LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

[isolation]

Hello, I have the following drive. I was reading elsewhere in this forum that it appeared possible to upgrade this drive for the capability to read 4k UHD discs. Is this still true today? Any help would be appreciated.

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8232
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.10/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[Coopervid]

Hello, I have the following drive. I was reading elsewhere in this forum that it appeared possible to upgrade this drive for the capability to read 4k UHD discs. Is this still true today? Any help would be appreciated.

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8232
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.10/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

PM sent.

[razzar]

Anyone who can help me out with flashing alternative firmware to unlock the UHD BD capabilities of this drive?

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: ID06

[Coopervid]

Anyone who can help me out with flashing alternative firmware to unlock the UHD BD capabilities of this drive?

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: ID06

PM is coming.

[alexander_ac]

Hi,

MakeMKV has stopped reading Blu-ray UHD disks, I updated it's firmware to 1.05 which after reading the first dozen or so pages of this thread maybe the cause. Here are the drive details.

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S12U
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: AGDL004972WL
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 72

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID43

Any assistance to fix this is appreciated.

yeah sorry man its ruined now after you updated it.
return it if you can.
i have some pioneers with old fw if you want one

According to Pioneer there’s no going back , but isn’t it just a matter of updating MakeMKV to support it? That seems to be what’s been done before

[Billycar11]

yeah sorry man its ruined now after you updated it.
return it if you can.
i have some pioneers with old fw if you want one

According to Pioneer there’s no going back , but isn’t it just a matter of updating MakeMKV to support it? That seems to be what’s been done before

you have to remember this is an exploit in the fw pioneer patched it there may be no more exploits in it.

[razzar]

Anyone who can help me out with flashing alternative firmware to unlock the UHD BD capabilities of this drive?

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: ID06

PM is coming.

Much appreciated.

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S12U
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: [Redacter]
Firmware date: 2022-03-07
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 61

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F01
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02/ID43
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[isolation]

Hello, I have the following drive. I was reading elsewhere in this forum that it appeared possible to upgrade this drive for the capability to read 4k UHD discs. Is this still true today? Any help would be appreciated.

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8232
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.10/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

PM sent.

Thank you! Worked perfectly.

[ETHREAL1]

Have a Drive that looks like it should be supported but is not;

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XS07U
Revision: 1.03
Serial number: ...
Firmware date: 2023-01-06
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8E21
Firmware version: ID05

[truskino]

Dear Mike,

how can I fix my BDR-XD05TB?
Can't find the right information to do so.
The current status is "Possible, not yet enabled", and UHD discs can't be read by Makemkv and Windows too.

Thanks for helping,

Luca

[Woodstock]

Pioneer disabled ROM changes in their December 2022 update, making it (currently) impossible to update these drives to read UHD disks. Since the software that they authorize to use that mode isn't available anymore, those drives are useless as far as UHD is concerned.

[drknight71]

Wanted kernel firmware dump:
viewtopic.php?p=165131#p165131