Pioneer BDR-XD08B on Amazon

[Billycar11]

Is that possible to do? I know you’ll be having drives available soon, what is the specific drive you’ll be selling?

Would not be possible for the public it seems
But that may change

[austeros]

LibreDrive enabled, but no UHD

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD08
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DCDL007236UC
Firmware date: 2022-12-27
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS9330
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-BDS8
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[MartyMcNuts]

LibreDrive enabled, but no UHD

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD08
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DCDL007236UC
Firmware date: 2022-12-27
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS9330
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-BDS8
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

That's because it is not a UHD model. LibreDrive does not equal UHD compatibility!! It's not looking good for cross-flashing either.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...If only ripping CD/DVD/BD and not UHD, then any blu-ray drive will work. It just won't have LibreDrive enabled.

If I was you, I'd wait a bit longer as apparently support for newer Pioneer drives may be coming very soon, maybe in the coming weeks! Then the XD08 will get libredrive support. Although, there is nothing stopping the XD08 from working now with CD/DVD/BD discs, just not UHD.

I'm a bit confused (I plead Old Timer's Disease ). Are you saying that if I bought the XD08s now, I will be able to rip, all CDs, DVDs, and BDs with the current version of MakeMK even though Libredrive won't be enabled? Is the possibly coming support for the newer Pioneer drives, including the XD08, going to be in the form of an update to MakeMKV or will it be the ability to flash the current XD08?

Yeah, you can use it to rip CD/DVD/BD except for the newest AACS v82 as it will revoke the drive certificate. This is the main feature of LibreDrive. When enabled, MakeMKV doesn't care about any revoking and allows you to continue using the drive.

Don't know. Probably a firmware flash.

These drives were starting to disappear so I bought a couple (from Adorama, not Amazon) and had to send them back because I couldn't rip a BD I had previously successfully ripped with one of my older drives with them (I didn't bother with trying a CD). The drives would just spin with nothing happening.

[mike admin]

had to send them back because I couldn't rip a BD I had previously successfully ripped with one of my older drives with them (I didn't bother with trying a CD). The drives would just spin with nothing happening.

Are you sure you have restarted them (plugged off and then back) after SDF.bin update?