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I just bought an Asus BW-16D1X-U and would like to use it to rip 4K videos. I have tested it with regular BluRay and it works fine but it will not recognize any 4K UHD movies. Can anyone help me? Drive info below: Drive Information OS device name: L: Manufacturer: ASUS Product: BW-16D1X-U Revision:...

whswede wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 06, 2026 3:11 pm

Should work as is
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I found elsewhere on the forum it does not with this particular drive and firmware... Seems firmware is not possible to patch.
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What drive what fw

It likely won't work as it has no sata power see guide below for adapters and cases that work.

I'm new to the forum and this is my first post. I recently purchased a Verbatim 6888 optical drive and attempted to use the SDFtool Flasher to flash the firmware. The internal drive is the BU40N model. I have attempted to back up several of my UHD discs but they have all failed. Can anyone check my...

Rabster wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 04, 2026 10:48 pm

What about downgrading the firmware is that possible

Downgrading is not possible on pioneers
The only way would be to send it into me and I'm not doing send ins until I'm out of drives and even then I will likely only take slim USB pioneers as the desktop ones are to fragile for the mail.

Yes email me that drive info section see below for email

iphoenix2099 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 04, 2026 6:22 pm

i flashed it and then received this error

Blu-ray error:
AACS Host certificate revoked.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///F:\'. Check the log for details.

Did you enable makemkv integration for VLC?

Could you tell me if its possible with this drive also a 212EBK but firmware version is 1.05 and if so could you tell me where to find the firmware / flash instruction Many Thanks Drive Information OS device name: I: Current profile: BD-ROM Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-212M Revision: 1....

try cleaning the laser

I have a similar one. Can someone PM me a hint how to make it UHD friendly? I am on MacOS. I can work with the command line stuff but unsure about what firmware to update it with / how. Thank you for your help, I appreciate it. Drive Information Manufacturer: ASUS Product: SBW-06D5H-U Revision: E10...

Dödelberg wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 03, 2026 4:35 pm

Hey @mitchkramez,

sorry to hear that you couldn't fix your drive. I'm currently researching if the XS07 can be pulled out of the enclousure and be used as an internal SATA drive. Since you opened it already you probably know?

~Luca

its not a sata drive

Hello! I just bought this Asus drive with the Pioneer platform, can someone help me flash it to enable UHD? Here is the full information form make mkv below: Drive Information OS device name: \Device\CdRom0 Current profile: BD-ROM Manufacturer: ASUS Product: BW-16D1X-U Revision: E113 Serial number:...

Happy New Jear ! Hello Gentelmen, I have a Pioneer BDR-UD03 internal drive with firmware version 1.10. I would like to use it to rip 4K UHD Blu-rays with MakeMKV. LibreDrive is currently not activated. Can you please help me with the right flashing tool or firmware to make it UHD friendly? MFD: Nov...

Hi, interested to know if there is any firmware to flash my XD05 that I've had since 2013 to read UHD discs. BD and DVD already work great, drive details: Drive Information OS device name: Y: Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05 Revision: 1.21 Serial number: MFDL000104UC Firmware date: 201...

Happy New Year! Are you still providing the firmware? Drive Information OS device name: /dev/sr0 Current profile: BD-ROM Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03 Revision: 1.14 Serial number: DDDL525156WL Firmware date: 2020-06-15 Bus encryption flags: 1B Highest AACS version: 12 LibreDrive In...