

So you have a good 1080p video with Dolby ATMOS soundtrack. You can even rip both to disk, and use MKVToolsNix to transfer over the ATMOS soundtrack that you tend to get on the 4k version. Thankfully almost all the 4k discs I've bought came with a standard blu-ray as well, so that's what I backup to plex. There are probably better tools than Handbrake for 4k/UHD sources, I haven't had time to investigate and experiment. Does MakeMKV support 4K To get started, you’ll need a compatible Blu-ray drive and the MakeMKV software. Running through Handbrake I was getting about 4 frames a second, compared to ~70 for a standard blu-ray. They can be 50-80GB in size, so compression really is a necessary.

HOWEVER, although I can rip 4k disks, I haven't found a good process for compressing them. It's a good drive, I've ripped over 200 blu rays with it without issue, and it is a fair bit faster than the previous drive.

It is a LG BH16NS40 with custom firmware. I got in touch with the guy from this MakeMKV thread, and purchased one for just under £120. WH16NS60, WH14NS40, WH16NS40, BH16NS55 > HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.Just saw a notification, happy to report back: The one above didn't work for UHD disks. ***If the drive was modded previously, don't check the "enc?" box*** In SDFtool Flasher, select the desired drive, select WRITE, check the "enc?" box, press on "- Please select A Firmware to Write -", navigate to the correct firmware file, open it, and then press on START. ***This step created a backup of the current firmware in the program's Firmware_Dumps folder, save it in case something goes wrong***Ħ. Run SDFtool Flasher, select the desired drive, select READ and then START. Download the modded firmware pack and extract it.ĥ. Download SDFtool Flasher and extract it.Ĥ. Run MakeMKV and verify your drive platform is MT1959.ģ. ***Make sure your drive uses MT1959 chip was made after 2015***Ģ. Luckily, the MakeMKV community came up with a modified firmware for most common ASUS and LG Blu-Ray drives. The Blu-Ray drive won't read Blu-Ray media!!! Completely absurd and ridiculous. It appears that hardware vendors have begun blocking UHD within the drives' firmware. If you bring in a movie, you may face an unpleasant surprise. I don't know if you guys and girlettes are aware, but latest internal Blu-Ray drives (and its firmware) cannot read UHD discs.
