This is my third LibreDrive. They keep dying on me. Most recently, I bought an LG-branded M-DISC drive, WH16NS40.
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Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH16NS40
SVC code: NS50
Revision: 1.05
Firmware date: 2120-05-06 14:40
Manuf: April 2021
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 76
Drive platform: MT1959
- Recommended UHD Drives to get: LG WH16NS40, UHD Friendly Internal 5.25 (I have)
- USB enclosures/sata adapters that work with optical drives and flashing: Vantec NST-536S3-BK 5.25 case (I have)
- IMPORTANT Before you flash:
- Make sure your Drive was built after 2015 on label (mine is 2021)
- Drive Platform MT1959 (yep)
- SVC NS50+ LG only on label (yep)
- Newer OEM Firmwares and encrypted:
- so far, any firmware with date in 2020 is encrypted
- HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS40-NS50-1.05-N000900-212005061440.bin (this is mine)
- If your drive has one of these firmwares, and there is no MK version of the same firmware/drive model or higher number, you will have to sidegrade to […] LG WH16NS60 1.02MK for compatible LG 5.25 […]. (Note: MK firmware is available for firmware versions mentioned above.)
- I already had the MK firmware downloaded, but apparently I needed something else instead.
- I downloaded the all you need firmware pack, which I did not previously have.
- The guide doesn't (currently) have a link to the file, but you can download sdf.bin from https://makemkv.com/sdf.bin.
Next, I watched "Ultra HAX0R" GUIDE V2 for encrypted firmware, which I think is by Billycar11. Although it was made with Windows, the CLI part is generally the same across platforms.
I looked-up my drive ID:
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$ /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/makemkvcon f --list
Found 2 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/2C83DDBF
Optiarc_BD_RW_BD-5730S_1.02_XXXXXXXXXXX
01: /IOBDServices/566DEB1E
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE__WH16NS40_1.05_212005061440_XXXXXXXXXXX
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$ /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/makemkvcon f --help
Use: sdftool [switches] Command [Parameters]
Loads SDF.bin and invokes a specified command from drive-specific SDF,
or performs one of the built-in commands.
Built-in commands:
--help prints this help
--list, -l lists all available drives
--tips[=addr] starts TIPS server
--info prints SDF information and embedded text
--version prints this tool version
Switches:
-d, --drive=NAME select which drive to use
-n, --no-drive use a "dummy" drive
-i, --in=PATH specify input file, may be used multiple times
-o, --out=PATH specify folder for output files (if any)
-v, --verbose increase verbosity level
--all-yes answer yes to all questions
-f, --sdf-file=PATH specify explicit path to SDF.bin
--sdf-version=VERSION use specific SDF.bin version
-t, --sdf-type=TYPE use specific entry from SDF.bin
--config=PATH specify explicit path to SDF.conf
Typical usage:
sdftool -l list all available drives
sdftool -d D: help list all commands available for the drive
sdftool -d D: dump -o c:\out dump drive firmware
sdftool -d D: flash -i file.bin flash drive firmware
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/Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/makemkvcon f \
--drive /IOBDServices/566DEB1E \
--sdf-file ~/Downloads/mk-firmware-pack-20200720/sdf.bin \
rawflash enc \
--in ~/Downloads/firmware-pack/LG\ 5.25\ desktop/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin
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/Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/makemkvcon f \
--drive /IOBDServices/566DEB1E \
--sdf-file ~/Downloads/mk-firmware-pack-20200720/sdf.bin \
rawflash main \
--in ~/Downloads/mk-firmware-pack-20200720/MK/HL-DT-ST/WH16NS40-NS50/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS40-NS50-1.05-NM00900-212005061440.bin
In the end, I was able to verify the patch had been applied successfully with:
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/Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/makemkvcon f --drive /IOBDServices/566DEB1E --info
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Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH16NS60
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2118-10-29 19:36
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 76
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 1.02
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes