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I found a PIONEER BDR-208M . I think this is a refurbished unit. Can this be flashed to rip UHD Disks?

Here is the MakeMKV infomration

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-208M
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: MADL009838WL ...

Ah, I see. Thanks MartyMcnuts

Appreciate the suggestion MartyMcNuts,

Cleaning with a qtip and alcohol has been a big improvement. In windows I can now watch several Bluray disks via VLC and I'm tetsing extracting tracks with MakeMKV. However, in the dedicated Linux box it just stalls

04-18-2026 23:37:53 ARM: INFO ...

Appreciate the suggestion MartyMcNuts,

Cleaning with a qtip and alcohol has been a big improvement. In windows I can now watch several Bluray disks via VLC and I'm tetsing extracting tracks with MakeMKV. However, in the dedicated Linux box it just stalls

04-18-2026 23:37:53 ARM: INFO ...

Appreciate the suggestion MartyMcNuts,

Cleaning with a qtip and alcohol has been a big improvement. In windows I can now watch several Bluray disks via VLC and I'm tetsing extracting tracks with MakeMKV. However, in the dedicated Linux box it just stalls

04-18-2026 23:37:53 ARM: INFO ...

Not really sure if it's related but my brand new ASUS BC-12D2HT wasn't able to rip a regular blu-ray on Linux (MakeMKV 1.18.3) until I flashed it with MK firmware. (I don't remember what was the exact response but I think MakeMKV just sort of hang/loop indefinitely when attempt to "parse" the disc ...

I have two Blueray Drives,

A very old Hp DVDWBD TS-LB23L drive and a new HL-DT-ST BD-RE BU50N drive. I had inconsistent results on the HL-DT-ST Product: BD-RE BU50N until I loaded the libredrive firmware, but now that drive rips great. I'm trying to locate the correct firmware for the Hp DVDWBD TS ...