www.makemkv.com

Yup, it's an RMA return going out today.

BTW, the biggest challenge I faced trying to restore stock firmware was actually finding the download pack, as it's hosted on the nonfunctioning makemkv.com. I eventually found it in the Wayback Machine

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24443

The BH16NS40 is the 4th post.


Thank you!!!


To use it you will have to flash the drive to a BH16NS40 MK version lower than 1.05 then you can use it to upgrade to original 1.05. The MK firmware pack has HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BH16NS40-NS50 ...

Won't hurt just use the official LG updater after flashing back to whatever your stock fw drive was probably a wh16ns40


Apologies / I used your purchased/supplied flasher to update these drives. Can you point me to where I can download the stock wh16ns40 1.05 firmware? Pulling my hair out ...

Won't hurt just use the official LG updater after flashing back to whatever your stock fw drive was probably a wh16ns40


Apologies / I used your purchased/supplied flasher to update these drives. Can you point me to where I can download the stock wh16ns40 1.05 firmware? Pulling my hair out ...

I have opened the drive and cleaned the lens as suggested. Sadly, it has not changed the behavior. I reached out to OWC, and they've offered to service or replace it. Never thought I'd ask this question, but should I reflash it to stock firmware before doing so?

power it off for 5 mins completely disconnected from power and usb

what usb case do you have just for my ongoing stat tracking of dead drives

lens cleaning discs are a joke return it
take it apart to clean it
eject tray

unplug drive with tray out

pop off front bezel clips on sides and ...

I have two identical UHD flashed as follows:'

Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH16NS60
Revision: 1.00
Serial number: <redacted>
Firmware date: 2117-04-25 17:56
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 82

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959 ...

Makes sense to me. Like I said, it's working just fine on Blu-rays, and it's never a bad thing to take some load off my UHD drives.

I read that article about old firmware, but as the drive itself was reporting "possible, not yet enabled" for LibreDrive, I thought perhaps I had missed something!

Let me start by saying I've already got two flashed drives that can read UHD disks, but this oldie is still working:

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk14
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: TSSTcorp
Product: BDDVDW SE-506AB
Revision: TS01
Serial number: <redacted>
Bus encryption flags ...

I had to reset gatekeeper to get 1.18.4 working, but I've observed this little quirk:

I't showing

MakeMKV v.1.8.4 [darwin(arm64-release)]
Latest available version 1.18.3

Otherwise it seems to be working just fine

Reddit had a solution that worked for me with on my M2 and my 2018 MBP (intel).

https://www.reddit.com/r/VLC/comments/1dlazgr/using_makemkv_integration_with_vlc_to_play_bluray/


OMG after all this time a simple solution that works... THANK YOU!!!

EDIT: it's working for UHD and BluRays on M2 ...

UHD Steelbook didn't work for me on delivery day, but it does work now. This community rocks!

Just pick the one with chapters. Like you noticed, they are most likely identical besides that difference. This usually happens on discs that don't use seamless branching for the main feature: The one with chapters is the .mpls playlist file, while the one without is the raw .m2ts stream.

As for ...

Ok, so I've gotten past the hard part of flashing drives and am now digging into my pile of disks.

One of the head scratchers I keep coming across is figuring out which title to rip:

Screenshot 2025-12-02 at 4.23.46 PM.png

In this example, there are two titles, both 60.8GB, and one title ...

Appreciate that. More than willing to pay (and will). The Purchasing website does have an option to enter a coupon code, which is what triggered the question.