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Are you sure you have restarted them (plugged off and then back) after SDF.bin update? Hunh? What update? Keep in mind, I'm on Linux Mint. Mind you, this SDF.bin update only enables libredrive which helps with standard bluray. It does not enable UHD readability for non UHD model Pioneer drives. Tha...

had to send them back because I couldn't rip a BD I had previously successfully ripped with one of my older drives with them (I didn't bother with trying a CD). The drives would just spin with nothing happening. Are you sure you have restarted them (plugged off and then back) after SDF.bin update? ...

...If only ripping CD/DVD/BD and not UHD, then any blu-ray drive will work. It just won't have LibreDrive enabled. If I was you, I'd wait a bit longer as apparently support for newer Pioneer drives may be coming very soon, maybe in the coming weeks! Then the XD08 will get libredrive support. Althou...

MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 17, 2025 6:52 am

Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 17, 2025 6:41 am

There was an update for MakeMKV (Linux Mint) recently. did that have any effect on the ability to flash the Pioneer BDR-XD08B?

No.

Oh, nuts! (sorry, couldn't resist )

There was an update for MakeMKV (Linux Mint) recently. did that have any effect on the ability to flash the Pioneer BDR-XD08B?

Thank you! I'll wait.

...If only ripping CD/DVD/BD and not UHD, then any blu-ray drive will work. It just won't have LibreDrive enabled. If I was you, I'd wait a bit longer as apparently support for newer Pioneer drives may be coming very soon, maybe in the coming weeks! Then the XD08 will get libredrive support. Althou...

That was fast! Thanks!

Can you suggest something similar? I like the Pioneer's compact size for carrying in my laptop's case. I will use it for ripping CDs, DVDs, and BDs.

Can the Pioneer BDR-XD08B portable disc drive currently being sold on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/PIONEER-External-Blu-ray-BDR-XD08B-Portable/dp/B0BN6721NC/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1) be used with LibreDrive or would it need flashing. I have two of the earlier BDR-XD07Bs and they have worked well for me b...