UHDs - volume key unknown

Resubmitted (for the second time - so the third submission) about a week ago, and they're ripping fine now. Thanks.
by hamsterdance
Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:08 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: Multiple Pixar UHDs - volume key unknown
Replies: 3
Views: 5923

Re: Multiple Pixar UHDs - volume key unknown

No issues retrieving the hash key file. I deleted _private_data.tar from the MakeMKV directory, launched MakeMKV, and kicked off a backup of a 4K disc that I'd previously successfully backed up. It downloaded the hash keys just fine. Trying to backup one of the four Pixar discs continued to fail.
by hamsterdance
Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:05 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: Multiple Pixar UHDs - volume key unknown
Replies: 3
Views: 5923

Multiple Pixar UHDs - volume key unknown

I bought the 4K box set of Pixar films in December. Four of them - Toy Story; Monsters Inc; Cars 3; and The Incredibles - would not decrypt. I duly submitted the dumps (in a single email) to svq@makemkv.com, and waited. They still won't decrypt. I resubmitted the dumps a little under a week ago (one...
by hamsterdance
Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:15 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: "automatic sdf downloading is disabled or failed" while decrypting
Replies: 171
Views: 373184

Re: "automatic sdf downloading is disabled or failed" while decrypting

If you navigate (using a web browser) to hkdata.fairuse.org, you'll see a message saying "hosting disabled" (in Russian). This means that the issue is not on your side or mine - it's on the host that holds the HK data. There's nothing we can do about it except wait for it to be resolved.
by hamsterdance
Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:22 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Crash on Good Omens (disk 2)
Replies: 2
Views: 4309

Re: Crash on Good Omens (disk 2)

Done. I swear, I did search the FAQ for crash, and it didn't come up with anything. :( Oh well..
by hamsterdance
Sun Dec 08, 2019 8:02 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Crash on Good Omens (disk 2)
Replies: 2
Views: 4309

Crash on Good Omens (disk 2)

Running MakeMKV to convert a Blu-Ray into MKV files on the second disk of Good Omens crashes, with a segmentation fault. This applies only if I try to convert a specific MPLS file; close investigation reveals that that MPLS file contains a concatenation of all the text-to-speech files for the menus....
by hamsterdance
Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:24 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Drive Space Falsely Full?
Replies: 2
Views: 9639

Re: Drive Space Falsely Full?

Okay, I was wrong with my earlier post. You can't simply tell MakeMKV to go ahead - it'll fail, claiming a lack of free space. Instead, you need to get rid of the local Time Machine snapshots. The easiest way is to turn off Time Machine, wait a few minutes for the local snapshots to be removed, and ...
by hamsterdance
Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:12 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Incorrect Free Space Reported
Replies: 10
Views: 19787

Re: Incorrect Free Space Reported

The issue is due to Time Machine. I'm currently being moderated if I post links (fair enough), so do a search on your favourite search engine for "time machine local snapshots", and hop over to the support document on Apple's website. The full details of what's going on are there. It's mos...
by hamsterdance
Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:08 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Mac OS X
Topic: Drive Space Falsely Full?
Replies: 2
Views: 9639

Re: Drive Space Falsely Full?

This is due to a combination of two things colliding. The first is the way that MakeMKV checks for disk space. I don't know the exact details - only Mike will know for sure (and any other developers that work on the codebase) - but you can get an estimate that matches the estimate MakeMKV gets by op...