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Old 22nd January 2026, 09:39   #1041  |  Link
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I also did it in that order, FindVUK starts DVDFab by itself and that's it, nothing after that. I've been wondering, is it required to have an active DVDFab licence? I assumed perhaps wrongfully that it would work with the trial version.

I will check with MakeMKV thank you.

On a side note I've noticed that my old copy of AnyDVD can still work its magic on some of the BluRays I have. I find this surprising because naturally it can't check its database online and it's not a BluRay I ever read so the key isn't stored locally either. Furthermore, the key is not in the FindVUK database... Any way I can leverage that to add the key to the database perhaps?
You can try the Generate Keys in my signature. Only good for Blu-Rays, but it can get you past v81 if you are using a LibreDrive unit.
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Old 28th February 2026, 00:38   #1042  |  Link
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Having an odd issue using the Validate Disc feature with Mortal Kombat (2011). It works just fine when FindVUK is run as normal, but when I try to just validate it then after FindVUK seemingly successfully validates all 17 .m2ts files (though the log says 18 are detected?), it then throws an unknown error. Worth noting that I can play the blu-ray just fine using VLC. I can post full logs or additional details as needed, but here are some excerpts.

FindVUK no arguments run:
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16:14:03 - --- PART 2 --- VALIDATE VUK/UNITKEYS ---
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16:14:03 - Drive is detected as 'REAL BLURAY' drive
16:14:03 - M2TS files found >18<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00036.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00020.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00019.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00017.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00012.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00901.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00031.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00016.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00007.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00001.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00003.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00002.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00006.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00005.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00004.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:14:03 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00014.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16:14:03 - Validation successful! UnitKeys are valid!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FindVUK Validate Disc:
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16:14:59 - --- PART 2 --- VALIDATE VUK/UNITKEYS ---
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16:15:00 - Drive is detected as 'REAL BLURAY' drive
16:15:00 - M2TS files found >18<
16:15:00 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00036.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:00 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00020.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:00 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00019.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:00 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00017.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:00 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00012.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:01 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:01 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00901.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:01 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00031.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:01 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00016.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:01 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00007.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:01 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00001.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:02 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00003.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:02 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00002.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:02 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00006.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:02 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00005.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:02 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00004.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:02 - Decrypted first unit of file >F:\BDMV\STREAM\00014.m2ts< with UnitKey >1<
16:15:02 - ERROR! Validation of VUK failed >AACS UNKNOWN ERROR >0<<

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Old 1st March 2026, 02:31   #1043  |  Link
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For the past day running `FindVUK.exe synchronize` seems to download the entire KeyDB instead of an incremental update. Is this a known issue?

Running under Linux with Wine in case it makes a difference.
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Old 1st March 2026, 13:41   #1044  |  Link
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For the past day running `FindVUK.exe synchronize` seems to download the entire KeyDB instead of an incremental update. Is this a known issue?

Running under Linux with Wine in case it makes a difference.
I'm noticing the same thing. I get the impression that the KEYDB file crossed some kind of threshold on Friday, and now FindVUK no longer tries to compute the delta.
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Old 3rd March 2026, 09:02   #1045  |  Link
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I'm noticing the same thing. I get the impression that the KEYDB file crossed some kind of threshold on Friday, and now FindVUK no longer tries to compute the delta.
It stopped working because FindVUK expects the timestamp in keydb_fvhash.ini to be in yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss format for delta mode, but something (presumably a recent server-side change) caused it to start writing yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ instead. FindVUK probably passes through the timestamp on write, but the current release cannot parse the new format on read.
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Old 3rd March 2026, 12:44   #1046  |  Link
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It stopped working because FindVUK expects the timestamp in keydb_fvhash.ini to be in yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss format for delta mode, but something (presumably a recent server-side change) caused it to start writing yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ instead.
Thanks, that works .
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Old 3rd March 2026, 13:26   #1047  |  Link
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Thanks, that works .
Can you elaborate how to fix this, please?
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Old 3rd March 2026, 16:23   #1048  |  Link
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Can you elaborate how to fix this, please?
Edit the keydb_fvhash.ini file, and reformat its timestamp field back to
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yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss
You'll obviously need to keep doing this until a permanent fix arrives.

