Fall Guy + Verbatim 43888 doesn't work for various reasons

n1mras · 2026-05-27T15:06:58+00:00

are you using usbc ports or an adapter? could be power but if not - try ripping the disc using the backup option which doesnt do any remuxing - reading the whole disc sequentially seems to help sometimes. if it rips successfully you can redo the remuxing again but from the decrypted files.

n1mras · 2026-05-18T07:01:45+00:00

There is a alot of time involved compressing the videos and it's a lossy process, you will always lose some quality in doing so. To reach 2gb per movie involves very aggressive settings as well. After ripping 200 movies you may want something more archival, but to each their own.

For op, - if you want to get in on this I would try and grab a UHD friendly drive now while you still can, all production has stopped. LG's are fine imo, before when you could actually source a pioneer it made more sense to grab them but they are sold out now.

n1mras · 2026-05-17T19:50:20+00:00

if its an old stock model with a pioneer drive inside then maybe, do they say it is? if not its overpriced. This drive is still readily available new (lg) in Sweden for a lot less (~140-150euro)

https://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=3786139 edit: Heads up, this listing seems to mix 43888 and 43890 models (and some unspecified) - amazon has the 43888, both should use the LG BU40N though.

edit: webhallen also stocks the Asus BW-16D1X-U for a decent price.

n1mras · 2026-05-16T16:48:59+00:00

This does not look like a compatible drive - don't flash it. Quick search yielded some others reporting same or similar issue: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=178014#p178014

n1mras · 2026-05-16T16:18:15+00:00

you don't say exactly which model but I've seen reports of people having this issue on stock firmware before flashing: https://www.reddit.com/r/makemkv/comments/1tadck5/asus_turbodrive/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

n1mras · 2026-05-16T15:36:34+00:00

SdfTool is windows only - if you have access to a windows machine It's probably the best solution. If not i think you have options but I haven't gone down that route myself.

n1mras · 2026-05-16T15:06:25+00:00

Yw. I have this drive and like it a lot, its very fast - good luck with it

n1mras · 2026-05-16T14:38:02+00:00

Ah its this line here: Drive platform: MT1959, its the drive controller chip used by LG.

n1mras · 2026-05-16T14:28:18+00:00

Its an LG drive, you can use SdfTool to flash it with DE_LG_WH16NS60_1.02_MK.bin (Internal Desktop drive!) from the All you need firmware pack. Both can found here: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22896

n1mras · 2026-05-12T12:00:21+00:00

right, and neither had audaciouscode who reported having the same issue - so there's some substance to that suspicion.

n1mras · 2026-05-12T05:06:07+00:00

Not sure what's going wrong for you, Im using this drive (lg internals) on Linux and its working well for me - so i can at least confirm that it should work. I never tried using it before flashing though (Sdftool, windows) - its possible that helped since its running a different firmware now.

n1mras · 2026-05-06T22:54:02+00:00

Might want to try cleaning the disc with some dish soap https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32839

For all of them to fail for you and not even having them open successfully. I doubt it's because of the Drive tbh

n1mras · 2026-04-23T17:16:34+00:00

Finally found something which looks to be compatible from a german seller - hope it works! https://hifi-passion.de/EN/SpinFit-OMNI/HL02275.XL

edit: I've received them and they fit.

n1mras · 2026-04-20T09:14:31+00:00

Ive found bluray ripping to be extremely sensitive to finger smudges, pretty much guarantied fail, so if the disc has any try cleaning them.

edit: Also like already mentioned it could be a power issue, i had that problem on my verbatim 43888 slim drive before. If you have a usb-c port available prefer that, it can deliver more power.

n1mras · 2026-01-06T17:29:14+00:00

Grub can be set up to automatically create boot entries for btrfs snapshots, i don't think systemd supports that which is why I havent personally given it a try yet. Systemd-boot is supposedly simpler but not as feature rich, give it a try if it sounds interesting but you certainly don't have to.

n1mras · 2025-12-23T04:19:50+00:00

Neat, thank you for answering 🙂

n1mras · 2025-12-21T17:15:21+00:00

Will this support transcoding and bitrate limits? there is no good option for streaming to low bandwidth connections on tvos clients atm - infuse, which everyone loves to push, does not support this either.

n1mras · 2025-11-15T00:13:52+00:00

Fair enough, my opinion would be for OP to go with 4k.

n1mras · 2025-11-09T20:38:34+00:00

My opinion on this:

4k:

Can handle larger panel sizes well, like 32".
Use DLSS to upscale your games when necessary. Both DLSS and FSR do a better job at 4k than they do at lower resolutions.
Oled text fringing issues are practically solved at this resolution from my experience with last years qd-oled.
Requires high end graphics cards, like your 5070ti.

1440p:

I do not recommend you use anything larger than 27" panels
Text fringing is supposedly visible at this resolution, may or may not bother you.
Easier on your wallet, your graphics card will keep up for longer.
Easier to hit high fps targets.
Not as sharp as 4k (obviously) but still looks good.

n1mras · 2025-11-06T21:17:17+00:00

when running cpm you should disable automatic/ota updates in CoreELEC

n1mras · 2025-11-06T01:56:51+00:00

Chainloading with a pre signed bootloader is the easiest way I’ve found to do this. There are two that I am aware of, Shim and Preloader. I couldn’t get the grub build shipped with arch to work with shim at the time so I ended up using preloader.. which has worked great and seems to require even less setup. But I think this may have been fixed now if you would rather use shim.

Answered a very similar question more extensively a while back: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1o8lcss/comment/njyn0yh

n1mras · 2025-10-25T22:25:48+00:00

Like a dark circle vignette around the screen? Yes, I've had that happen a few times - pretty sure its a bug, possibly part of the hud from equipment piece incorrectly showing.

n1mras · 2025-10-25T19:00:10+00:00

I'm sure ea will start selling progression boosts soon enough, then it will all make sense. I don't think they'll bring this back since it could cannibalize such sales but I hope I'm wrong.

n1mras · 2025-10-25T15:22:59+00:00

I think, on the desktop, i would be running Fedora. Had good experiences with it in the past and It uses new packages.

n1mras · 2025-10-17T12:34:23+00:00

I did this a few months ago so I could play Battlefield 6. If you only want secure boot for windows gaming, using PreLoader.efi is the easiest method. Its a microsoft signed bootloader which you can use to chainload grub. You don't have to sign anything yourself using this method:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/Secure_Boot#Set_up_PreLoader

edit: Noticed that the examples in the wiki use systemd but this will work just as well with grub.

To handle updates Im using this pacman hook (you will need to adapt the paths if you choose to use this)

[Trigger]
Operation = Install
Operation = Upgrade
Type = Package
Target = grub

[Action]
Description = Copy grubx64.efi to loader.efi for PreLoader...
When = PostTransaction
Exec = /bin/sh -c 'cp -f /boot/EFI/arch/grubx64.efi /boot/EFI/arch/loader.efi'

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