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Hi, I am from Germany and want to buy the ASUS BW-16D1X-U tomorrow for ripping brand new 4K UHD discs. Before I buy, what would you recommend: the LG version or the Pioneer version? Also, what version is more likely to be found in stores right now in July 2026? If you recommend ...

I just bought an BDR 209 and Flash it to UHD compatible. But since i bought it the drive has an issue with the opening mechanism the flashing dont help. Sometimes it opens and sometimes it wouldnt. Closing with the button works most times. Opening with the manual eject hole works everytime. How ...

Here are example of real and fake and if it is legit MT1959

If you don't see this is on the back by the power sata ports its not a MT1959 UHD friendly drive - Next is the legit drive - Next is the Chinese knock off

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QPu43o7GC2F01dM2n61vVTb0bFQWMd8z/view?usp=sharing ...

Has anyone bought Chinese BDR-212DBK

Having issues with my LG drives


https://www.ebay.com/itm/800126119694?_skw=BDR-212DBK&itmmeta=01KW4XJS04ZYZSTBXQEKB6TS4N&hash=itemba4b3baf0e:g:jpIAAOSw5x9mwwfs&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA8GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xBnEYakVh4FAn%2Ftzsp24QRkiJIrXU ...

Has anyone bought Chinese BDR-212DBK

Having issues with my LG drives


https://www.ebay.com/itm/800126119694?_skw=BDR-212DBK&itmmeta=01KW4XJS04ZYZSTBXQEKB6TS4N&hash=itemba4b3baf0e:g:jpIAAOSw5x9mwwfs&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA8GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xBnEYakVh4FAn%2Ftzsp24QRkiJIrXU ...

With the owc mercury pro the pioneer drives do not fit all the way in unless you do a mod that you will need to bind the mounting tabs inside the case.

If a case is not a priority then get this Benefei Sata to USB 3.0
https://a.co/d/0eXsnT4O

Krawk wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 6:46 pm Info about Omnidrive here...
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026 ... -ray-drive

Then go here for the Omnidrive

Mr. Red wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2026 11:58 am https://github.com/ribshark/omnidrive

Will I break the drive if I try running Makemkv?

I am using MAKEMKV version 1.18.3

No
Try putting a 4K movie in and see if mkv sees it. It should also updates the _private_data.tar

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Hi, I just purchased a Pioneer RS8801 of Ebay and needed a flash for the drive. Does anyone know if there is one for this drive and I use a Mac and need instructions on how to install that.

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk4
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW ...

My bad, I only saw the part where he used the sdftool flasher to flash the drives and I was like what a rip off. I watched the whole video and realized I missed the the extra flashing to enable omni.

I'm going to say it's a rip off of what we can already do here.

Linux user here.

I have little interest in OmniDrive, given that the only game discs I'm interested in currently are PS3 discs (and OmniDrive isn't required for those), but I was curious about this, so I decided to give it a shot.

I downloaded OmniDrive from here : https://archive.org/download ...

I'm looking at a drive from October 2023.

Does anyone have any insight on that month?

Thanks.


Have the seller send you picture of the drive ejected and showing the front face plate. If you see Asus on the tray front face plate it is a BH50N a LG 16NS40 drive. If you see a plan looking front ...

How do you have the drive hooked up?
The Info in Makemkv is incomplete.
I would return it.