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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

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

Beta key:

• https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053
• https://cable.ayra.ch/makemkv/

ffmpeg patch will need to be modified for upcoming ffmpeg 6: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30396

1.17.3-1 Running Manjaro Sway

Out of the box makeMKV gui didn't automatically pick up optical drives. Found this on the makeMKV forums from a while back:

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23759

TLDR; run:

"modprobe sg"

with privilege, then restart makeMKV and it just works

Still works now

1.17.3 is out and works like expected.

You can add aarch64 to the architectures.

It builds and launches fine on my Pinebook Pro.

1.17.2 is out now, changing pkgver (and updpkgsums) to that worked for me.

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224

@muncrief, Thanks you for your great flatpak workaround for getting makemkv running on latest manjaro

@ilf0, as far as I know MakeMKV is broken across all Linux distributions using glibc 2.36. The problem lies in the binary blob at the heart of MakeMKV, and can only be fixed by the developer. It's been two months since the glibc change though, so the fact that the blob hasn't been updated is concerning.

However a fully functional MakeMKV installation, and VLC using it's Blu-ray enabling libraries, can be installed using Flatpaks from Flathub as I described below.

makemkv starts for me. But it sais "Downloading latest SDF to /home/user/.MakeMKV …", and after a while displays a popup "Fatal error occurred, program will now exit." with the only button an "OK" exiting the program.

Using Flatpaks from Flathub I was able to restore a fully functional MakeMKV/VLC system. MakeMKV rips disks just as well as ever, and VLC actually plays Blu-rays with menus better than ever. Note that the repeated execution of "flatpak install vlc" is not a mistake. Each time you execute the command a list of options is presented, and my instructions tell you which one to choose.

First install flatpak:
sudo pacman -S flatpak
Now reboot.

Install MakeMKV (choose "app/com.makemkv.MakeMKV/x86_64/stable"):
flatpak install makemkv

Install VLC (choose "app/org.videolan.VLC/x86_64/stable"):
flatpak install vlc

Install VLC MakeMKV plugin (choose latest version from list like "runtime/org.videolan.VLC.Plugin.makemkv/x86_64/3-21.08"):
flatpak install vlc

Install VLC Java plugin (choose latest version from list like "runtime/org.videolan.VLC.Plugin.bdj/x86_64/3-21.08"):
flatpak install vlc

Install VLC FDK-AAC plugin (choose latest version from list like "runtime/org.videolan.VLC.Plugin.fdkaac/x86_64/3-21.08"):
flatpak install vlc

That's it. MakeMKV/VLC should now run just as if they'd been installed normally. Except, like I said earlier, Blu-rays with menus actually seem to work better in VLC now.

Get yourself downgrade and run

sudo downgrade glibc=2.35-6 lib32-glibc=2.35-6 gcc-libs=12.1.0-3 gcc=12.1.0-3

Be aware that this breaks stuff that relies on GLIBC_2.36 (e.g. systemd) so make sure to update afterwards.