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Flashing question

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 1:15 pm
by cem62793
Recently got another blu ray drive and it didn't ship with libredrive capable firmware, can someone please look at the info below and let me know me know if it can be flashed? I tried reading a 4K UHD disc in MakeMKV and it wouldn't even acknowledge the disc. Tried a non UHD disc and it worked fine.

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BH16NS48
Revision: 1.01
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2113-04-04 22:52
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 82

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1939
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.01
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Partial
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Re: Flashing question

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 2:54 pm
by Woodstock
Drive platform: MT1939
Not UHD-capable. Was built a couple of years before UHD came about.

Re: Flashing question

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 3:02 pm
by cem62793
Even though the label lists 2024 as the manufacturing year? I'm guessing the eBay seller I bought it from relabelled the drive.

Re: Flashing question

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 3:42 pm
by Woodstock
They didn't change the hardware, so it's telling you when it was built. Labels mean little.

The drive was actually built in 2013, per it's hardware.

Re: Flashing question

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 5:28 pm
by Billycar11
Yeah there is a big releabling ring roing on over in China for both LG and pioneer drives
Only advice is don't buy from them