Flashing the Pioneer BDR-209D

[HotPotato72]

Dear coopervid,

I recently acquired a Pioneer BDR-209D (MakeMKV info below) and would like to use it to rip some movies I have on 4K to my PC, as I do not own a 4K-capable player at the moment. I've read around the forum for some time and it seems like the point where I should end up is having the firmware of a Pioneer BDR-S11 flashed on my drive. Would you be able to help me out any further with this? I would have loved to solve this by myself and hate to take up some of your time, but it is much appreciated. Wishing you a good one!

Regards,
Hot Potato

DRIVE INFO

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209D
Revision: 1.51
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2018-05-08
Bus encryption flags: 13

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.51/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[Coopervid]

Dear coopervid,

I recently acquired a Pioneer BDR-209D (MakeMKV info below) and would like to use it to rip some movies I have on 4K to my PC, as I do not own a 4K-capable player at the moment. I've read around the forum for some time and it seems like the point where I should end up is having the firmware of a Pioneer BDR-S11 flashed on my drive. Would you be able to help me out any further with this? I would have loved to solve this by myself and hate to take up some of your time, but it is much appreciated. Wishing you a good one!

Regards,
Hot Potato

DRIVE INFO

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209D
Revision: 1.51
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2018-05-08
Bus encryption flags: 13

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.51/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

PM sent.

[HotPotato72]

Hey coopervid,

Received your PM and sent a small donation your way for providing the help. In case anything is wrong I'll let you know, but it should go well from here. Thanks and have an amazing day!

[HotPotato72]

Dear coopervid,

I tried to flash the software several times across the last couple of days, however I am encountering an issue where the software to flash tells me it fails to enter kernel mode. I attached some screenshots below that might aid in figuring out what is going on. Could it possibly be due to my virtual machine configuration? Through a VM is my preferred method, would you know settings I need to look out for? Specifically I use Oracle's Virtualbox on Linux. Your help so far has been much appreciated!

[Billycar11]

Dear coopervid,

I tried to flash the software several times across the last couple of days, however I am encountering an issue where the software to flash tells me it fails to enter kernel mode. I attached some screenshots below that might aid in figuring out what is going on. Could it possibly be due to my virtual machine configuration? Through a VM is my preferred method, would you know settings I need to look out for? Specifically I use Oracle's Virtualbox on Linux. Your help so far has been much appreciated!

Vm bad

[Coopervid]

Use a Windows computer or VMWare.

[HotPotato72]

Use a Windows computer or VMWare.

VMWare did the trick, many thanks for your help! Hope you have a great day