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(I know this is off-topic, but after this, you can upgrade to 1.18.4 here if you so wish : https://mega.nz/file/ziggWLhY#ZTkE4X3tp ... JabD6mc5Ek)

I said "latest LibreDrive list" not because I believed support was recently added, but simply because I forgot to check the list altogether. :oops: I added "latest" just as a way of wording it.

...Not to mention, I read a lot and am usually pretty good at finding the right information, and I've ...

It doesn't need flashing. It is UHD compatible as is. The only reason to flash it, would be to remove the sleep bug, which isn't really necessary anyway. If you want to flash it, use WH16NS60 1.02-MK.

It would appear that I was being a colossally absent-minded person by forgetting to check the ...

Hello,

You should flash DE_LG_WH16NS60_1.00.bin (which is not a MK firmware and therefore less troublesome for DVDFab and possibly Linux compatibility) or DE_LG_WH16NS60_1.02_MK.bin (which seems to be the "gold standard" when you don't care about DVDFab), both are from MartyMcNuts' all you need ...

I understand the flash is not perfect but wasnt expecting a junk reprint BD to not work. Anyone come across this with a LibreDrive Enabled unit?

I did and so did thaelis, with the French Blu-ray known as "JO". Please see here for the full discussion : https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php ...

Or, if you want an easier way :

https://mega.nz/file/Omxl2SBb#tpi4fY2QY ... qoi9bw7NsY

Added the sdf.bin download link.

A recent Blu-Ray rip seems to have run into some kind of region-blocking, as all I get is a very small rip that, when converted or played, gives me a screen from the menu system that says the disc can only be played on a Region A player.

The "very small rip" part would *almost* make me think that ...

If the firmware date for your current firmware says 2120 or later :

makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr0 rawflash enc -i /tmp/firmware.bin

If the firmware date for your current firmware is *below* 2120 :

makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr0 rawflash main -i /tmp/firmware.bin

If it fails with rawflash enc, try ...

Since this combination has already been tried, I’ll wait for Billy’s or Marty’s advice on the next recovery step

As per your request, I will no longer be giving recovery advice in this topic. I think I've said all that I can possibly say anyway.

One last thing though, if you need help for ...

I literally posted the link to the topic with the download links you need in one of my posts just above :

viewtopic.php?t=42158

When you select recover what wrong fw are you selecting?

I pretty sure people have recovered from this in this way

The cli lines are fine to try

Thank you.

I went back through my notes.

The sequence was:

1. GUI WRITE:
HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP50NB40-NB50-1.03-NM00800-212005070917.bin
-> Success ...

Thank you for the /dev/sr0 part, I will need that. Could you please start the full MakeMKV Graphical User Interface once it's installed, and see if there is something like this ?

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.00
Serial number ...

The download: https://makemkv.com/sdf.bin fails.

As the instructions imply, this download seems to be mandatory for Mac, not Linux. You can just ignore the whole sdf.bin thing on Linux (I know I did, anyway).

Should i set up another VM/LXC/Docker with an older Makekmv version or is there ...

The cli lines are fine to try

And to clarify they should be fine in whichever order you want to try them. As I said, worst case scenario, the flash will fail and you can just try the other boot ID. But if you absolutely need someone to pick an order, this would be my final advice :

main,nowait ...