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Help with 4K UHD Blu Ray (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone, i have a problem, my ASUS BW-16D1HT (Firmware 3.11) do not detect any UHD disc, standard blu ray, dvd, cd discs works fine. I'm using Linux Mint btw

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The drive probably does support it, it has more to do with the firmware. I'm guessing you're trying to rip them with MakeMKV?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No i use libbluray and libaacs, still the drive do not recognize the UHD discs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You need a specific Intel CPU that actually supports the DRM on those discs. I think playback only worked on Windows as well. I rip those discs to play them back on my Arch machine. That being said, I'd still expect the drive to read the discs. Have you looked into flashing the firmware of your drive?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah tried to flash but no luck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sorry to hear it's not working. I don't have any experience flashing these drives to be honest. I've never owned an Asus drive either. The LG ones definitely seem to be preferred however. I wish I could be more helpful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

No problem, thx

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From a quick Google it looks like a Blu-ray drive but you'd need a 4k one for UHD.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that is something that i do not understand, i keep finding that it should play UHD discs. Do you know how to check if a drive can read the UHD discs before buying?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

OK, it should be doable but I see others have had the same problem. Try this guide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Still nothing, sadly i think i'll get a new compatible drive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you, i'll see what i can do.