Pioneer BDR-XD04 Bluray Drive

[Coopervid]

You have your second opinion like for medical reasons. Both "doctors" agree on diagnostics

[Lady Fitzgerald]

So why didn't you post that info in the first place? If you ask for help, you need to provide as much information as possible when doing so!! If you don't provide the info, you will get smartalec answers or no answers at all...

...Anyway, it's a 13+ year old drive. I'd be suprised if it stil works. You really shouldn't buy used drives. There's generally a (bad) reason why people are getting rid of their old used drives.

Try cleaning the discs and cleaning the lasers and trying other ripping software. If you can't use Xreveal, try DVDFab. Other than that, if it doesn't work throw it in the bin.

I didn't post the needed information at first because I didn't know what you would need.

One reason I'm desperate to get a couple more ODDs was I had bought a couple new ones after you had said they would work, then, when they didn't, I had to hurry up and send them back for a refund before the return window closed. After than, when I posted that they didn't, then you vaguely replied that I need to do certain things to get them to work, none of which made sense to me, and wouldn't have helped because, by then, they were no longer available.

I bought it because misbegotten Pioneer has discontinued all their ODDs and, beside Pioneer once making the best drives, they are the only ones that open up on the top instead of having a tray and it was the only one I could find with the flip top (other than Chinese vendors, most of which are probably "drop shippers" trying to sell the same grossly overpriced drive, which I trust as far as I can spit upwind in a class 5 hurricane). Trays, besides being jam prone, eat up more desktop space and are more awkward to use. Optical disks are resurging in popularity much like vinyl did yet ODD manufacturers are discontinuing them?

I have two Pioneer BD ODDs and two UHD ones. I have a desktop computer for my daily driver and keep two drives at my desk since I often rip more than one disc at a time. I did the same with a laptop. However, I recently put a second laptop into service and now have one laptop in a large bag that has a lot of accessories, such as a flatbed scanner, office supplies, etc. in it for when I go on long trips and the other one that is lighter and less equipped for shorter trips. I can now carry only one ODD with each laptop. Plus, if one of my ODDs decides to die, I'll be up the creek without...forget the paddle, I'd be without the canoe.

DVDFab doesn't make a version for Linux. I bought a so called lifetime license back when I was still on Win 7 since I was planning on switching over to Linux and DVD Fab had just come out with a Linux version but the jerks discontinued it by the time I made the switch. Their so called lifetime license is a joke since, for every new DRM scheme that comes along, you have to buy the fix (and the fixes aren't cheap).

[MartyMcNuts]

So why didn't you post that info in the first place? If you ask for help, you need to provide as much information as possible when doing so!! If you don't provide the info, you will get smartalec answers or no answers at all...

...Anyway, it's a 13+ year old drive. I'd be suprised if it stil works. You really shouldn't buy used drives. There's generally a (bad) reason why people are getting rid of their old used drives.

Try cleaning the discs and cleaning the lasers and trying other ripping software. If you can't use Xreveal, try DVDFab. Other than that, if it doesn't work throw it in the bin.

I didn't post the needed information at first because I didn't know what you would need.

One reason I'm desperate to get a couple more ODDs was I had bought a couple new ones after you had said they would work, then, when they didn't, I had to hurry up and send them back for a refund before the return window closed. After than, when I posted that they didn't, then you vaguely replied that I need to do certain things to get them to work, none of which made sense to me, and wouldn't have helped because, by then, they were no longer available.

I bought it because misbegotten Pioneer has discontinued all their ODDs and, beside Pioneer once making the best drives, they are the only ones that open up on the top instead of having a tray and it was the only one I could find with the flip top (other than Chinese vendors, most of which are probably "drop shippers" trying to sell the same grossly overpriced drive, which I trust as far as I can spit upwind in a class 5 hurricane). Trays, besides being jam prone, eat up more desktop space and are more awkward to use. Optical disks are resurging in popularity much like vinyl did yet ODD manufacturers are discontinuing them?

I have two Pioneer BD ODDs and two UHD ones. I have a desktop computer for my daily driver and keep two drives at my desk since I often rip more than one disc at a time. I did the same with a laptop. However, I recently put a second laptop into service and now have one laptop in a large bag that has a lot of accessories, such as a flatbed scanner, office supplies, etc. in it for when I go on long trips and the other one that is lighter and less equipped for shorter trips. I can now carry only one ODD with each laptop. Plus, if one of my ODDs decides to die, I'll be up the creek without...forget the paddle, I'd be without the canoe.

