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by drknight71
Sun Sep 15, 2024 5:01 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1051
Views: 2389126

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Ok. Sad. This doesn't mean that the drive will not work with MakeMkv ... just that Make will have to bypass Libredrive mode through indirect access and there is the risk that some discs will read and others will not because now the firmware can restrict access if I read the technical information cor...
by drknight71
Sun Sep 15, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1051
Views: 2389126

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Been reading up and probably have more reading to do. Found something interesting on Doom9 forum. There was a 20 year old thread regarding rolling back old Pioneer DVD drives by simply attaching a '/F' parameter to the flashing program. Found inside the main flash executable two smaller executables ...
by drknight71
Sun Sep 15, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1051
Views: 2389126

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Would it be possible to slip the binary firmware file for an older version into the executable updater program to fool it into thinking its flashing a newer firmware and instead downgrade it or is it just not possible due to a hard lock on the firmware itself? As it is right now I should be able to ...
by drknight71
Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1051
Views: 2389126

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Hi guys, I have the Pioneer 209 EBK (209-M) and the current firmware is only 1.34/ID60. It is probably perfect for MakeMKV but I would like to upgrade the drive since it will be used as a burner as well. Is that 1.54 firmware still safe for MakeMKV? (I guess it might be since that firmware should b...
by drknight71
Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1051
Views: 2389126

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

That stinks. Don't own any UHD blurays anyhow. Makemkv still worked though. No way to roll back? Thanks
by drknight71
Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:19 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Replies: 1051
Views: 2389126

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Hi, Should have but updated firmware from 1.52 to 1.54 on the Pioneer BDR-211M. Before said Libredrive supported and now just possible: Drive Information OS device name: E: Current profile: CD-RW Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-211M Revision: 1.54 Serial number: [redacted] Firmware date: 20...