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Model: LG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter without Software, Black (WH14NS40)
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For people like myself that are tired of paying for too many streaming services but like the convenience of opening an app to play my media, I use this drive to rip my DVDs, Blu Rays, and UHD Blu ray and store the media on a NAS to watch on JellyFin.
Unless things have changed (which is possible), the ability to rip Blu-Rays required buying the registered version, after a 30-day free trial.
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MakeMKV has always been perpetually free. Just go to the website once per month to get the new activation key for the program.
Not all of it. The site is down now but I have an old screenshot. Here's part of what it says:
"MakeMKV contains both freeware and shareware functionality... Converting or streaming Blu-ray discs is shareware functionality. You can use shareware functionality for free during 30-days trial period."
As I mentioned, it's possible this policy has changed but this is how it used to be.
Another reason to rip movies is because discs do eventually degrade and have issues. Yes, that's years away, but we have a pile of older DVDs that won't work forever. May as well back them up while we can.
I just want to know, who is buying this in 2024, and what are you doing with it?
Not trolling, just honestly curious about physical media.
Maybe you're backing up home movies, maybe you have years of tv shows you want to store on blu-ray, I don't know.
I make a backup of all my photos onto Bluray. In the past, i would make 2 copies with different brand discs. I have just gone to one now and have 1 copy on a mechanical drive, since 4TB drives are cheaper than 50 bluray discs and stores more.
Blurays are read only. No chance of anyone deleting anything.
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Unless things have changed (which is possible), the ability to rip Blu-Rays required buying the registered version, after a 30-day free trial.
Not all of it. The site is down now but I have an old screenshot. Here's part of what it says:
"MakeMKV contains both freeware and shareware functionality... Converting or streaming Blu-ray discs is shareware functionality. You can use shareware functionality for free during 30-days trial period."
As I mentioned, it's possible this policy has changed but this is how it used to be.
No, you don't have to buy anything for MakeMKV to work. Been doing this for years ripping 4Ks and Blu-rays.
I just want to know, who is buying this in 2024, and what are you doing with it?
Not trolling, just honestly curious about physical media.
Maybe you're backing up home movies, maybe you have years of tv shows you want to store on blu-ray, I don't know.
I buy box sets here and individual films from redbox and rip them to my Plex server. I've been using this drive forever and I'm ordering another because quicksync quality is finally good enough that I can use it in Handbrake, making a single drive the bottleneck. This drive is among the fastest, ripping a 4K film in about an hour.
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"MakeMKV contains both freeware and shareware functionality... Converting or streaming Blu-ray discs is shareware functionality. You can use shareware functionality for free during 30-days trial period."
As I mentioned, it's possible this policy has changed but this is how it used to be.
Not trolling, just honestly curious about physical media.
Maybe you're backing up home movies, maybe you have years of tv shows you want to store on blu-ray, I don't know.
Blurays are read only. No chance of anyone deleting anything.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank av911
Not all of it. The site is down now but I have an old screenshot. Here's part of what it says:
"MakeMKV contains both freeware and shareware functionality... Converting or streaming Blu-ray discs is shareware functionality. You can use shareware functionality for free during 30-days trial period."
As I mentioned, it's possible this policy has changed but this is how it used to be.
https://forum.makemkv.c
Not trolling, just honestly curious about physical media.
Maybe you're backing up home movies, maybe you have years of tv shows you want to store on blu-ray, I don't know.
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