Attempting to flash in macOS

[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?

NST536S3

i see that should work for flashing but i see the amazon says its been updated i hope they didnt remove the flashing ability when you bought it did it say updated?

[Nshawn]

what usb adapter are you using?

NST536S3

i see that should work for flashing but i see the amazon says its been updated i hope they didnt remove the flashing ability when you bought it did it say updated?

Yea, it said updated. Guess lll be returning that one. Is there a different one you recommend?

[Billycar11]

NST536S3

i see that should work for flashing but i see the amazon says its been updated i hope they didnt remove the flashing ability when you bought it did it say updated?

Yea, it said updated. Guess lll be returning that one. Is there a different one you recommend?

hmm im not 100% sure its really just a idea.
you could go with the owc one
not 100% sure it will fix your issue
you might want to try in boot camp to rule the case out as a problem

[Nshawn]

i see that should work for flashing but i see the amazon says its been updated i hope they didnt remove the flashing ability when you bought it did it say updated?

Yea, it said updated. Guess lll be returning that one. Is there a different one you recommend?

hmm im not 100% sure its really just a idea.
you could go with the owc one
not 100% sure it will fix your issue
you might want to try in boot camp to rule the case out as a problem

Ok, I'll get back once I try. Do you know why makemkv.com is being blocked? All I get is a page in Russian.

[Billycar11]

Yea, it said updated. Guess lll be returning that one. Is there a different one you recommend?

hmm im not 100% sure its really just a idea.
you could go with the owc one
not 100% sure it will fix your issue
you might want to try in boot camp to rule the case out as a problem

Ok, I'll get back once I try. Do you know why makemkv.com is being blocked? All I get is a page in Russian.

not sure hopefully something simple like data cap reached

[Nshawn]

hmm im not 100% sure its really just a idea.
you could go with the owc one
not 100% sure it will fix your issue
you might want to try in boot camp to rule the case out as a problem

Ok, I'll get back once I try. Do you know why makemkv.com is being blocked? All I get is a page in Russian.

not sure hopefully something simple like data cap reached

With the server down is there somewhere else I can get the sdf.bin file? Is it the same as when I extract appdata.tar and find the sdf_0000007e.bin? Can I use that instead of sdf.bin?

[Billycar11]

Just move private data .tar from your mac to pc

[Nshawn]

Just move private data .tar from your mac to pc

The only .tar file I have is appdata.tar in the resources folder. if I extract it I get sdf_0000007e.bin, can I use that instead of sdf.bin in my command line flash using the makemkv flasher?

[Billycar11]

Just move private data .tar from your mac to pc

The only .tar file I have is appdata.tar in the resources folder. if I extract it I get sdf_0000007e.bin, can I use that instead of sdf.bin in my command line flash using the makemkv flasher?

yeah just rename it to sdf.bin and put it in the makemkv data directory open makemkv if it disappears it worked then try to flash

[Nshawn]

Just move private data .tar from your mac to pc

The only .tar file I have is appdata.tar in the resources folder. if I extract it I get sdf_0000007e.bin, can I use that instead of sdf.bin in my command line flash using the makemkv flasher?

yeah just rename it to sdf.bin and put it in the makemkv data directory open makemkv if it disappears it worked then try to flash

So it worked! I extracted the appdata.tar file to get the sdf_0000007e.bin file, moved it my desktop and renamed it sdf.bin. I used that in the command line to flash the WH16NS60 1.02 MK firmware on my Mac without using boot camp. I wonder if since the makemkv.com site is down it was not able to get the sdf.bin file right. Who knows. I have yet to test it on a UHD disc, only regular bluray, but makemkv says it is Libre drive enabled and that it is a WH16NS60 running 1.02.

So now I can use the same method, without the ENC part since it is no longer encrypted, to put on DE firmware from WH16NS60 or WH16NS40 if I wish. Correct?

[Billycar11]

The only .tar file I have is appdata.tar in the resources folder. if I extract it I get sdf_0000007e.bin, can I use that instead of sdf.bin in my command line flash using the makemkv flasher?

yeah just rename it to sdf.bin and put it in the makemkv data directory open makemkv if it disappears it worked then try to flash

So it worked! I extracted the appdata.tar file to get the sdf_0000007e.bin file, moved it my desktop and renamed it sdf.bin. I used that in the command line to flash the WH16NS60 1.02 MK firmware on my Mac without using boot camp. I wonder if since the makemkv.com site is down it was not able to get the sdf.bin file right. Who knows. I have yet to test it on a UHD disc, only regular bluray, but makemkv says it is Libre drive enabled and that it is a WH16NS60 running 1.02.

So now I can use the same method, without the ENC part since it is no longer encrypted, to put on DE firmware from WH16NS60 or WH16NS40 if I wish. Correct?

you could but not reason and WH16ns40 is worse firmware

[runnernorth]

Apologies for bumping an old thread, but I wanted to post a full set of instructions for someone looking to flash a drive on MacOS X:

Start by navigating to the MakeMKV application

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cd /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS

Get the latest SDF file; write it to the local directory (you can also write it to your home directory or someplace more convenient)

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curl -O "https://makemkv.com/sdf.bin"

Find the drive identifiers

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./makemkvcon f --list

Look for your drive. You should see something like this (in this example, I have two drives attached, each with a disc in; as the first post in the thread points out, though, the /dev/rdisk* won't work):

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Found 2 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/65961856, /dev/rdisk2, /dev/rdisk2
  PIONEER_BD-RW___BDR-212U_1.00_SFDL000221WL

01: /IOBDServices/C01417F1, /dev/rdisk5, /dev/rdisk5
  HL-DT-ST_BD-RE__WH16NS60_1.03_212005081010_KLFK7LA5541

I was looking to flash the WH16NS60, and I had downloaded the latest MK firmware pack, so:

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./makemkvcon f -d /IOBDServices/C01417F1 -f sdf.bin rawflash main,enc -i ~/Downloads/mk-firmware-pack-20200720/MK/HL-DT-ST/WH16NS60/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.03-NM00600-212005081010.bin

Note that I needed to use enc because the 1.03 firmware is encrypted; leave that off if your current firmware is unencrypted.

