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Ok, it's one of those black Pioneers with the UHD Blu Ray logo on the front. I updated the firmware on the drive to a pre-2022 firmware after this happened, so I don't have a screenshot, but I swear I opened it in MakeMKV and it said ...

INTERESTING FACT:
I own a Pioneer BDR-211M and a 212U. They look exactly alike and are known to be hard to flash and enable libredrive and what not. It turns out that my *refurbished* 211M was FLASHED with non-Pioneer firmware and is LibreDrive enabled.

My question is:
How would the previous ...

INTERESTING FACT:
I own a Pioneer BDR-211M and a 212U. They look exactly alike and are known to be hard to flash and enable libredrive and what not. It turns out that my *refurbished* 211M was FLASHED with non-Pioneer firmware and is LibreDrive enabled.

My question is:
How would the previous owner ...

This is my drive information:

Product: BD-RW BDR-212U
Revision: 1.04
Firmware date: 2022-12-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID83

Here's what I need to know:
How do I ...