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by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 2:58 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

im one of the authorized distributors the only other i know of is asmcom there may be others but most are not and are giving it out unauthorized https://forum.cdrinfo.pl/f29/distribution-bdrflash-99188/ I have paid you earlier, and will gladly do it again for the service, but i have to ask, did you...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 1:45 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

f... ok, good thing i didnt buy it, i found this after a former ebay sale "UHD" rated drive doesn't read 4k disks and can't back them up. Don't waste your money as this drive has the same 1.04 firmware problem as any other current Pioneer (not) "UHD" drive. Thanks for treating 4...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 1:39 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Just found this btw: https://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/news/1181351.html. So probably it is really just a BDR-212JBK without a box. But firmware 1.04, it can't be downgraded, right? No at least not without Billy's help. As I said for 12th gen drives the last "safe" version is...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 1:08 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

f... ok, good thing i didnt buy it, i found this after a former ebay sale "UHD" rated drive doesn't read 4k disks and can't back them up. Don't waste your money as this drive has the same 1.04 firmware problem as any other current Pioneer (not) "UHD" drive. Thanks for treating 4K...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 12:43 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Well what I meant was, I have seen such "unlisted" models for multiple generations, and I myself can't tell whether they are counterfeit or e.g. just some special "corporate" / "bulk" labeled version of a certain model (and even if that's the case, I can't tell for sur...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 12:26 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

*AFAIK* the last "safe" version for 12th gen internal drives should be 1.02. If you meant 1.04 it is a version released after Dec 2022. None of them should have a firmware of version 1.4. Also as per the firmware update download pages (both the Japan one and the international one), there'...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 11:59 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Hi! Posting agian, i've been looking for a internal drive, and found one in japan BDR-212UHBK, is manufactured in 2020, but the firmware has been updated to 1.4, im guessing this drive can read UHD discs without modification, but is it possible to downgrade? Im not sure you know without the rest of ...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 7:54 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: What about the BDR-S11JX?
Replies: 3
Views: 268

Re: What about the BDR-S11JX?

you dont know as these most of these drive are fake they were some sort of 211 then flashed with s11jx fw and re-cased to look new there were no s11jx being made in 2024 as the stickers say the drive could be 1 disc away from death or go for years i personally would not support them as they are bei...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 7:00 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: What about the BDR-S11JX?
Replies: 3
Views: 268

What about the BDR-S11JX?

Hey guys, I'm ordering a BDR-S11JX for a friend of mine, that wanted an internal bluray-drive solution and it ended up with that model - now days there aren't that many choices either, so anyway, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with it, and had some thoughts on what kind of drive this i...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 6:29 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Shouldn't need to crossflash it for UHD since it's the most "premium" 11th gen model, and mike has apparently caught up with even its latest firmware (both "revisions"?) for LibreDrive: (with which you can't crossflash / downgrade anyway unless maybe if you pay Billy Carr with a...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 5:01 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Shouldn't need to crossflash it for UHD since it's the most "premium" 11th gen model, and mike has apparently caught up with even its latest firmware (both "revisions"?) for LibreDrive: PIONEER-BD-RW__BDR-S11JX-1.54-1A867E4C-8801ID72-20230123 PIONEER-BD-RW__BDR-S11JX-1.54-1D7AD4...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 3:51 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Well I'm not 100% sure but I think the bottom line is you should be fine with either a 211UBK or 211EBK, as AFAIK they share the exact same fimware. (There's another "side story" with the 9th and 11th gen: there are two different "revisions" for each generation. I don't really k...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 2:42 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

No, but the drive of your concern should be fine (ripping with MakeMKV / playing with libmmbd which is really also MakeMKV) out of the box with UHD. LibreDrive is just a requirement for UHD ripping. It doesn't mean that all LibreDrive drives come with a firmware with UHD support. One of the reasons...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 12:56 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3755
Views: 4179301

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

So the trick was to only flash DE_LG_BU40N_1.03_MK.bin and everything worked, no more no less, it's a bit hard to understand sometimes in this forum, what you should actually do, and the guide can be a bit misleading i think. And what about the HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.04-NM00500-212005061142.bin tha...
by babayaga
Mon Apr 20, 2026 12:28 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1949
Views: 2231593

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

I must ask a quick question, am I to understand that MOST current Pioneer drives doesn't need a firmware update to play/rip UHD discs, that this is ok in its original firmware? like the PIONEER-BD-RW___BDR-211M? I see these have been added to the sdf.bin and that should be it? or am i missing someth...