LibreDrive for Pioneer drives

[Chris Kelly]

Will support for Pioneer drives with upgraded firmware eventually be supported? Unaware I'd lose compatibility, I upgraded my BDR-212UBK from 1.02 to:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212U
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: TKDL001706WL
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID58

No disc inserted

At least I still have my LG drives for backup.

[MartyMcNuts]

Will support for Pioneer drives with upgraded firmware eventually be supported? Unaware I'd lose compatibility, I upgraded my BDR-212UBK from 1.02 to:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212U
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: TKDL001706WL
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID58

No disc inserted

At least I still have my LG drives for backup.

Who knows?? Let's put it this way. It has been worked on for almost 18 months and as yet, nothing has happened. I wouldn't hold my breath!

Why update the firmware? There really isn't ever a need to do this.....

[Chris Kelly]

Will support for Pioneer drives with upgraded firmware eventually be supported? Unaware I'd lose compatibility, I upgraded my BDR-212UBK from 1.02 to:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212U
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: TKDL001706WL
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID58

No disc inserted

At least I still have my LG drives for backup.

Who knows?? Let's put it this way. It has been worked on for almost 18 months and as yet, nothing has happened. I wouldn't hold my breath!

Why update the firmware? There really isn't ever a need to do this.....

Unless there's a danger to it, I have a habit of upgrading firmware on all my gear to insure latest compatibility, the latest bug fixes, etc.. What can I say. My bad. I should have given it more thought. I vaguely remember upgrading from an earlier firmware to 1.02 and didn't think it would be a problem, which it wasn't if I did. I guess Pioneer caught up with MakeMKV. Oh well. It was nice while it lasted. Time to go back to my LG WH16NS40 for 100GB and WH16NS60 for 66GB. I'll explain more about that in LG threads.

[Billycar11]

Will support for Pioneer drives with upgraded firmware eventually be supported? Unaware I'd lose compatibility, I upgraded my BDR-212UBK from 1.02 to:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212U
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: TKDL001706WL
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID58

No disc inserted

At least I still have my LG drives for backup.

big oooofff
rip a good pioneer

but yeah bluray drives with libredrive dont update them ever

[Chris Kelly]

Will support for Pioneer drives with upgraded firmware eventually be supported? Unaware I'd lose compatibility, I upgraded my BDR-212UBK from 1.02 to:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212U
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: TKDL001706WL
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID58

No disc inserted

At least I still have my LG drives for backup.

big oooofff
rip a good pioneer

but yeah bluray drives with libredrive dont update them ever

At least I still have my Pioneer for 1080p Blu-rays and SD DVDs. And while not anytime soon, who knows. Maybe Mike might figure out another work-around. If he does, I'll find out what the latest firmware compatible with that work-around is won't perform an update if it either hasn't been tested or is not compatible.

[Nectem]

Hello,

is there any way for the following drive to accept/recognize 4k blurays ?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Laufwerksinformation
OS-Gerätename: F:
Aktuelles Profil: BD-ROM
Produzent: PIONEER
Produkt: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 8.11
Serienummer: removed
Firmware-Datum: 2014-01-16
Markierungen der Bus-Verschlüsselung: 1B
Highest AACS version: 63

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 8.11/ID52
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[Billycar11]

Hello,

is there any way for the following drive to accept/recognize 4k blurays ?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Laufwerksinformation
OS-Gerätename: F:
Aktuelles Profil: BD-ROM
Produzent: PIONEER
Produkt: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 8.11
Serienummer: removed
Firmware-Datum: 2014-01-16
Markierungen der Bus-Verschlüsselung: 1B
Highest AACS version: 63

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 8.11/ID52
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

yes i can help you with that email see contact info below

[Billycar11]

At least I still have my Pioneer for 1080p Blu-rays and SD DVDs. And while not anytime soon, who knows. Maybe Mike might figure out another work-around. If he does, I'll find out what the latest firmware compatible with that work-around is won't perform an update if it either hasn't been tested or is not compatible.

fyi you can get a 212d/v cheap and email me for a flasher for that
those for now are still being sold with old FW

[dizzy]

Are you saying that getting a BDR-212DBK off Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081R5CS4L) or the BDR-212V (btw, any significant difference between these 2?) would likely come with patchable firmware? (no UHD support obviously but can still enable Libre Drive support?) Then I can return the BDR-213M and just get that instead. Unless there are other drawbacks to doing that (other than losing UHD support).

Thanks!

[Billycar11]

Are you saying that getting a BDR-212DBK off Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081R5CS4L) or the BDR-212V (btw, any significant difference between these 2?) would likely come with patchable firmware? (no UHD support obviously but can still enable Libre Drive support?) Then I can return the BDR-213M and just get that instead. Unless there are other drawbacks to doing that (other than losing UHD support).

Thanks!

Yeah and I can enable UHD support