BH16NS40 - LibreDrive enabled without Firmware patch?

[stefan_o]

Hi,
I use a BH16NS40 (MT1939) and MakeMKV always reported for LibreDrive is possible, but not enabled (or something similar). What I read in this forum is, that MT1939 drives will most likely never be LibreDrive compatible, because nobody will port the functionality to drives that are for sale anymore.
I just updated to the latest MakeMKV and was very surprised to see this:

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LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1939
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.03
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Partial
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Is that a bug in MakeMKV (1.15.3 on Linux) or does this mean LibreDrive is really enabled without any firmware modification? Are UHD Blu-rays possible as well (ImgBurn reports the device supporting BD-XL). I cannot test because in lack of a playback device I never bought one.

[Billycar11]

No this drive will never support uhd all libre drive does for you is remove bus encryption and make it so your aacs can't be revoked in makemkv