LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

[Nosion]

@Coopervid
Got this drive as well, can you please send me the firmware to unlock UHD?

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Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: 
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 75

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Thank you!

[Coopervid]

@Coopervid
Got this drive as well, can you please send me the firmware to unlock UHD?

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Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: 
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 75

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Thank you!

PM sent.

[Emf029]

Hello all,

I've got an LG drive which I successfully flashed in the past by following the flash instructions here (thank you to all the geniuses out there!)

Now I just purchased a Pioneer BDR-212DBK for my old PC which I've plugged in to a TV.
MakeMKV says LibreDrive is enabled but I can't seem to get it to read UHD discs. See below - I have an UHD dis inserted but it reports 'No disc inserted'. I've read on other threads to clean and wash the disc, I've done all this. Btw, this disc reads well and plays back on my LG drive.

Do I need to flash it?

Thank you for any pointers!

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212D
Revision: 1.02
Firmware date: 2022-03-16
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

[Billycar11]

Hello all,

I've got an LG drive which I successfully flashed in the past by following the flash instructions here (thank you to all the geniuses out there!)

Now I just purchased a Pioneer BDR-212DBK for my old PC which I've plugged in to a TV.
MakeMKV says LibreDrive is enabled but I can't seem to get it to read UHD discs. See below - I have an UHD dis inserted but it reports 'No disc inserted'. I've read on other threads to clean and wash the disc, I've done all this. Btw, this disc reads well and plays back on my LG drive.

Do I need to flash it?

Thank you for any pointers!

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212D
Revision: 1.02
Firmware date: 2022-03-16
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

email me this i have a pioneer auto flasher for it see below

[hiddenvalley700]

This is my drive information:

Product: BD-RW BDR-212U
Revision: 1.04
Firmware date: 2022-12-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID83

Here's what I need to know:
How do I enable LibreDrive on a Pioneer like this one? Yes, it is one of the drive platforms that should be supported. What firmware do I need to put on the drive, and how do I do that?

[MartyMcNuts]

This is my drive information:

Product: BD-RW BDR-212U
Revision: 1.04
Firmware date: 2022-12-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID83

Here's what I need to know:
How do I enable LibreDrive on a Pioneer like this one? Yes, it is one of the drive platforms that should be supported. What firmware do I need to put on the drive, and how do I do that?

Not possible. The firmware is too new. It must be pre December 2022 to be UHD and libredrive compatible.

[tucker]

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Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk5
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XS07
Revision: 1.03
Serial number: ...
Firmware date: 2023-01-06
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8E20
Firmware version: GENE

Disc Information
Label: AS_TEARS_GO_BY
Timestamp: 2020-12-14 11:24:14
Protection: AACS v76
Data capacity: 30.23 Gb
Disc type: BD-ROM
Number of layers: 2
Channel bit length: 74,5 nm (25.0 GB max. per layer)

I suspect the firmware here is too new, I just got this from Amazon. Too late to return, I suspect. Nothing UHD to rip yet though.

[Woodstock]

You're correct that the firmware is "too new"... Anything after 12/2022 is locked by Pioneer and not updatable (backdatable?).

[MartyMcNuts]

You're correct that the firmware is "too new"... Anything after 12/2022 is locked by Pioneer and not updatable (backdatable?).

Anything after 11/2022 is locked by Pioneer.

[Emf029]

email me this i have a pioneer auto flasher for it see below

All working - thank you Billycar11!

[hiddenvalley700]

INTERESTING FACT:
I own a Pioneer BDR-211M and a 212U. They look exactly alike and are known to be hard to flash and enable libredrive and what not. It turns out that my *refurbished* 211M was FLASHED with non-Pioneer firmware and is LibreDrive enabled.

My question is:
How would the previous owner have flashed the Pioneer? They did it somehow, but I'm having trouble figuring out how one would do that.

[dgorman]

The firmware is 2023/08/01, so am I'm out of luck? I just purchased the drive, and the LGBP60NB10 I have sucks.

I saw that the RS9xxx was supported?

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk8
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-X13X
Revision: 1.04
Serial number: ...
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS9401
Firmware version: ID10

[Billycar11]

INTERESTING FACT:
I own a Pioneer BDR-211M and a 212U. They look exactly alike and are known to be hard to flash and enable libredrive and what not. It turns out that my *refurbished* 211M was FLASHED with non-Pioneer firmware and is LibreDrive enabled.

My question is:
How would the previous owner have flashed the Pioneer? They did it somehow, but I'm having trouble figuring out how one would do that.

There is no unofficial pioneer firmware only old stuff

[Billycar11]

The firmware is 2023/08/01, so am I'm out of luck? I just purchased the drive, and the LGBP60NB10 I have sucks.

I saw that the RS9xxx was supported?

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk8
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-X13X
Revision: 1.04
Serial number: ...
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS9401
Firmware version: ID10

Sorry man yeah it's too new.

I recommend you return it

I still have some pioneers with old fw

[hiddenvalley700]

INTERESTING FACT:
I own a Pioneer BDR-211M and a 212U. They look exactly alike and are known to be hard to flash and enable libredrive and what not. It turns out that my *refurbished* 211M was FLASHED with non-Pioneer firmware and is LibreDrive enabled.

My question is:
How would the previous owner have flashed the Pioneer? They did it somehow, but I'm having trouble figuring out how one would do that.

There is no unofficial pioneer firmware only old stuff

Ok, it's one of those black Pioneers with the UHD Blu Ray logo on the front. I updated the firmware on the drive to a pre-2022 firmware after this happened, so I don't have a screenshot, but I swear I opened it in MakeMKV and it said the firmware was some crazy thing not like the 1.5x or ID58 or whatever, and it said LibreDrive status: ENABLED