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Question re Pioneer BDR-212BK
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 5:06 pm
by allomere
Greetings! I recently purchased a Pioneer BDR-212BK. In reading through forum posts, it appears that there is no need to flash a LibreDrive firmware to this drive, as it should be fully compatible with MakeMKV right out of the box - is that correct? Even if that is correct though, is there still a reason to consider flashing a firmware to this drive?
Thank you very much for the assistance!
Re: Question re Pioneer BDR-212BK
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 5:12 pm
by Coopervid
allomere wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2026 5:06 pm
Greetings! I recently purchased a Pioneer BDR-212BK. In reading through forum posts, it appears that there is no need to flash a LibreDrive firmware to this drive, as it should be fully compatible with MakeMKV right out of the box - is that correct? Even if that is correct though, is there still a reason to consider flashing a firmware to this drive?
Thank you very much for the assistance!
Yes. If you want to make it UHD compatible post your Makemkv info and I will send you the flasher to upgrade it.
Re: Question re Pioneer BDR-212BK
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 5:34 pm
by allomere
Thank you for the reply. I will post the info when the drive is received! Out of curiosity, what is the benefit of flashing a different firmware if the drive is compatible with MakeMKV out of the box?
Re: Question re Pioneer BDR-212BK
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:59 pm
by Coopervid
allomere wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2026 5:34 pm
Thank you for the reply. I will post the info when the drive is received! Out of curiosity, what is the benefit of flashing a different firmware if the drive is compatible with MakeMKV out of the box?
This drive can only read BDs out of the box. You don't seem to know what UHDs are. Google.
Re: Question re Pioneer BDR-212BK
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 8:35 pm
by allomere
Yes, I am familiar with UHD (I have a WH16NS60 that I have previously flashed to read UHDs). I think I misunderstood some posts I had read and thought that Pioneer drives did not need to be flashed to a LibreDrive firmware. Clearly I was wrong and stupid.
Thanks again for answering my dumb question.
Re: Question re Pioneer BDR-212BK
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 9:33 pm
by MartyMcNuts
allomere wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2026 8:35 pm
Yes, I am familiar with UHD (I have a WH16NS60 that I have previously flashed to read UHDs). I think I misunderstood some posts I had read and thought that Pioneer drives did not need to be flashed to a LibreDrive firmware. Clearly I was wrong and stupid.
Thanks again for answering my dumb question.
You are getting yourself confused. Libredrive does not equal UHD compatibility.
Yes, essentially all Pioneer drives are libredrive enabled as is but only UHD models can read UHD discs.
Your drive is not a UHD model so if you want to use it for UHD discs then it must be cross-flashed to the firmware of a UHD model.
Re: Question re Pioneer BDR-212BK
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2026 3:08 am
by allomere
Ahhh yes... okay, yeah it's been a little while since I've been fully immersed in this, so apologies for the cobwebs in my brain.
Is it possible to share the FW version that I need to cross-flash for this device? And I would need to use SDFtool flasher right?