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Nizumzen
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LG BH16NS50 drive

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I've looked in the sticky thread for UHD friendly drives, and I notice that my drive is not listed (LG BH16NS50) but other drives in the same series are. Before I go ahead and spend some money on a 4k Blu-ray is my drive a UHD friendly drive or am I out of luck? I have never upgraded the firmware of the drive. I'd rather not buy a 4k Blu-ray without knowing as they are quite expensive and I don't have a 4k Blu-ray player hooked up to my TV yet.
Woodstock
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Re: LG BH16NS50 drive

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When you start MakeMKV, what does it say about your drive in the Info box?
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Nizumzen
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Re: LG BH16NS50 drive

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Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BH16NS50
Revision: 1.00
Firmware date: 2117-03-10 16:34
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 56

The only thing I haven't posted is the serial number which I'm not sure if that is OK to post on the internet. Hopefully, that'll help.
MartyMcNuts
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Re: LG BH16NS50 drive

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Put a UHD disc in and then tell us what MakeMKV says in the info box.
Cheers :D
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Nizumzen
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Re: LG BH16NS50 drive

Post by Nizumzen »

MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:03 am
Put a UHD disc in and then tell us what MakeMKV says in the info box.
I just got my first UHD disc today and it seems to be working!

This is the output from the disc info in MakeMKV:

Disc Information
Label: READY_PLAYER_ONE
Timestamp: 2018-06-04 16:53:21
Data capacity: 83.23 Gb
Disc type: BD-ROM UHD
Number of layers: 3
Bus encryption flags: 80

Am I right in thinking that my drive is UHD compatible and can rip UHD discs? I don't want to start ripping until I am sure so sorry for the stupid questions.
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Re: LG BH16NS50 drive

Post by MartyMcNuts »

Nizumzen wrote:
Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:01 pm
MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:03 am
Put a UHD disc in and then tell us what MakeMKV says in the info box.
I just got my first UHD disc today and it seems to be working!

This is the output from the disc info in MakeMKV:

Disc Information
Label: READY_PLAYER_ONE
Timestamp: 2018-06-04 16:53:21
Data capacity: 83.23 Gb
Disc type: BD-ROM UHD
Number of layers: 3
Bus encryption flags: 80

Am I right in thinking that my drive is UHD compatible and can rip UHD discs? I don't want to start ripping until I am sure so sorry for the stupid questions.
Well, it looks that way. Just start ripping. It will either work or it won't. Simple.
Cheers :D
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Nizumzen
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Re: LG BH16NS50 drive

Post by Nizumzen »

MartyMcNuts wrote:
Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:44 pm
Nizumzen wrote:
Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:01 pm
MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:03 am
Put a UHD disc in and then tell us what MakeMKV says in the info box.
I just got my first UHD disc today and it seems to be working!

This is the output from the disc info in MakeMKV:

Disc Information
Label: READY_PLAYER_ONE
Timestamp: 2018-06-04 16:53:21
Data capacity: 83.23 Gb
Disc type: BD-ROM UHD
Number of layers: 3
Bus encryption flags: 80

Am I right in thinking that my drive is UHD compatible and can rip UHD discs? I don't want to start ripping until I am sure so sorry for the stupid questions.
Well, it looks that way. Just start ripping. It will either work or it won't. Simple.
It works! Thank you very much for your help. Takes 2 hours to do a complete rip though. This seems to be something that I'll leave overnight to complete.

Edit: After 30 minutes of ripping it is only going to take 1 hour which is much better.
SamuriHL
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Re: LG BH16NS50 drive

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Yea, it's variable speed and the different layers impact the speed. Usually ripping takes about 45 minutes on average.
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