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Flashing the Pioneer BDR-209D
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:40 pm
by 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
Re: Flashing the Pioneer BDR-209D
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:05 pm
by Coopervid
HotPotato72 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:40 pm
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.
Re: Flashing the Pioneer BDR-209D
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:34 pm
by 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!
Re: Flashing the Pioneer BDR-209D
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:21 am
by 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!
Re: Flashing the Pioneer BDR-209D
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 1:59 pm
by Billycar11
HotPotato72 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:21 am
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
Re: Flashing the Pioneer BDR-209D
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:48 pm
by Coopervid
Use a Windows computer or VMWare.
Re: Flashing the Pioneer BDR-209D
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 2:22 pm
by HotPotato72
Coopervid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:48 pm
Use a Windows computer or VMWare.
VMWare did the trick, many thanks for your help! Hope you have a great day
