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If anyone is interested I initially connected the drive to some random USB 3.0 5GBPS to SATA 3.5" hard disc drive enclosure supplied by a company called Dynamode. I think it may have originally been sold by PC World about 15 years ago. I flashed the drive through the caddy's SATA to USB 3.0 adaptor ...

I successfully ripped the title, but I have a question that's probably easy to answer.

This is my first rip of any BluRay title. I'm unfamiliar with how the Dolby Atmos audio is ripped as I have only ever used high end Dolby Atmos multichannel processing receivers in combination with high end 4K ...

The 1st post is maintained & current. Dates reflect when it was originally posted.

Guidance remains (w/ links to FW/tool):

Recommended Firmware to flash for MakeMKV:

Asus BW-16D1HT on any Firmware directly to > Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10MK

SDFtool Flasher


I'd already done it before your post ...

Never mind. I found the SDtool Flasher 1.3.5 and the DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.10_MK.bin and successfully flashed the drive firmware back to 3.10 from 3.11 thanks to this great forum and it's community!

I'm now going to test it with a relatively recent UHD BluRay: Black Panther Wakanda Forever

Wish me ...

What do I need to do to make a new BW-16D1TH/BLK/B/AS capable of reading UHD discs?

I have looked around this forum for a few hours but all I can find is seemingly outdated information in the order of about 2 to 3 years old, but nothing that seems relevant to a drive manufactured in September 2023 ...