DVDFab doesn't make a version for Linux. I bought a so called lifetime license back when I was still on Win 7 since I was planning on switching over to Linux and DVD Fab had just come out with a Linux version but the jerks discontinued it by the time I made the switch. Their so called lifetime license is a joke since, for every new DRM scheme that comes along, you have to buy the fix (and the fixes aren't cheap).

Are you sure the XD04 is getting enough power? Ensure all USB connectors are plugged in (if more than one). Don't use case ports. Use ports direct from the motherboard (if using a desktop PC) or an AC self-powered USB hub of at least 30w. If using a laptop, some USB ports don't provide enough constant power so a powered hub is usually a good idea.

Didn't you buy some XD08's a while back? Why did you return them. You were told back then that they work fine as is out of the box for non-UHD discs. They only required libredrive to be enabled for UHD discs, which you don't care for anyway. Libredrive is helpful for standard blu-ray (it allows the drive to continue to be used even if the drive certificate is revoked by a newer AACS revision) but is not required.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...Are you sure the XD04 is getting enough power? Ensure all USB connectors are plugged in (if more than one). Don't use case ports. Use ports direct from the motherboard (if using a desktop PC) or an AC self-powered USB hub of at least 30w. If using a laptop, some USB ports don't provide enough constant power so a powered hub is usually a good idea...

It was getting plenty of power. I had it plugged into a USB port connected to a rear USB 3.1 Gen 1 port on the rear I/O panel of the MOBO. The same port operates my other Pioneer ODDs just fine.

...Didn't you buy some XD08's a while back? Why did you return them. You were told back then that they work fine as is out of the box for non-UHD discs. They only required libredrive to be enabled for UHD discs, which you don't care for anyway. Libredrive is helpful for standard blu-ray (it allows the drive to continue to be used even if the drive certificate is revoked by a newer AACS revision) but is not required.

Yes. This link leads back to where we discussed this. viewtopic.php?p=187050#p187050 I bought them because you said they would work. I returned them because they did not work when I tried them and I had a narrow window to return them for a refund. It was only after that you said there were things I needed to do to make them work (and was vague about what those things were).

[MartyMcNuts]

...Are you sure the XD04 is getting enough power? Ensure all USB connectors are plugged in (if more than one). Don't use case ports. Use ports direct from the motherboard (if using a desktop PC) or an AC self-powered USB hub of at least 30w. If using a laptop, some USB ports don't provide enough constant power so a powered hub is usually a good idea...

It was getting plenty of power. I had it plugged into a USB port connected to a rear USB 3.1 Gen 1 port on the rear I/O panel of the MOBO. The same port operates my other Pioneer ODDs just fine.

...Didn't you buy some XD08's a while back? Why did you return them. You were told back then that they work fine as is out of the box for non-UHD discs. They only required libredrive to be enabled for UHD discs, which you don't care for anyway. Libredrive is helpful for standard blu-ray (it allows the drive to continue to be used even if the drive certificate is revoked by a newer AACS revision) but is not required.

Yes. This link leads back to where we discussed this. viewtopic.php?p=187050#p187050 I bought them because you said they would work. I returned them because they did not work when I tried them and I had a narrow window to return them for a refund. It was only after that you said there were things I needed to do to make them work (and was vague about what those things were).

All you had to do was plug them in and they would work as is for DVD/BD just not UHD. Nothing needed to be done at all. The whole firmware changing and SDF.bin updates etc are only to enable libredrive and UHD disc compatibility, neither are needed for DVD/BD discs.

You keep saying they did not work but have not provided any information on what wouldn't work, no log, nothing. You cannot expect any help if you don't provide as much information as you can. Nobody can help you if they don't know what your issue is/was.

"They did not work" is so unhelpful and tells us absolutley nothing.

If you insert a disc and it doesn't show up, it's usually 1 of 3 reasons why. Either the lasers are dead/dirty, not enough power to the drive or the disc needs cleaning. First port of call is to clean the disc before trying again. Sometimes a wipe with a cloth is all it takes. Other times, it might need a good clean using soapy water.