"automatic sdf downloading is disabled or failed" while decrypting

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~HaMMeR~
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Post by ~HaMMeR~ »

SamuriHL wrote:
Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:53 pm
Mike said it should be fixed in another thread.

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Link to the other thread?

Just tried and still says Automatic HK downloading is disabled or failed

edit: downloaded the latest hashed keys file that was made available today and it's now working with a new release (Gremlins). Thanks Mike!
watts
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Post by watts »

Working for me too. Thanks mike!
demon
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Post by demon »

Working here, the discs that had been failing are now succeeding. 👍
shanedag
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Post by shanedag »

Can someone share the link to the post with the fix?
watts
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Post by watts »

No specific fix. It just appears to work now, so probably something on the server end was fixed.
SamuriHL
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He also released an updated hash key file. Look in the uhd disc section at the sticky.

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d00zah
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Post by d00zah »

shanedag wrote:
Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:26 pm
Can someone share the link to the post with the fix?
It's automatic, assuming that 'Allow contacting web...' is checked in 'Preferences > General' (& nothing else is blocking access).
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demon
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Post by demon »

shanedag wrote:
Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:26 pm
Can someone share the link to the post with the fix?
As mentioned, you don't need to download or do anything in particular. The update file just points to a hostname that resolves now.
ix400
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Post by ix400 »

... such a pity that I can not test this, I am on holiday until the 16th....

Glad to hear that it seems to be fixed now.
mkvman1000
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Post by mkvman1000 »

Issue is resolved for me. Thanks!
Someguy1234
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Post by Someguy1234 »

I'm getting this issue and I've even gone as far to disable my Firewall temporarily, with no luck. I get this error, over and over:

MakeMKV v1.14.5 win(x64-release) started
Using direct disc access mode
Using LibreDrive mode (v05 id=DA23CAE0BD2F)
Downloading latest HK to D:/MakeMKV ...
Automatic HK downloading is disabled or failed.
Saved AACS dump file as D:/MakeMKV/MKB20_v68_The_Shining_53F0.tgz
The volume key is unknown for this disc - video can't be decrypted
Failed to open disc
Woodstock
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Post by Woodstock »

Be aware that some internet providers will cache DNS data for longer than they should, and sometimes your operating system will do the same.

On Windows, the command ipconfig /flushdns will tell the system to flush its DNS cache. How you do it on other operating systems can be found by searching for "flush dns cache" + your operating system.

When I was creating new domains on a regular basis, I could have it active within 20 minutes of finishing the registration... except for people on AOL, which would take 24 hours.
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VarHD
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Post by VarHD »

Flushing the DNS cache didn't help in my case. I'm still getting the "Automatic HK downloading is disabled or failed." error.

What is the exact URL/domain that the app is using to pull this data from?
d00zah
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Post by d00zah »

VarHD wrote:
Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:51 am
What is the exact URL/domain that the app is using to pull this data from?
It's all covered earlier in this very thread.
VarHD
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Post by VarHD »

Earlier https://www.makemkv.com/svq/sdf.bin was mentioned, but is that the exact same URL that the app uses?

I can access this URL today and could yesterday, I even downloaded that file and put it into the data folder, but it didn't help.

Also http://www.hkdatastore.tk/ was mentioned before that. This one points to "server not found" for me, but is that a whole separate site or a domain that forwards to https://www.makemkv.com/svq/sdf.bin?
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