After doing this, and turning my drive off and on just in case, I was able to rip from a UHD disc. (And, for faster reads: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=93341 )

Hi; I'm trying to follow these steps for flashing my LG UHD drive in Mac os, but how do I see if the firmware is encrypted?- think I've read somewhere, that firmware with the date within 2020 is encrypted, thus mine is not encrypted, or what ??

Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BH16NS55
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: KLSL1PI5802
Firmware date: 2120-06-18 13:42
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: MT1959

No disc inserted

[Billycar11]

Apologies for bumping an old thread, but I wanted to post a full set of instructions for someone looking to flash a drive on MacOS X:

Start by navigating to the MakeMKV application

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cd /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS

Get the latest SDF file; write it to the local directory (you can also write it to your home directory or someplace more convenient)

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curl -O "https://makemkv.com/sdf.bin"

Find the drive identifiers

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./makemkvcon f --list

Look for your drive. You should see something like this (in this example, I have two drives attached, each with a disc in; as the first post in the thread points out, though, the /dev/rdisk* won't work):

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Found 2 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/65961856, /dev/rdisk2, /dev/rdisk2
  PIONEER_BD-RW___BDR-212U_1.00_SFDL000221WL

01: /IOBDServices/C01417F1, /dev/rdisk5, /dev/rdisk5
  HL-DT-ST_BD-RE__WH16NS60_1.03_212005081010_KLFK7LA5541

I was looking to flash the WH16NS60, and I had downloaded the latest MK firmware pack, so:

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./makemkvcon f -d /IOBDServices/C01417F1 -f sdf.bin rawflash main,enc -i ~/Downloads/mk-firmware-pack-20200720/MK/HL-DT-ST/WH16NS60/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.03-NM00600-212005081010.bin

Note that I needed to use enc because the 1.03 firmware is encrypted; leave that off if your current firmware is unencrypted.

After doing this, and turning my drive off and on just in case, I was able to rip from a UHD disc. (And, for faster reads: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=93341 )

Hi; I'm trying to follow these steps for flashing my LG UHD drive in Mac os, but how do I see if the firmware is encrypted?- think I've read somewhere, that firmware with the date within 2020 is encrypted, thus mine is not encrypted, or what ??

Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BH16NS55
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: KLSL1PI5802
Firmware date: 2120-06-18 13:42
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: MT1959

No disc inserted

You look at the guide linked below at the know encrypted list

[theaterbyte]

Big Thanks to MacOS (and a deep, deep bow to mike admin!) I successfully flashed my slim device Buffalo (manufactur. date: 2019.10.30 from https://conrad.de in MacOS High Sierra with Libre Drive enabled Firmware HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-BN12-0M01001-211905141415.bin.

Before I got this new slim Buffalo, I tried devices from ASUS and Verbatim (all slim). The Buffalo with LibreDrive Firmware rips my Test BD with 4.2 - 4.6x vs. the 1.8 - 2.0x with ASUS and Verbatim. Really satisfying!

It took quiet some time to understand sdftool and SDF.bin and fiddle with all aspects of command line, drives and flashing in MacOS.

What I did:

• Put the right firmware in home directory

• Extraction of sdf_0000006d.bin to my home directory

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  cp /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/Resources/appdata.tar ~
  tar -xvf appdata.tar sdf_0000006d.bin

• Gathering name of device (as User MacOS showed us). In my case there is a good old internal RPC1 (thx2 XVI!) DVD Apple SuperDrive in first order, the second one is the Buffalo

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  /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/makemkvcon f -l
  00: IODVDServices:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-8A8 HA13
    MATSHITA_DVD-R___UJ-8A8_HA13_K83
  
  01: IOBDServices:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:BUFFALO Optical Drive BN12
    BUFFALO_Optical_Drive_BN12_211905141415_MO1J93A2324

• Now, Flashing...
  Sending flash image to drive took a few seconds, programming flash was about 30 sec

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  /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/makemkvcon f -d 'IOBDServices:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:BUFFALO Optical Drive BN12' -f sdf_0000006d.bin rawflash main -i HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-BN12-0M01001-211905141415.bin
  
  Reading input file HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-BN12-0M01001-211905141415.bin
  Flashing flags = 0x0 : 0 0 0 0 : ---- ---- ---- ----
  Ready to write drive flash memory.
  Type "yes" to continue, "no" to abort
  yes
  Operation started: Sending flash image to drive
   100% Operation finished                                
  Operation started: Programming flash
   100% Operation finished                                
  Done successfully

Unfortunately, I was not able to figure out, how to flash the drive with the "drive-id". I tried it several times but to no avail.

PLEASE continue your amazing work and contributions (mike admin and all of you out there) & please users register makemkv, so this thing goes on!

o-ver

I have gone through the terminal process trying to flash the firmware on the Archgon and gotten all the way to the end, with it telling me 100% Operation finished Done Successfully. Yet, when I launch MakeMKV the drive still shows the original firmware and cannot rip UHD discs. I am incredibly puzzled.

[Billycar11]

I have gone through the terminal process trying to flash the firmware on the Archgon and gotten all the way to the end, with it telling me 100% Operation finished Done Successfully. Yet, when I launch MakeMKV the drive still shows the original firmware and cannot rip UHD discs. I am incredibly puzzled.

What's your makemkv drive info
And tell me the command your typing in