Can my BW-12D1S-U drive rip 4K movies?

[Flare]

Hello, new account and first time poster here.

I have a quad-layer Blu-ray drive which shows as LibreDrive-enabled in MakeMKV, but it doesn't detect the 4K disc I inserted.

The drive is a pain to remove from the enclosure, so I'm hoping the text from MKV below tells the necessary details.

Can the drive be flashed, or is it too old? I have more Blu-Ray drives, but I don't believe they're multi-layer.

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Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-12D1S-U
Revision: E401
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2013-09-10
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E401/ID44
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

[Woodstock]

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Firmware date: 2013-09-10

Anything with a firmware date prior to 2015 is not going to do UHD.

[Billycar11]

yes email me for a flasher for it
pioneers with drive platform 8301+ can do UHD if there is an UHD model with the same chip.
some get left out like the xs06 theoretically it can do UHD but there no UHD model of it so it cant be crossflashed to the UHD model

[Flare]

yes email me for a flasher for it

Excellent, sounds a lot cheaper than a new drive.

[dragmore88]

Not to hijack this tread, but is it possibe to flash my BW-12D1ST , FW date: 2013-02-13 12:34:56 , Drive platform: RS1013 ?

[Woodstock]

"Possible", probably. "Useful for ripping", unlikely. A 2013 drive won't be able to do UHD, because they didn't come out until 2+ years after the drive was built.

You can do regular BDs and earlier stuff, but not UHD.