Attempting to flash in macOS

[dcoke22]

I have successfully copied (to an ISO image) the film '1917' from a UHD disc…

Out of curiosity, what do you do with the ISO? Do you have a player that plays ISOs?

[wookieepuss]

Just joined up to say thanks for this post. I just flashed successfully a new Asus BW-16D1HT on my Mac in less time than it took to register for this forum.

[bachelorbob]

Out of curiosity, what do you do with the ISO? Do you have a player that plays ISOs?

It can be mounted, which then appears as a virtual disc that the Mac OS does not differentiate from a physically mounted disc, or just played as a file. Which method depends on which player application you use. I had been using Blu-ray Player Pro v3.3.20, but I'm trying some others at the moment (including VLC).

Any UHD is a lot of data to dump out of my Thunderbolt (mini-DisplayPort 1.2?), via a mini-DisplayPort to HDMI cable adapter, then 4K HDMI cable to 4K TV. The Thunderbolt port specs up to 4096×2160 (4K) @ 60Hz (10 Gbps), so the only limit *should* be how fast my SSD can read the ISO. Will need a fresh restart and no other applications running to see if I can watch without any hiccups / frame drops.

I guess the short answer is, my MacBook Pro is my player. Just it, a 4K TV, a 5.1 soundbar, and cables.

[dcoke22]

You must have a preference for accessing menus and whatever special features there are on the disc?

Personally, I find getting rid of the menus to be a benefit. I prefer to rip the movie to a .mkv file and leave the rest behind. Some stuff I further compress to 10-bit HEVC or h.264 files. In any case, getting down to just the movie, no menus, no warnings, no trailers, no junk, is my preference.

[bachelorbob]

You must have a preference for accessing menus and whatever special features there are on the disc?

Personally, I find getting rid of the menus to be a benefit. I prefer to rip the movie to a .mkv file and leave the rest behind. Some stuff I further compress to 10-bit HEVC or h.264 files. In any case, getting down to just the movie, no menus, no warnings, no trailers, no junk, is my preference.

My goal is an exact copy of the disc, minus the physical disc (and UOPs, so I can skip intros, previews, etc.).

[Nshawn]

Is the sdf.bin part of it necessary? I see in other instructions/strings that the add.bin part isn't in it. I'm a noob so just curious and asking.

[dcoke22]

Is the sdf.bin part of it necessary? I see in other instructions/strings that the add.bin part isn't in it. I'm a noob so just curious and asking.

viewtopic.php?p=72110#p72110 You need sdf.bin. What are you looking at that suggests you don't need it?

[Nshawn]

Is the sdf.bin part of it necessary? I see in other instructions/strings that the add.bin part isn't in it. I'm a noob so just curious and asking.

viewtopic.php?p=72110#p72110 You need sdf.bin. What are you looking at that suggests you don't need it?

In the how to flash video and command section of this page.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634

[Nshawn]

To make sure I don't brick my drive flashing...So I have a Lg WH16NS40 with firmware revision 1.05 encrypted. So when I flash using makemkv do I flash the WH16NS40 1.05mk using the encrypted method and then flash again using the unencrypted method to put on the recommended WH16NS60 1.02MK OR do I flash the WH16NS60 1.02MK right away using the encrypted method. Thanks in advance.

[Billycar11]

You flash directly to WH16NS60 1.02mk as the guide says less steps that way

[Nshawn]

You flash directly to WH16NS60 1.02mk as the guide says less steps that way

Great. Thanks for your quick help!

[Nshawn]

You flash directly to WH16NS60 1.02mk as the guide says less steps that way

I assume from the guide that the WH16NS 1.02MK is the better firmware to end up with. What are the differences? Or is there a better one to end up with?

[Nshawn]

Attempting flash my wH16NS40 and getting this error. Here is what I had in terminal. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

Thes-MBP:MacOS Shawn$ ./makemkvcon f -d /IOBDServices/65E3835A -f ~/Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/sdf.bin rawflash main,enc -i ~/Downloads/The\ all\ you\ need\ firmware\ pack/LG\ 5.25\ desktop/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin
Unable to load sdf.bin
Internal error 0xffffffff
Thes-MBP:MacOS Shawn$

[Billycar11]

Attempting flash my wH16NS40 and getting this error. Here is what I had in terminal. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

Thes-MBP:MacOS Shawn$ ./makemkvcon f -d /IOBDServices/65E3835A -f ~/Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/sdf.bin rawflash main,enc -i ~/Downloads/The\ all\ you\ need\ firmware\ pack/LG\ 5.25\ desktop/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin
Unable to load sdf.bin
Internal error 0xffffffff
Thes-MBP:MacOS Shawn$

what usb adapter are you using?

[Nshawn]

Attempting flash my wH16NS40 and getting this error. Here is what I had in terminal. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

Thes-MBP:MacOS Shawn$ ./makemkvcon f -d /IOBDServices/65E3835A -f ~/Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/sdf.bin rawflash main,enc -i ~/Downloads/The\ all\ you\ need\ firmware\ pack/LG\ 5.25\ desktop/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin
Unable to load sdf.bin
Internal error 0xffffffff
Thes-MBP:MacOS Shawn$

what usb adapter are you using?

NST536S3