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macdev wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:07 pm

Is KEYDB.cfg supposed to be in my .MakeMKV directory all the time? I don't have it, just _private_data.tar, some dump_***.tgz files, and MKB_***.tgz files.

Also, am I to understand that I have to buy another app to decrypt keys? DVDFab Passcode is $99 lifetime and I already spent $ on MakeMKV to do the job that I'd be paying DVDFab to do.

I'd really like to rip my Footloose disc, and with the James Cameron stuff coming in a couple of weeks, it would be nice to have those keys ready soon after their release, too.

macdev wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:07 pm

Is KEYDB.cfg supposed to be in my .MakeMKV directory all the time? I don't have it, just _private_data.tar, some dump_***.tgz files, and MKB_***.tgz files.

Also, am I to understand that I have to buy another app to decrypt keys? DVDFab Passcode is $99 lifetime and I already spent $ on MakeMKV to do the job that I'd be paying DVDFab to do.

I'd really like to rip my Footloose disc, and with the James Cameron stuff coming in a couple of weeks, it would be nice to have those keys ready soon after their release, too.

SamuriHL wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:29 am

What, exactly, is "confusing" about using AnyDVD WITH MakeMKV? AnyDVD is a real time decryption program. Meaning, you decrypt it real time with AnyDVD, open MakeMKV, and WOA, it's not protected so MakeMKV works. The amount of nonsense I've read on this forum lately is staggering.

macdev wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:44 am

SamuriHL wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:29 am

What, exactly, is "confusing" about using AnyDVD WITH MakeMKV? AnyDVD is a real time decryption program. Meaning, you decrypt it real time with AnyDVD, open MakeMKV, and WOA, it's not protected so MakeMKV works. The amount of nonsense I've read on this forum lately is staggering.

Imagine for a second that you don't know what AnyDVD does, and someone is talking down to you because you've never used it, or never used it in this context.

Now re-read your post.

You also neglected to address the bricked drive which I've read AnyDVD does.

Cynary wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:40 am

Just to add to this conversation - and maybe someone can clarify what I'm doing wrong.
Recently got some disks that were new enough that their keys were not in either MakeMKV / keydb.cfg.
I used the FindVUK+DVDFab method to get the keys, and add them to the keydb.cfg file.

It seems as if MakeMKV just ignores that file, since it still gives me the volume key error. But when anyDVD is pointed to that keydb.cfg file (it was erroring before pointing to it) used to first decrypt the disk, MakeMKV can read it successfully.

So it seems like MakeMKV is either not looking at the keydb.cfg file, or FindVUK is generating some output that MakeMKV doesn't recognize, which for me necessitates going through anyDVD :/

Cynary wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:40 am

Just to add to this conversation - and maybe someone can clarify what I'm doing wrong.
Recently got some disks that were new enough that their keys were not in either MakeMKV / keydb.cfg.
I used the FindVUK+DVDFab method to get the keys, and add them to the keydb.cfg file.

It seems as if MakeMKV just ignores that file, since it still gives me the volume key error. But when anyDVD is pointed to that keydb.cfg file (it was erroring before pointing to it) used to first decrypt the disk, MakeMKV can read it successfully.

So it seems like MakeMKV is either not looking at the keydb.cfg file, or FindVUK is generating some output that MakeMKV doesn't recognize, which for me necessitates going through anyDVD :/

Coopervid wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:08 am

Cynary wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:40 am

Just to add to this conversation - and maybe someone can clarify what I'm doing wrong.
Recently got some disks that were new enough that their keys were not in either MakeMKV / keydb.cfg.
I used the FindVUK+DVDFab method to get the keys, and add them to the keydb.cfg file.

It seems as if MakeMKV just ignores that file, since it still gives me the volume key error. But when anyDVD is pointed to that keydb.cfg file (it was erroring before pointing to it) used to first decrypt the disk, MakeMKV can read it successfully.

So it seems like MakeMKV is either not looking at the keydb.cfg file, or FindVUK is generating some output that MakeMKV doesn't recognize, which for me necessitates going through anyDVD :/

Look at "View" "Preferences" " General" and make sure that "Makemkv data directory" points to C:\Users\"your USERNAME"\.Makemkv

When you use FindVUK in conjunction with that third-party decryption tool you will generally only get the unit key for your UHD discs. My recollection is that MakeMKV was only utilising keydb entries for UHD discs which contained all possible fields (media key, volume ID, volume unique key and unit key(s)).

This limitation in MakeMKV may have been an oversight, as the only absolute requirement is the unit key (which is why VLC can play UHD discs with just the unit key). It’s also possible that this may have changed in the latest version of MakeMKV, I think I last tested this with v1.17.5.

Coopervid wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:07 pm

Since that location is the standard and eventually used by VLC I just added a line to the FindVUK-Synchronize.bat. So it looks like this:

findvuk.exe synchronize
copy /Y C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\aacs\keydb.cfg c:\users\USERNAME\.Makemkv\keydb.cfg

Just replace USERNAME with your real one.

Coopervid wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:03 pm

You ran the wrong .bat. You are supposed to run the synchronize .bat not AACSkeys.