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Here's my log when I try to read this disc:
When it's done reading, there is no actual movie file in there, just some short title sequences that you see when you play the disc...

The disc is not dirty and the drive is not broken -- the entire movie plays in VLC just fine in this drive on this computer. Clearly the problem has something to do with copy-protection.

I figure a LibreDrive firmware patch will help, but I cannot figure out how to install the patch...

This is my drive's info: In the patch .zip file, there is a .BIN file named HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH14NS40-NS50-1.05-NM00900-212005061444, and I assume that's the correct file based on my drive's model number above, but there are no instructions on HOW to install this firmware... There's no EXE file in there to read the .BIN file and write it to the drive. So how do I copy the .BIN file over to the drive? I have searched this forum for about an hour now with no luck.

So, do I have the correct .BIN file named above? Will it help my issue? And how do I install that .BIN file?

Thanks,
Laurence MacNeill
Ball Ground, Georgia, USA

Patching RARELY affects read errors. The drive's electronics just cannot pick out the bits on the disk.

Have you read through the topic in the bluray section about read errors? It applies to DVDs, too.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15055 <-- the rip errors post

In your log, the telling error is this one:
That error means the drive was unable to correctly read a portion of the disc. When you play the disc in a movie player, they plow past most read errors; you're unlikely to notice a tiny error in a frame or two of a movie. MakeMKV is attempting to correctly read all the bits of the movie so as to make a 'perfect' copy of the disc.

Laurence5905 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 04, 2021 9:56 pm

When it's done reading, there is no actual movie file in there, just some short title sequences that you see when you play the disc...

The disc is not dirty and the drive is not broken -- the entire movie plays in VLC just fine in this drive on this computer. Clearly the problem has something to do with copy-protection.

I figure a LibreDrive firmware patch will help, but I cannot figure out how to install the patch...


In the patch .zip file, there is a .BIN file named HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH14NS40-NS50-1.05-NM00900-212005061444, and I assume that's the correct file based on my drive's model number above, but there are no instructions on HOW to install this firmware... There's no EXE file in there to read the .BIN file and write it to the drive. So how do I copy the .BIN file over to the drive? I have searched this forum for about an hour now with no luck.

So, do I have the correct .BIN file named above? Will it help my issue? And how do I install that .BIN file?

Thanks,
Laurence MacNeill
Ball Ground, Georgia, USA

look at my guide linked below it has how to videos and everything not sure how you did not find it
but as others said patching it wont fix it you probably just need to clean the disc even if it looks perfect

dcoke22 wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 05, 2021 12:11 am

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15055 <-- the rip errors post

In your log, the telling error is this one:

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Error 'Scsi error - MEDIUM ERROR:L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR' occurred while reading 'BD-RE HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 1.05' at offset '32768'

That error means the drive was unable to correctly read a portion of the disc. When you play the disc in a movie player, they plow past most read errors; you're unlikely to notice a tiny error in a frame or two of a movie. MakeMKV is attempting to correctly read all the bits of the movie so as to make a 'perfect' copy of the disc.

I did finally find the link to the program where I could patch the drive. So the drive is now patched. As y'all predicted, though, that didn't fix the problem.

And now there's a second disc on which it's doing this same thing. You Only Live Twice is doing the exact same thing as Dr. No.

And I mean the *EXACT* same error -- including the "offset 32768" part. Which means both discs are having this problem at *EXACTLY* the same point on the disc? I find that highly unlikely...

Just for kicks, I did clean both discs - dishwashing soap and hot water. It did not fix the problem. It's very clearly something wrong with the copy protection. Both discs have a bad spot in *EXACTLY* the same place? No... That's not possible. Although it's weird that none of the other discs in the collection have this problem... Just these two...

So why are both discs failing at the exact same spot, if it's not copy protection? That makes no sense at all... And how do I get around this? How do I make it skip that small part and keep going past it? Both discs play in VLC, btw. If VLC can read it, MakeMKV must be able to also. I just don't know how to make it do that... Even if it just drops a few frames, that's fine with me...

Thanks,
L.

Billycar11 wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:27 am

Laurence5905 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 04, 2021 9:56 pm

When it's done reading, there is no actual movie file in there, just some short title sequences that you see when you play the disc...

The disc is not dirty and the drive is not broken -- the entire movie plays in VLC just fine in this drive on this computer. Clearly the problem has something to do with copy-protection.

I figure a LibreDrive firmware patch will help, but I cannot figure out how to install the patch...


In the patch .zip file, there is a .BIN file named HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH14NS40-NS50-1.05-NM00900-212005061444, and I assume that's the correct file based on my drive's model number above, but there are no instructions on HOW to install this firmware... There's no EXE file in there to read the .BIN file and write it to the drive. So how do I copy the .BIN file over to the drive? I have searched this forum for about an hour now with no luck.

So, do I have the correct .BIN file named above? Will it help my issue? And how do I install that .BIN file?

Thanks,
Laurence MacNeill
Ball Ground, Georgia, USA

look at my guide linked below it has how to videos and everything not sure how you did not find it
but as others said patching it wont fix it you probably just need to clean the disc even if it looks perfect

I found the patch files at this link: viewtopic.php?t=19113
Inside there it says "(this topic will be updated with detailed flashing instructions later)". So there are no instructions there...

I did finally find the sdftool flasher program through Google -- which linked back to this forum. Don't know how the search on the forum didn't return those results, but whatever...

And as you figured, patching it didn't fix these discs I'm having the trouble with... They still won't read... Even after cleaning... And *BOTH* discs have the *EXACT* same problem in the *EXACT* same place. So I don't know what to do... Clearly it's something to do with copy-protection or whatever -- the odds that BOTH discs would have the exact same problem in the exact same place is infinitesimally small.

So how do I fix this?

Laurence5905 wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:38 pm

I found the patch files at this link: viewtopic.php?t=19113
Inside there it says "(this topic will be updated with detailed flashing instructions later)". So there are no instructions there...

I did finally find the sdftool flasher program through Google -- which linked back to this forum. Don't know how the search on the forum didn't return those results, but whatever...

And as you figured, patching it didn't fix these discs I'm having the trouble with... They still won't read... Even after cleaning... And *BOTH* discs have the *EXACT* same problem in the *EXACT* same place. So I don't know what to do... Clearly it's something to do with copy-protection or whatever -- the odds that BOTH discs would have the exact same problem in the exact same place is infinitesimally small.

So how do I fix this?

you clearly did not click the link in my below section it links right to the guide.
your drive could also be defective if it does it on the same spot on different discs i have gotten 80+ defective of those lg and asus drives return it and get a BU40N