LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Discussion of LibreDrive mode, compatible drives and firmwares
Billycar11
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Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by Billycar11 »

litlucky wrote:
Sun Jan 25, 2026 6:55 am
Billycar11 wrote:
Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:19 am
litlucky wrote:
Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:05 am

Ahh it seems that those are listed as $75 and $80 on Pioneer website but are not longer made, would you recommend any others that would be less than $100 that would just need to be flashed?
a drive below $100 is almost impossible to find now as they have been ut of production for over a year all the pioneers and lg stopped a few months ago too

i still have some xd08 if you want one but over $100 but still half the price of the ebay ones
Just a little out of my price range. I guess I'll have to just invest after a few months into my full-time job to get that much money. I'm assuming the LG GH24NSC0B isn't a good one either?
not if you want to do UHD
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bilditup1
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Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by bilditup1 »

Get the "possible, not yet enabled" message despite the drive being listed SDF.bin v8D in the first post:
mike admin wrote:
Fri Feb 11, 2022 3:02 pm
SDF.bin v8D:

Code: Select all

supported - original vendor firmware (Pioneer RS): 210 firmware(s):
...
PIONEER-BD-RW___BDR-S11-1.50-2CD5C009-8800ID43-20171221
...
Not sure I've misidentified it or what. If I haven't, also not sure how to proceed.
nicholfd
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Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by nicholfd »

bilditup1 wrote:
Sun Jan 25, 2026 6:02 pm
Get the "possible, not yet enabled" message despite the drive being listed SDF.bin v8D in the first post:
mike admin wrote:
Fri Feb 11, 2022 3:02 pm
SDF.bin v8D:

Code: Select all

supported - original vendor firmware (Pioneer RS): 210 firmware(s):
...
PIONEER-BD-RW___BDR-S11-1.50-2CD5C009-8800ID43-20171221
...
Not sure I've misidentified it or what. If I haven't, also not sure how to proceed.
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litlucky
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Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by litlucky »

Billycar11 wrote:
Sun Jan 25, 2026 7:07 am
litlucky wrote:
Sun Jan 25, 2026 6:55 am
Billycar11 wrote:
Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:19 am


a drive below $100 is almost impossible to find now as they have been ut of production for over a year all the pioneers and lg stopped a few months ago too

i still have some xd08 if you want one but over $100 but still half the price of the ebay ones
Just a little out of my price range. I guess I'll have to just invest after a few months into my full-time job to get that much money. I'm assuming the LG GH24NSC0B isn't a good one either?
not if you want to do UHD
I’ve been looking into a little. And these are the two drives I found available that I could order. Between these two, is there a better option?
LG WP50NB40 vs buffalo BRXL-16U3
Im bored
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Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by Im bored »

Hello, I have purchased BDR-212XJ and looking to enable UHD on it, from all the reading I did it looks like the drive needs to be cross flashed to BDR-212UBK Firmware. Although I'm having trouble finding the procedure or the firmware as I'm assuming that firmware should not be coming from the manufacture website. Would anyone be so kind as to point me in the right direction of these two things.


Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212M
Revision: 1.04
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2022-12-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: GENE

No disc inserted
Last edited by Im bored on Tue Jan 27, 2026 2:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Billycar11
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Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by Billycar11 »

Im bored wrote:
Tue Jan 27, 2026 3:56 am
Hello, I have purchased BDR-212XJ and looking to enable UHD on it, from all the reading I did it looks like the drive needs to be cross flashed to BDR-212UBK Firmware. Although I'm having trouble finding the procedure or the firmware as I'm assuming that firmware should not be coming from the manufacture website. Would anyone be so kind as to point me in the right direction of these two things.


Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212M
Revision: 1.04
Serial number: DJDL003136WL
Firmware date: 2022-12-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: GENE

No disc inserted
no flashable unless you send that one in to me
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bilditup1
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Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by bilditup1 »

nicholfd wrote:
Sun Jan 25, 2026 7:30 pm
Post the drive info from MakeMKV.
It was in a PNG attachment which doesn't seem to have been approved (that post was my first on this forum). I'll post it here in text so that it doesn't get blocked for my being a new-ish member:
MakeMKV 1.18.3 wrote: Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S11
Revision: 1.50
Serial number: RADL000011WL
Firmware date: 2017-12-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8801
Firmware version: ID43

No disc inserted
Billycar11
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Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by Billycar11 »

bilditup1 wrote:
Tue Jan 27, 2026 1:05 pm

It was in a PNG attachment which doesn't seem to have been approved (that post was my first on this forum). I'll post it here in text so that it doesn't get blocked for my being a new-ish member:
MakeMKV 1.18.3 wrote: Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S11
Revision: 1.50
Serial number: RADL000011WL
Firmware date: 2017-12-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8801
Firmware version: ID43

No disc inserted
Sure just email me that drive info section I have a flasher for it to do UHD
Buy a drive from the guide and video maker: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 20&t=17831
UHD Drive Guide: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=19634
Auto flash kit $40 Email Billycar5924@gmail.com No attachments
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