Crossposted from https://thebrainbin.org/m/datahoarder@lemmy.world/t/1576555

After the original post, I ordered the generic reader I mentioned and it arrived today.

Testing around, and it can generate encrypted ISO files just fine with Linux Mint’s default Disks program. No ddrescue needed!

Also apparently one of the discs I have had the key shipped with the reader revoked. But using the issue as an opportunity to test MakeMKV, I created a decrypted backup with it and tried opening the backup with VLC.

This decrypted backup seems to behave just like the encrypted ISOs I had been creating, thankfully, though further tests may be needed as I am still very unfamiliar with this revocation situation.

But all in all, I’m happy I can finally do my backups properly. In retrospect, the PS3 is too moody and slow even when the hardware is healthy, making backing stuff up with it a rather miserable process. Better something fast, more predictable, and that isn’t tied to FAT32 with gambiarras applied to work with NTFS.

And on a side note, I also tested the reader with a DVD for the same purpose and it worked fine, so I guess it’ll be working overtime. e.e"