Package Details: makemkv 1.18.4-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/makemkv.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: makemkv
Description: DVD and Blu-ray to MKV converter
Upstream URL: https://www.makemkv.com
Licenses: LGPL-2.1-or-later, LicenseRef-GuinpinSoft-inc-EULA
Submitter: hydro
Maintainer: FabioLolix
Last Packager: FabioLolix
Votes: 341
Popularity: 2.05
First Submitted: 2010-01-26 15:31 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-06-16 17:06 (UTC)

Dependencies (4)

Sources (4)

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FabioLolix commented on 2024-07-20 16:33 (UTC)

This now depends on libavcodec.so so when it needs to be rebuilded against new ffmpeg version you are forced to uninstall first otherwise the update will be blocked

fosskers commented on 2023-06-11 13:56 (UTC)

I can confirm that a manual sudo modprobe sg was necessary to get makepkg to detect my DVD drive.

FabioLolix commented on 2023-03-16 21:41 (UTC)

Beta key:

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jihem commented on 2026-08-11 11:08 (UTC)

To complete @sakaru message, direct download links on archive.org are https://archive.org/download/makemkv-v1.18.4/makemkv-bin-1.18.4.tar.gz and https://archive.org/download/makemkv-v1.18.4/makemkv-oss-1.18.4.tar.gz

holunder commented on 2026-08-09 15:26 (UTC)

Thanks @sakaru for the patch! Got it compiled and installed, I can use it. But sadly, any transcoding of tracks from DTS-HD MA or TrueHD to FLAC is still broken like in the last couple of months, even before the more disruptive ffmpeg 9.0 release. It needs to be rebased to current ffmpeg somehow, we have had this problem before: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30735

Vamp898 commented on 2026-08-09 04:19 (UTC)

The developer of MakeMKV disappeared since March

The current state is, nobody knows where he is, if he is well, nothing.

Not even the people who have been closer to him seem to know anything about his whereabouts.

For whatever unknown cause, this software seems to be gone.

People who bought the software will be able to use it until it gets incompatible with the OS or newer BluRay but in the long run, it will probably be gone

sakaru commented on 2026-08-09 02:30 (UTC)

I am aware, using the information in my comment folks can build the package, that was my goal.

NukeCode87 commented on 2026-08-09 02:27 (UTC)

Even if the makemkv site wasn't down, I don't think anyone can update anything in the AUR right now because the git ssh is currently down due to the latest attacks.

sakaru commented on 2026-08-09 02:11 (UTC) (edited on 2026-08-09 02:16 (UTC) by sakaru)

The upstream website is down, and has been for some days, see https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42147. However https://archive.org/ does have copies. For some unknown reason the files are double-gzipped, so be sure to gunzip the two files and rename them back to having the .gz extension, then hashes will match.

Another issue is ffmpeg9 broke the build. I am not familiar with why this would be, but I asked an LLM to write a patch. Here it is: https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/6027652. Adding this should do the trick:

prepare() {
  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-oss-${pkgver}"
  patch -p1 < ../ffmpeg9-avcodec-fix.patch
}

boarim commented on 2026-07-08 07:16 (UTC)

Flashing drive firmware on versions above 1.17.7 doesn’t work, but ripping discs do work on latest version.

gps1539 commented on 2026-07-08 03:44 (UTC)

As @Mattaw mentions below anything above 1.17.7 seems to be broken on linux. From the makemkv forum, https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37670

With 1.18.4 flashing Bluray drive firmware pegs 1 CPU forever. With 1.17.7 it flashed within a minute.

andreas_baumann commented on 2026-06-17 05:52 (UTC) (edited on 2026-06-17 05:54 (UTC) by andreas_baumann)

https://www.reddit.com/r/makemkv/comments/1lf4992/accessing_makemkv_website_when_domain_is_down/?tl=de

Not sure wether I would recommend to do that, but. :-)

The server is there, DNS registration expired..

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