Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

[tjones85]

Ah okay thanks so those drives are flashable and will enable me to run MakeMKV?

[jspace]

Big thanks to MartyMcNuts and the other devs for the SDF tool. Getting a WH14NS40 to rip UHDs was super easy.

[fozzmoo]

I posted 5 days ago and got no response, so I'm reposting in hopes someone will see this one and have some ideas.

Howdy. I'm running Linux and I have a HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40, SVC CODE of NS50 running firmware version 1.05. I understand from the first page post this is an encrypted firmware so I need to run 'makemkvcon' with the 'enc' option. However, I'm confused what firmware I should be installing on it to be able to read UHD discs. I've tried unsuccessfully to flash it with HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin. When I run the makemkvcon command, it just sits there and does nothing.

[Billycar11]

I posted 5 days ago and got no response, so I'm reposting in hopes someone will see this one and have some ideas.

Howdy. I'm running Linux and I have a HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40, SVC CODE of NS50 running firmware version 1.05. I understand from the first page post this is an encrypted firmware so I need to run 'makemkvcon' with the 'enc' option. However, I'm confused what firmware I should be installing on it to be able to read UHD discs. I've tried unsuccessfully to flash it with HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin. When I run the makemkvcon command, it just sits there and does nothing.

Sadly I have seen this a few times on linux it's not a command issue it's something else best to message the developer and report it

[stootime]

Just popping in to say thanks for the guides and resources. WH14NS40 all flashed and ripping with no hassles. I already registered my MakeMKV a month or two back, but now enjoying the UHD side of things