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by thewallace
Thu Mar 20, 2025 1:16 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: BDE-PR1EP what is it?
Replies: 4
Views: 412

Re: BDE-PR1EP what is it?

I did some digging and under the surface this looks like a BDE-PR1ME-L. A "Cost-effective business Blu-ray recorder, suitable for loading into automated equipment. CD Printer/Recorder, CD library." Sounds like a durable workhorse. The specs rate BD Read Single and Dual both at 12x. Too bad...
by thewallace
Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:42 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1429
Views: 1006995

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

The SDF Tool said it had the wrong platform. I'll keep it as a pure BD player/writer. Oh well.
by thewallace
Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:40 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: BDE-PR1EP what is it?
Replies: 4
Views: 412

Re: BDE-PR1EP what is it?

Yeah, the SDF Tool said it had the wrong platform. I'll keep it as a pure BD player/writer. BTW, I just extracted the BD of Inter****r. At 39gb it took 29 minutes, this thing flies!
by thewallace
Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:08 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1429
Views: 1006995

BDE-PR1EP can it be done?

Sorry to crosspost this: I have an interesting drive out of a Epson disc publisher, a Pioneer BDE-PR1EP. I've converted a LG to UHD in the past with no issues but I'm unsure about the firmware for Pioneers. Can this model be converted? The info below is on a BD, a 4K just makes seeking noise in the ...
by thewallace
Tue Mar 18, 2025 11:37 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: BDE-PR1EP what is it?
Replies: 4
Views: 412

BDE-PR1EP what is it?

I picked up an interesting BD/DVD-RW drive out of a Epson disc publisher, a Pioneer BDE-PR1EP. The specs say: "These drives perform above the industry standard, offering extremely accurate publishing with an exceptionally low error rate." Its also said to have 'specific' firmware. The case...
by thewallace
Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:24 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: LG WH14NS40 share
Replies: 2
Views: 718

Re: LG WH14NS40 share

My results from last night: I found that my WH14NS40 had been updated to 1.05 in 2120? According to the data 1.05 was supposed to be encrypted, but the SDF Flasher showed differently. I used HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin and it updated in 10 seconds. No problems and the drive...
by thewallace
Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:20 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: LG WH14NS40 share
Replies: 2
Views: 718

LG WH14NS40 share

I’ve used MakeMKV for years with an ancient Lite-On drive on my HTPC to extract BR and have had no issues with it. No 4K abilities of course. I also have a pristine Xeon mid-tower I acquired a few years ago as a backup PC. For the first time I looked closely at the drive and realized it’s a LG WH14N...
by thewallace
Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:49 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: Guardians of the Galaxy 1 in 4K - resolution errors
Replies: 5
Views: 4934

Re: Guardians of the Galaxy 1 in 4K - resolution errors

Solved it, the file was corrupt somehow. I ripped it to a mkv a 2nd time and resolution is correct. Probably should have tried this it before.
by thewallace
Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:19 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: Guardians of the Galaxy 1 in 4K - resolution errors
Replies: 5
Views: 4934

Re: Guardians of the Galaxy 1 in 4K - resolution errors

I just opened the mkv in Magix Vegas and it shows the same settings. I have the feeling that these settings are displaying incorrectly for some reason. I wonder if there's a way to change them at the file level without resaving it. Noone seems to have discussed ripping the 1st episode of these movie...
by thewallace
Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:34 pm
Forum: UHD discs
Topic: Guardians of the Galaxy 1 in 4K - resolution errors
Replies: 5
Views: 4934

Guardians of the Galaxy 1 in 4K - resolution errors

I just extracted Guardians of the Galaxy 1 (4K) from disc. It went smoothly with no errors, the output was a 56gb mkv. The video through HDMI to my Sony X900E is washed out which is a well known HDR problem. But what I found odd were the video attributes when I opened it. Instead of 3840 x 2160 the ...
by thewallace
Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:53 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: How to rip BD from hardrive version?
Replies: 4
Views: 9605

Re: How to rip BD from hardrive version?

Well...I just replaced my old Lite-On BD drive with a new LG WH14NS40. It blazed through reading the disc in 1/4 of the time without slowing and made a seamless mkv. Really surprised me.

So in my case at least the error shown at the top of the post was solved by using a new drive. Go figure.
by thewallace
Sun Mar 24, 2019 10:01 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: How to rip BD from hardrive version?
Replies: 4
Views: 9605

Re: How to rip BD from hardrive version?

I'm not getting any hash errors despite it not being listed in the current keys_hashed file. Its Dances with Wolves theatrical version from the Steelbox edition...btw. The error points to a bad disc because it keeps failing at the same spot. But...my BD drive is embarrasingly old. I just ordered a n...
by thewallace
Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:25 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: How to rip BD from hardrive version?
Replies: 4
Views: 9605

How to rip BD from hardrive version?

When ripping a BD I ran into the attached error. Could be due to either the disk or my drive. So I decided to copy the entire disc to my hardrive and rip from there. I was able to copy all the BD contents over with no issues. --My question is how do I covert the HD version to a mkv? Makemkv recogniz...