DUMP not working

[FalCT60]

Hello,
Owner of a Pioneer BDR-UD03FAL slim unit, and rediscovering MakeMKV since a couple of days.
Before I can get ahold of a most recent version of the fw - currently 1.03 -, I wanted to dump the current one.
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 on a Fuji Lifebook E557 (which this unit is embedded in) and installed MakeMKV 1.72.
Maybe I do not run the command the way I ought to, but here is what I get :

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jean-luc@E-557:~$ makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr0 dump -o ./

Unknown command

Command produced error code 0xffffffff
jean-luc@E-557:~$

According to the built-in help, this command does exist - even if it links to another one which, btw, behaves the same way.
Could someone point me to what I am doing wrong ?
Rgrds,
J.-Luc

[bmillham]

You probably need a valid output file name like -o firmware.dump instead of -o ./ (thats a invalid filename)

[FalCT60]

Indeed, I might have added that whatever I append to ./, or even I type instead of ./, leads to an invalid path message.
I did not invent this, I found this tip here.

[Billycar11]

Indeed, I might have added that whatever I append to ./, or even I type instead of ./, leads to an invalid path message.
I did not invent this, I found this tip here.

In that tutorial he literally bricked the drive lol he flashed mt1959 fw to mt1939 drive and then he published it wow

[FalCT60]

I did not focus on what he flashed his drive with, but on the syntax itself.
However, back to the problem. As makemkvcon invoques sdftool, after examining its built-in help, I could succeed using this syntax :

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jean-luc@E-557:~$ makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr0 dump auto -o ./


Command produced 1 file(s)
  #00: size=3Kb name=dump_info_PIONEER_BD-RW___BDR-UD03_1.03_QEDL403533WL.tar

jean-luc@E-557:~$

which produces the file into my home directory.
Well, so, now that I can partially save my fw, what would be the next step ?
I read those threads viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19113, viewtopic.php?f=19&t=18856 and viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27378, but I must admit the most I got so far is headache.
The problem is :

1. I get errors on some blu-rays that are correctly reod on another drive
2. I could not find a more recent fw thant the one embedded, which seems strange
3. Pioneer did not even reply to my requests

How would those accustomed with drives handling proceed now ?

[scarbrtj]

Would be interested to see if anyone newly installing 1.17.2 in Linux and working with an Atmos track sees "0 audio channel" behavior.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29830

[Billycar11]

I did not focus on what he flashed his drive with, but on the syntax itself.
However, back to the problem. As makemkvcon invoques sdftool, after examining its built-in help, I could succeed using this syntax :

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jean-luc@E-557:~$ makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr0 dump auto -o ./


Command produced 1 file(s)
  #00: size=3Kb name=dump_info_PIONEER_BD-RW___BDR-UD03_1.03_QEDL403533WL.tar

jean-luc@E-557:~$

which produces the file into my home directory.
Well, so, now that I can partially save my fw, what would be the next step ?
I read those threads viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19113, viewtopic.php?f=19&t=18856 and viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27378, but I must admit the most I got so far is headache.
The problem is :

1. I get errors on some blu-rays that are correctly reod on another drive
2. I could not find a more recent fw thant the one embedded, which seems strange
3. Pioneer did not even reply to my requests

How would those accustomed with drives handling proceed now ?

None of that is for pioneer drive flashing you don't flash pioneers yet
Unless you use the official flasher from pioneer

Also yeah pioneer is not going to answer your questions about unofficial firmware tools

[FalCT60]

Well, my question was not about unofficial fw. It seems unbelievable that there was no fw upgrade available since this device was made, back in 2017.
So, I must now find why this device fails reading blu-rays that my other device, a LG HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS40 on my windows machine reads flawlessly.
Seems I will not be able to get rid of windows for some more time.

[dcoke22]

You can also put your BH16NS40 in an external enclosure and connect it to your new computer as well as your Pioneer. MakeMKV will happily use more than one optical drive, even at the same time with 'Ask for single drive mode' turned on in preferences.

The Flashing Guide has a list of enclosures to consider.