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Old 3rd March 2026, 16:45   #1049  |  Link
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Edit the keydb_fvhash.ini file, and reformat its timestamp field back to
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yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss
You'll obviously need to keep doing this until a permanent fix arrives.
No such file in FindVUK for Windows.
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Old 3rd March 2026, 17:08   #1050  |  Link
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No such file in FindVUK for Windows.
Yes there is. It's in the aacs directory that FindVUK downloads and extracts the keydb.cfg to.
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Yes there is. It's in the aacs directory that FindVUK downloads and extracts the keydb.cfg to.
Thanks a lot, Sam! That was not trivial to look there. So hopefully nalor fixes that soon. Otherwise this has to be done manually if you want to avoid to download the whole keydb.cfg file.
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Not for me it doesn't. I fix it automagically before I do the sync.
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Just run this powershell script before you run the findvuk sync.

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# Script to convert keydb_fvhash.ini timestamp format
# From: yyyyMMDDTHHmmssZ (e.g., 20260303T161635Z)
# To: yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss (e.g., 2026.03.03 16:16:35)

$filePath = "$env:APPDATA\aacs\keydb_fvhash.ini"

if (-not (Test-Path $filePath)) {
    Write-Error "File not found: $filePath"
    exit 1
}

# Read the file
$content = Get-Content $filePath -Raw

# Replace timestamps in yyyyMMDDTHHmmssZ format with yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss format
$content = $content -replace '(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})T(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})Z', '$1.$2.$3 $4:$5:$6'

# Write back to file
Set-Content -Path $filePath -Value $content -NoNewline

Write-Host "Timestamp format updated successfully!"
Get-Content $filePath
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Old 3rd March 2026, 21:05   #1054  |  Link
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Just run this powershell script before you run the findvuk sync.

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# Script to convert keydb_fvhash.ini timestamp format
# From: yyyyMMDDTHHmmssZ (e.g., 20260303T161635Z)
# To: yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss (e.g., 2026.03.03 16:16:35)

$filePath = "$env:APPDATA\aacs\keydb_fvhash.ini"

if (-not (Test-Path $filePath)) {
    Write-Error "File not found: $filePath"
    exit 1
}

# Read the file
$content = Get-Content $filePath -Raw

# Replace timestamps in yyyyMMDDTHHmmssZ format with yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss format
$content = $content -replace '(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})T(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})Z', '$1.$2.$3 $4:$5:$6'

# Write back to file
Set-Content -Path $filePath -Value $content -NoNewline

Write-Host "Timestamp format updated successfully!"
Get-Content $filePath
Nice workaround. Thank you!
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For the past day running `FindVUK.exe synchronize` seems to download the entire KeyDB instead of an incremental update. Is this a known issue?

Running under Linux with Wine in case it makes a difference.
I'm sorry - I've changed something and did not notice that this resulted in a problem for FindVUK as the change itself was by design non-breaking ... but in the end it revealed a bug in FindVUK that exists since 2020: when it tries to read the http header "FVDB_ChangeDate" it does not search for an exact header of this name but instead just for a header that begins with this name .. and I added a new header "FVDB_ChangeDate_ISO" that includes the changedate as ISO8601 with a UTC timestamp ...
Finally I changed the order of the headers: first the UTC and next the other one - because FindVUK takes the last matching header.
The next release will fix the header-bug correctly.
In the meantime the changed order on the server fixed the problem a few hours ago.

Another finding: my change also removed a feature where I thought nobody is using it: to specify a relative delta date like "-1day" - this is also fixed again.

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