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Hi All

I am new to UHD ripping and am already struggling with the general understanding...
I read some basic posts here, and which drives are recommended. So, one of them should be the 16D1HT.
So this one was under sale, and I bought one and connected the drive now.

So, first, I was surprised that I saw nothing in MakeMKV. I see only the drive information:
OS device name: F:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.11
Firmware date: 2120-12-01 17:59
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 75

After some research in the forum, I read that it will only be shown when a disk is inside... but this was also not working.
So I downloaded the tool Flasher, and the tool showed me the following:


So, was it "bad" luck that this drive had the wrong chipset?
Or is it expected that this will be shown with some firmware?
I didn't flash the drive because I am unsure if this will break it.

You should have a section of the output that says what hardware is found, under "LibreDrive". That is assuming your version of MakeMKV is less than 5 years old. Did you forget to post it, or was it missing?

Hello, neolexo is right. Im facing the same poroblems. The latest drives reports as diffrenet than MT1959 platform, unfortunately.

ThinkMan wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:04 pm

Hello, neolexo is right. Im facing the same poroblems. The latest drives reports as diffrenet than MT1959 platform, unfortunately.

Please post the Makemkv info about the chip - if available.

Same drive. Same issue

https://ibb.co/yBjt2Hy
https://ibb.co/kSWMSLv

Coopervid, done.

Nvm it was a layer 8 problem. The usb adapter which I have used wasn't suited for it. Directly connecting the drive to the pc resolved the issue

Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.10
Firmware date: 2119-01-04 10:14
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 3.10
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Composer8494 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:25 pm

Same drive. Same issue

https://ibb.co/yBjt2Hy
https://ibb.co/kSWMSLv

Guide has a solution for this...
Use this -t mtk19xx in front of your command
This happens when makemkv does not know the drive
Or you could always buy my automated flasher from me for this I have seen these around for years see below for details

Glad is was only the damn adapter. Check this. It's cheap and works also for flashing.

https://www.amazon.de/BENFEI-SATA-USB-K ... r=8-3&th=1

Thank you for your advice. It works. Succesfully downgraded to 3.02

I bought this drive twice from amazon, first once died very fast. second drive had a very recent manufacturer date, they must have changed something in the hardware, it still works, I've ripped many blu rays. the newest drive had the same firmware which I couldn't find a flasher for. this isn't an advertisement, just an endorsement for BillyCar, he gave me a flasher for this drive and it worked. my drive has been inside a nexstar DX2 external case and other than having to power on and off the case a few times at the beginning it seems to be running fine, in fact I'm ripping a blu ray right now. As recommended by Billycar, I will get a Pioneer drive if this one breaks.