Pioneer BDR-208D

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danieduardo88
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Pioneer BDR-208D

Post by danieduardo88 »

Hey,

I saw these drives could possibly be flashed for UHD Blu-ray ripping in the makemkv forms. I have a BU40N, but even after cleaning it stopped reading blu-rays in general. I remembered I had the BDR-208D laying around and it works perfectly(used a handful of times). So is it possible for 4K Blu-rays? Here are the specs from makemkv:

Manufacture date: March 2013

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-208D
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2012-08-22
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 38

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8301
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-208
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.10/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Thanks!
Coopervid
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Joined: Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:32 pm

Re: Pioneer BDR-208D

Post by Coopervid »

danieduardo88 wrote:
Thu Jan 08, 2026 12:13 pm
Hey,

I saw these drives could possibly be flashed for UHD Blu-ray ripping in the makemkv forms. I have a BU40N, but even after cleaning it stopped reading blu-rays in general. I remembered I had the BDR-208D laying around and it works perfectly(used a handful of times). So is it possible for 4K Blu-rays? Here are the specs from makemkv:

Manufacture date: March 2013

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-208D
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2012-08-22
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 38

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8301
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-208
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.10/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Thanks!
Billy will take care of you as you emailed him already.
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