Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

[97Hugo]

Hello, I was searching for information about my drive to see whether it can support 4k blu ray, but I ended up with no results. May I ask if "Buffalo BRXL-PTV6U3 SVB" is compatible in any way or form? Thanks!

Here's the information on MakeMKV

Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: BUFFALO
Product: Optical Drive
Revision: BN14
Serial number: HelloWorld
Firmware date: 2121-06-21 13:33
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: MT1959

No disc inserted

[Billycar11]

Hello, I was searching for information about my drive to see whether it can support 4k blu ray, but I ended up with no results. May I ask if "Buffalo BRXL-PTV6U3 SVB" is compatible in any way or form? Thanks!

Here's the information on MakeMKV

Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: BUFFALO
Product: Optical Drive
Revision: BN14
Serial number: HelloWorld
Firmware date: 2121-06-21 13:33
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: MT1959

No disc inserted

Treat it as a bu40n

[97Hugo]

Hello, I was searching for information about my drive to see whether it can support 4k blu ray, but I ended up with no results. May I ask if "Buffalo BRXL-PTV6U3 SVB" is compatible in any way or form? Thanks!

Here's the information on MakeMKV

Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: BUFFALO
Product: Optical Drive
Revision: BN14
Serial number: HelloWorld
Firmware date: 2121-06-21 13:33
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: MT1959

No disc inserted

Treat it as a bu40n

Thank you, I will try it out and see if it works!

[dylan323i]

Hey so I just but a new sealed in box Pioneer BDR-209dbk with a MFG date of 2014 will post the drive details when it arrives kinda curious though what software gets flashed to these. I noticed with the LG’s they all generally use the same file same for pioneers? Is this drive basically a scaled down 212 or are there legitimate hardware differences?

[Billycar11]

Hey so I just but a new sealed in box Pioneer BDR-209dbk with a MFG date of 2014 will post the drive details when it arrives kinda curious though what software gets flashed to these. I noticed with the LG’s they all generally use the same file same for pioneers? Is this drive basically a scaled down 212 or are there legitimate hardware differences?

Email me your makemkv drive info section
Flasher and fw are completely different

[dylan323i]

Hey so I just but a new sealed in box Pioneer BDR-209dbk with a MFG date of 2014 will post the drive details when it arrives kinda curious though what software gets flashed to these. I noticed with the LG’s they all generally use the same file same for pioneers? Is this drive basically a scaled down 212 or are there legitimate hardware differences?

Email me your makemkv drive info section
Flasher and fw are completely different

Email sent

[HotJuicyBurgers]

Hey!

Is there anyone that has written a guide or a youtube video on how to flash a drive attached to an unraid server? I have MakeMKV installed in a docker container. I'll post my drive info below, new to all this so any help would be appreciated. I'm assuming the gui doesn't work for me as well like it does on windows.


Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH14NS40
Revision: 1.05
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2120-05-06 14:44
Bus encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible (with patched firmware)
Drive platform: MT1959
Harware support: Yes
Firmware support: No
Firmware type: Original (patched version available)
Firmware version 1.05
DVD all regions: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw data read: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw metadata read: Possible (with patched firmware)
Unrestricted read speed: Possible (with patched firmware)

[Billycar11]

Hey!

Is there anyone that has written a guide or a youtube video on how to flash a drive attached to an unraid server? I have MakeMKV installed in a docker container. I'll post my drive info below, new to all this so any help would be appreciated. I'm assuming the gui doesn't work for me as well like it does on windows.


Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH14NS40
Revision: 1.05
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2120-05-06 14:44
Bus encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible (with patched firmware)
Drive platform: MT1959
Harware support: Yes
Firmware support: No
Firmware type: Original (patched version available)
Firmware version 1.05
DVD all regions: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw data read: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw metadata read: Possible (with patched firmware)
Unrestricted read speed: Possible (with patched firmware)

linux commands are in first post

[Duramax6.6l]

Hello,

I am looking at this drive and I am wondering if it is compatible..

https://www.amazon.com/PIONEER-Internal ... ref=sr_1_2

or is there a better drive to get

[Billycar11]

Hello,

I am looking at this drive and I am wondering if it is compatible..

https://www.amazon.com/PIONEER-Internal ... ref=sr_1_2

or is there a better drive to get

Likely not needs fw before 12/22

[Duramax6.6l]

What is a good drive to get then..

[Billycar11]

What is a good drive to get then..

well they are getting very hard to come by i have some pioneers left if your in the usa asmcom and marty t0o for EU area and AU area

[dramaticaudio]

I need a little help if someone would be so kind.
Trying to flash a new BU40N (LG) from 1.05 to 1.03, using Terminal on MacOS. I'm getting a Drive Not Found error. It definitely sees it in the cmd just before. Would someone please take a look and see if perhaps I'm doing something wrong? TIA!
-jscott

Terminal log:

DAP-M4TICUS:tmp jscott$ cp ~/jscott/tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin /tmp
DAP-M4TICUS:tmp jscott$ ls
HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin
sdf.bin
DAP-M4TICUS:tmp jscott$ cd /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS
DAP-M4TICUS:MacOS jscott$ ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/D81BBE52
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.05_212404231347_MOAOAM90007

DAP-M4TICUS:MacOS jscott$ ./makemkvcon f -d '/IOBDServices/D5D25996' -f /tmp/sdf.bin rawflash main -i /tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin
Drive "/IOBDServices/D5D25996" not found
DAP-M4TICUS:MacOS jscott$

[Billycar11]

I need a little help if someone would be so kind.
Trying to flash a new BU40N (LG) from 1.05 to 1.03, using Terminal on MacOS. I'm getting a Drive Not Found error. It definitely sees it in the cmd just before. Would someone please take a look and see if perhaps I'm doing something wrong? TIA!
-jscott

Terminal log:

DAP-M4TICUS:tmp jscott$ cp ~/jscott/tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin /tmp
DAP-M4TICUS:tmp jscott$ ls
HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin
sdf.bin
DAP-M4TICUS:tmp jscott$ cd /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS
DAP-M4TICUS:MacOS jscott$ ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/D81BBE52
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.05_212404231347_MOAOAM90007

DAP-M4TICUS:MacOS jscott$ ./makemkvcon f -d '/IOBDServices/D5D25996' -f /tmp/sdf.bin rawflash main -i /tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin
Drive "/IOBDServices/D5D25996" not found
DAP-M4TICUS:MacOS jscott$

shouldn't it be this ... /IOBDServices/D81BBE52 for you drive

[dcoke22]

I need a little help if someone would be so kind.
Trying to flash a new BU40N (LG) from 1.05 to 1.03, using Terminal on MacOS. I'm getting a Drive Not Found error. It definitely sees it in the cmd just before. Would someone please take a look and see if perhaps I'm doing something wrong? TIA!
-jscott

Terminal log:

DAP-M4TICUS:tmp jscott$ cp ~/jscott/tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin /tmp
DAP-M4TICUS:tmp jscott$ ls
HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin
sdf.bin
DAP-M4TICUS:tmp jscott$ cd /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS
DAP-M4TICUS:MacOS jscott$ ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/D81BBE52
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.05_212404231347_MOAOAM90007

DAP-M4TICUS:MacOS jscott$ ./makemkvcon f -d '/IOBDServices/D5D25996' -f /tmp/sdf.bin rawflash main -i /tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin
Drive "/IOBDServices/D5D25996" not found
DAP-M4TICUS:MacOS jscott$

According to your log, the name of your optical drive is: /IOBDServices/D81BBE52

The one you specified in your command is not that.