Archgon drive with UHD discs

[ecormany]

I have an Archgon 8107 series drive with the 1.01 firmware. Today I tried to do my first UHD rip, and it failed spectacularly.

I've read several threads that indicate that I might need to downgrade the firmware on the drive, which will then let MakeMKV access UHD discs. How can I do this on MacOS? I'm happy to use command-line utilities or other Unix-y stuff but will not consider running Windows in a virtual machine or mailing my drive to someone else to perform the downgrade. Is there a solution, or am I out of luck?

[st4evr]

but will not consider running Windows in a virtual machine or mailing my drive to someone else to perform the downgrade. Is there a solution, or am I out of luck?

Since the current publicly available flashing utilities required for this are Windows only, then you are out of luck. You are limiting yourself on this.

[mike admin]

I have an Archgon 8107 series drive with the 1.01 firmware. Today I tried to do my first UHD rip, and it failed spectacularly.

I've read several threads that indicate that I might need to downgrade the firmware on the drive, which will then let MakeMKV access UHD discs. How can I do this on MacOS? I'm happy to use command-line utilities or other Unix-y stuff but will not consider running Windows in a virtual machine or mailing my drive to someone else to perform the downgrade. Is there a solution, or am I out of luck?

There is a mac native flasher, but it is relatively low-level in two senses: it is a command-line tool, and at is not fool-proof at all. If you are comfortable with command-line and are confident that you won't flash "something just in case", please PM me and I'll provide instructions. I would need the current information for your drive (what is displayed on the right pane under LibreDrive information).

[ecormany]

Here's the drive info. I'll also PM it separately.

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Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk4
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.01
Serial number: KZFHCCI1437
Firmware date: 2117-12-22 12:21
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 63

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible (with patched firmware)
Drive platform: MT1959
Harware support: Yes
Firmware support: No
Firmware type: Original (patched version available)
Firmware version: 1.01
DVD all regions: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw data read: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw metadata read: Possible (with patched firmware)
Unrestricted read speed: Possible (with patched firmware)

[ecormany]

Actually, I can't PM yet because my account is new. Can you initiate that conversation?

[mike admin]

Just in case, this in now discussed in detail here - https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 19&t=21278