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pmiles wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:47 pm

Consider me confused...

I have a Hitachi-LG BH16NS40 (NS51) Rev 1.05 drive manufactured in July 2020 (firmware date? of 2020-07-30). MKV reports it as an HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS40 Rev 1.05 with a firmware date of 2120-05-06. I want to make it a regionless as I have a region 4 BD that I would like to convert with MKV. LibreDrive information shows the MT1959 et al indicators that the drive is a possible candidate.

I have downloaded the GUI SPF Tool. I have downloaded the "The all you need firmware pack" and the GUI developer's "DE-firmware-pack".

The process seems straightforward enough, it's the firmware selection which is muddled. "The all you need firmware pack" only offers HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin. The "DE-firmware-pack" offers DE_LG_BH16NS40_(NS50)_1.02.bin and DE_LG_WH16NS40_(NS50)_1.02.bin as potential choices.

Which firmware should I be choosing for my particular drive? If something different than I have listed here, where do I find your recommendation for downloading?

Thanks in advance

The Guide recommends:

WH16NS40 on any Firmware directly to > WH16NS60 1.02MK

(HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin).

When in doubt, trust the guide.

BTW F/W DOES NOT make the drive "regionless", but MakeMKV should just ignore disc region.

pmiles wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:13 pm

Interesting side note, the Region 4 disc now reads as Region A... or maybe I just thought it said 4? Eyesight not what it used to be. It was a two movie BD set and one movie (the first one) was region locked and the other one was apparently not (it plays normally). Shenanigans...