LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Discussion of LibreDrive mode, compatible drives and firmwares
BrantleyF
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Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2025 2:49 pm

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by BrantleyF »

Hi @coopervid,
Thank you very much for the PM!
Before I upgraded the firmware I looked into MakeMKV again an realised that the status actually says "Enabled", just like in my initial message that I posted in the form. I must have missed that because I'm 100% sure it stated "Possible, not yet enabled", the first time I started MakeMKV.
Between both outputs changing I have only started SDFtool Flascher (v1.3.6) but didn't flash anything.
So, my question is, do I need to flash my drive with the fw you provided (S8F01430.100 & S8F01431.102) or is that not necessary.

Coopervid wrote:
Tue Nov 25, 2025 3:59 pm
BrantleyF wrote:
Tue Nov 25, 2025 2:56 pm
Hi,

Please assist with the upgrade of Pioneer drive to read UHD.

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1X-U
Revision: E113
Serial number: DIDL1*******
Firmware date: 2020-07-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E113/ID76
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

With thanks in advance
Brantley
PM sent.
Coopervid
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Joined: Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:32 pm

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by Coopervid »

BrantleyF wrote:
Wed Nov 26, 2025 8:35 am
Hi @coopervid,
Thank you very much for the PM!
Before I upgraded the firmware I looked into MakeMKV again an realised that the status actually says "Enabled", just like in my initial message that I posted in the form. I must have missed that because I'm 100% sure it stated "Possible, not yet enabled", the first time I started MakeMKV.
Between both outputs changing I have only started SDFtool Flascher (v1.3.6) but didn't flash anything.
So, my question is, do I need to flash my drive with the fw you provided (S8F01430.100 & S8F01431.102) or is that not necessary.

Coopervid wrote:
Tue Nov 25, 2025 3:59 pm
BrantleyF wrote:
Tue Nov 25, 2025 2:56 pm
Hi,

Please assist with the upgrade of Pioneer drive to read UHD.

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1X-U
Revision: E113
Serial number: DIDL1*******
Firmware date: 2020-07-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E113/ID76
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

With thanks in advance
Brantley
PM sent.
Libredrive enabled doesn't equal UHD capability. If you want to read UHDs you MUST flash the drive with the package you have now.
BrantleyF
Posts: 3
Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2025 2:49 pm

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

Post by BrantleyF »

Hi,
Thank you very much for the clarification!
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