BD-RE BH40N Will not play BD's in windows

[dudegod]

Hey all new account but have browsed the forum for a long time.

I recently got two (2) of these BD-RE BH40N (Manufacture date for both is 2017, both have firmware ver. A1B0, MT1959), as im trying to upgrade my setup for UHD.
My current setup is Windows 11 x64 with a Vantec CB-ST00U3 and a HP CH30L

The problem I'm having is that I can not get this drive to play 4K discs in windows with VLC.
I've already got VLC setup for BD playback, it works fine playing regular BD's on my older drive (CH30L)

MakeMKV showed LibreDrive was supported on firmware A1B0. I have tried firmware updating one of them to A1B2, but still no playback.
VLC will briefly show an image and then loads forever and the drive will stop spinning/reading.
What am I doing wrong?

[MartyMcNuts]

Hey all new account but have browsed the forum for a long time.

I recently got two (2) of these BD-RE BH40N (Manufacture date for both is 2017, both have firmware ver. A1B0, MT1959), as im trying to upgrade my setup for UHD.
My current setup is Windows 11 x64 with a Vantec CB-ST00U3 and a HP CH30L

The problem I'm having is that I can not get this drive to play 4K discs in windows with VLC.
I've already got VLC setup for BD playback, it works fine playing regular BD's on my older drive (CH30L)

MakeMKV showed LibreDrive was supported on firmware A1B0. I have tried firmware updating one of them to A1B2, but still no playback.
VLC will briefly show an image and then loads forever and the drive will stop spinning/reading.
What am I doing wrong?

UHD discs require libredrive. You need to flash a UHD capable firmware that will enable libredrive. I don’t know what a BH40N is. If it is the same thing as a BU40N, then use BU40N 1.03-Mk firmware.

[Yethidran]

BH40N is not able to play UHD Discs.
See the reply in the link attached below. it was posted in 2023 in this forum itself.

viewtopic.php?t=31034

[dudegod]

Hey all new account but have browsed the forum for a long time.

I recently got two (2) of these BD-RE BH40N (Manufacture date for both is 2017, both have firmware ver. A1B0, MT1959), as im trying to upgrade my setup for UHD.
My current setup is Windows 11 x64 with a Vantec CB-ST00U3 and a HP CH30L

The problem I'm having is that I can not get this drive to play 4K discs in windows with VLC.
I've already got VLC setup for BD playback, it works fine playing regular BD's on my older drive (CH30L)

MakeMKV showed LibreDrive was supported on firmware A1B0. I have tried firmware updating one of them to A1B2, but still no playback.
VLC will briefly show an image and then loads forever and the drive will stop spinning/reading.
What am I doing wrong?

UHD discs require libredrive. You need to flash a UHD capable firmware that will enable libredrive. I don’t know what a BH40N is. If it is the same thing as a BU40N, then use BU40N 1.03-Mk firmware.

Here is Libredrive enabled on the other drive, and a pic of the sticker

[MartyMcNuts]

Hey all new account but have browsed the forum for a long time.

I recently got two (2) of these BD-RE BH40N (Manufacture date for both is 2017, both have firmware ver. A1B0, MT1959), as im trying to upgrade my setup for UHD.
My current setup is Windows 11 x64 with a Vantec CB-ST00U3 and a HP CH30L

The problem I'm having is that I can not get this drive to play 4K discs in windows with VLC.
I've already got VLC setup for BD playback, it works fine playing regular BD's on my older drive (CH30L)

MakeMKV showed LibreDrive was supported on firmware A1B0. I have tried firmware updating one of them to A1B2, but still no playback.
VLC will briefly show an image and then loads forever and the drive will stop spinning/reading.
What am I doing wrong?

UHD discs require libredrive. You need to flash a UHD capable firmware that will enable libredrive. I don’t know what a BH40N is. If it is the same thing as a BU40N, then use BU40N 1.03-Mk firmware.

Here is Libredrive enabled on the other drive, and a pic of the sticker

Ok, so it's an internal desktop drive. Not a slim drive like a BU40N. I've never heard of this model before.

What you need to remember is libredrive does not equal UHD readability. There are lots of Blu-ray drives that have libredrive enabled that can't read UHD discs.

If you are willing to risk bricking one of them, you could try cross-flashing it to WH16NS60 1.02-MK firmware. I suggest testing this on the other one that doesn't have libredrive enabled. The main thing is the manufacturing date is 2016 or newer and the drive platform is MT1959.

[dudegod]

UHD discs require libredrive. You need to flash a UHD capable firmware that will enable libredrive. I don’t know what a BH40N is. If it is the same thing as a BU40N, then use BU40N 1.03-Mk firmware.

Here is Libredrive enabled on the other drive, and a pic of the sticker

Ok, so it's an internal desktop drive. Not a slim drive like a BU40N. I've never heard of this model before.

What you need to remember is libredrive does not equal UHD readability. There are lots of Blu-ray drives that have libredrive enabled that can't read UHD discs.

If you are willing to risk bricking one of them, you could try cross-flashing it to WH16NS60 1.02-MK firmware. I suggest testing this on the other one that doesn't have libredrive enabled. The main thing is the manufacturing date is 2016 or newer and the drive platform is MT1959.

I'll give this a shot a report back, thanks

[dudegod]

So far so good! It took the WH16NS60 1.03-MK firmware flash just fine and testing now copying a UHD, let me know if there is any info i can provide for the community

[dudegod]

Actually the problem now seems to be with my adapter, Vantec CB-ST00U3, as I can't load any UHD disc through the adapter but straight to sata works fine

[MartyMcNuts]

Actually the problem now seems to be with my adapter, Vantec CB-ST00U3, as I can't load any UHD disc through the adapter but straight to sata works fine

Perhaps it died or has a dodgy USB or power cable? Can you try a different cable? I had a Unitek powered adapter where the power cable died after about 2 years.