Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2023

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Tober27
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Billycar11 wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:00 am
i mean i sent you a flasher just use that?
You did? I haven't received it.
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Tober27 wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:03 am
Billycar11 wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:00 am
i mean i sent you a flasher just use that?
You did? I haven't received it.
yeah in your email 31 mins ago
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Billycar11 wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:04 am
yeah in your email 31 mins ago
I have not received it. Just sent you another email.
MartyMcNuts
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Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2021

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Tober27 wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:57 am
MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:50 am
You could try the old SDFtool Flasher (version 1.2.0) as that doesn't check the drive platform.
The old Flasher READ Firmware worked, where it didn't with the newer. WRITE Firmware still did nothing.
"enc?" should not be checked, correct?
We don't know as that firmware has never been seen before. Try it and see what happens.
Cheers :D
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Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2021

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MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:24 am
Tober27 wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:57 am
"enc?" should not be checked, correct?
We don't know as that firmware has never been seen before. Try it and see what happens.
The Custom Firmware seemed to fail, email response sent.

Checking "enc?" made no difference. START button still did nothing.
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MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:24 am
We don't know as that firmware has never been seen before. Try it and see what happens.
Through recommendations from Billy, ran the Asus Flasher and it worked.
No problems yet.
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Tober27 wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:44 pm
MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:24 am
We don't know as that firmware has never been seen before. Try it and see what happens.
Through recommendations from Billy, ran the Asus Flasher and it worked.
No problems yet.
That's great!
Cheers :D
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MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:10 pm
That's great!
Totally. Thought you could make a note of it in case it comes up again.
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Tober27 wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:21 pm
MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:10 pm
That's great!
Totally. Thought you could make a note of it in case it comes up again.
Yep, I'm sure Billy will add a note to the guide.
Cheers :D
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MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:25 pm

Yep, I'm sure Billy will add a note to the guide.
there is a situation where if this happens again with encrypted firmware there would be no way to flash the drive.
going to email mike about it before the update
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Hi,

Pioneer has released a new unit BDR-S13J-X, I should receive it in two weeks, I would like to know if this new unit is possible to work with makemkv for UHD ?

https://jpn.pioneer/ja/pcperipherals/bd ... j-x/?ad=pr

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Unless it contains non-Pioneer drive, the chance is about zero. No Pioneer hardware is currently "UHD Friendly", and there is no firmware available to change that.
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Woodstock wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:40 pm
Unless it contains non-Pioneer drive, the chance is about zero. No Pioneer hardware is currently "UHD Friendly", and there is no firmware available to change that.
so I will never be able to backup my UHD movies with this drive?
I think I arrived late to this forum
Thanks for reply,
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Mike thinks it is possible, but it won't be simple and it won't be soon.

Pioneer drives do have their advantages; USUALLY they're top performers at writing disks, more so that the LG/Asus units.
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Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2021

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MartyMcNuts wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:08 am
It seems that MakeMKV is not recognising your drive's platform as MT1959,
This is very unusual...
Tober27 wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:21 am
in SDFTool the full drive is labelled:
HL-DT-ST__BD-RE_BU40N_DN13_211907041426_MO9K6D81503
if that's anything.
Please do this for me:

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sdftool -d HL-DT-ST__BD-RE_BU40N_DN13_211907041426_MO9K6D81503 --info
and

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sdftool -d HL-DT-ST__BD-RE_BU40N_DN13_211907041426_MO9K6D81503 -t mtk19xx dump auto
for future reference - "-t" switch forces the tool to select specific "drive logic" payload, ignoring the auto-detect logic. Specifically "-t mtk19xx" forces mtk19xx payload.
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