SDFtool Flasher

[KRIS_DETH]

Hi all,

Hoping that I can pick someones brain as I've just purchased an LG WH14NS40 - checked on MakeMKV that it's MT1939 which it is, but when using the tool, it states that it isn't a MT1939 platform, see screenshot below, any ideas on the best way to get around this to get the correct firmware on it?

Drive Info.png

Any help will be greatly helpful!

If you look at the Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide you'll notice right at the top is says your drive platform needs to be MT1959. SDFtool Flasher isn't flashing your drive because it is NOT the MT1959 platform; it is saving your from yourself. If you do flash your drive, you'll brick it and it'll be unusable.

My god, what an absolute idiot I am not seeing that it is a 1939, here's me being like YEAH this is all fine why's it not working.

Thank you for the quick response & calling out my stupidity haha!

[MACKerMD]

So here I was, finally get into 4k UHD. So, got me an LG BH16NS55 (v1.05) with an ICY BoX 5,25" enclosure and looked up the info on here at MakeMKV. Grabbed the latest version of the utility and popped in a REGULAR BluRay. (Yes, I knew that if I'd flash the drive it would get rid of the sleeping-bug, but thought "if I just rip the disc and then play it later, I don't mind the extra ripping time"). So I tested it with normal BD50 movie. And that worked fine.

Ok, on to UHD, so bought me a pile of brandnew UHD 4k movies and wanted to archive these. But to my surprise, even tho the drive attempts to read the discs, the program keeps mentioning that no disc is inserted and then stops seeking the disc. So, I thought, maybe I have a faulty disc and let's pop in another one, because, I never had UHD before to play with. So I did, but this one also did not show up at all.

In order to at least 'read' the 4k UHD discs, I should be able to read them without flashing,
or do I really NEED to flash it with: " All You Need Firmware Pack (MartyMcNuts)\Internal Desktop Drives\DE_LG_BH16NS55_1.02.bin " or " All You Need Firmware Pack (MartyMcNuts)\Internal Desktop Drives\DE_LG_WH16NS60_1.02_MK.bin ".
OR do I need to use " The all you need firmware pack\LG 5.25 desktop\HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin " ? And would this enable READING the UHD disc, because right now it does not even show the title of the UHD disc.

Drive Information
OS device name: R:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BH16NS55
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: ****************
Firmware date: 2120-06-18 13:42
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 12

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

It's getting confusing, since the drive is brandnew, does not make weird sounds (just the regular 'searching for media content sounds'; so no scratchy squeeky noises) and the drive seem so repond normally with regular BD; even AudioCDs.

What's wise .. please advise. Thank you

[Mr_Orange]

So here I was, finally get into 4k UHD. So, got me an LG BH16NS55 (v1.05) with an ICY BoX 5,25" enclosure and looked up the info on here at MakeMKV. Grabbed the latest version of the utility and popped in a REGULAR BluRay. (Yes, I knew that if I'd flash the drive it would get rid of the sleeping-bug, but thought "if I just rip the disc and then play it later, I don't mind the extra ripping time"). So I tested it with normal BD50 movie. And that worked fine.

Ok, on to UHD, so bought me a pile of brandnew UHD 4k movies and wanted to archive these. But to my surprise, even tho the drive attempts to read the discs, the program keeps mentioning that no disc is inserted and then stops seeking the disc. So, I thought, maybe I have a faulty disc and let's pop in another one, because, I never had UHD before to play with. So I did, but this one also did not show up at all.

In order to at least 'read' the 4k UHD discs, I should be able to read them without flashing,
or do I really NEED to flash it with: " All You Need Firmware Pack (MartyMcNuts)\Internal Desktop Drives\DE_LG_BH16NS55_1.02.bin " or " All You Need Firmware Pack (MartyMcNuts)\Internal Desktop Drives\DE_LG_WH16NS60_1.02_MK.bin ".
OR do I need to use " The all you need firmware pack\LG 5.25 desktop\HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin " ? And would this enable READING the UHD disc, because right now it does not even show the title of the UHD disc.

Drive Information
OS device name: R:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BH16NS55
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: ****************
Firmware date: 2120-06-18 13:42
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 12

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

It's getting confusing, since the drive is brandnew, does not make weird sounds (just the regular 'searching for media content sounds'; so no scratchy squeeky noises) and the drive seem so repond normally with regular BD; even AudioCDs.

What's wise .. please advise. Thank you

Flash it to WH16NS60_1.02_MK.bin and you will be set. No sleep bug and best performance. I have the same drive flashed to the this firmware and it is rock solid.

[MartyMcNuts]

So here I was, finally get into 4k UHD. So, got me an LG BH16NS55 (v1.05) with an ICY BoX 5,25" enclosure and looked up the info on here at MakeMKV. Grabbed the latest version of the utility and popped in a REGULAR BluRay. (Yes, I knew that if I'd flash the drive it would get rid of the sleeping-bug, but thought "if I just rip the disc and then play it later, I don't mind the extra ripping time"). So I tested it with normal BD50 movie. And that worked fine.

Ok, on to UHD, so bought me a pile of brandnew UHD 4k movies and wanted to archive these. But to my surprise, even tho the drive attempts to read the discs, the program keeps mentioning that no disc is inserted and then stops seeking the disc. So, I thought, maybe I have a faulty disc and let's pop in another one, because, I never had UHD before to play with. So I did, but this one also did not show up at all.

In order to at least 'read' the 4k UHD discs, I should be able to read them without flashing,
or do I really NEED to flash it with: " All You Need Firmware Pack (MartyMcNuts)\Internal Desktop Drives\DE_LG_BH16NS55_1.02.bin " or " All You Need Firmware Pack (MartyMcNuts)\Internal Desktop Drives\DE_LG_WH16NS60_1.02_MK.bin ".
OR do I need to use " The all you need firmware pack\LG 5.25 desktop\HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin " ? And would this enable READING the UHD disc, because right now it does not even show the title of the UHD disc.

Drive Information
OS device name: R:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BH16NS55
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: ****************
Firmware date: 2120-06-18 13:42
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 12

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

It's getting confusing, since the drive is brandnew, does not make weird sounds (just the regular 'searching for media content sounds'; so no scratchy squeeky noises) and the drive seem so repond normally with regular BD; even AudioCDs.

What's wise .. please advise. Thank you

Yep, must be flashed to be able to see UHD discs. The recommended firmware is DE_LG_WH16NS60_1.02_MK. Once flashed it will remove the sleep bug and read a little faster than the BH16NS55 firmware.

[MACKerMD]

Upon reading some older posts too, would it then still be possible to use other ripping tools, eg EAC, DVDFAB or restricts the support soley to MakeMKV ? Since, I'd like to use the drive also for other purposes

[MartyMcNuts]

Upon reading some older posts too, would it then still be possible to use other ripping tools, eg EAC, DVDFAB or restricts the support soley to MakeMKV ? Since, I'd like to use the drive also for other purposes

Yeah, MK firmware generally won't work with DVDFab. You should be ok to use EAC though.

If you want to also use DVDFab, then you should:

1. Flash the drive to WH16NS60 1.02-MK
2. Flash to either BH16NS55 1.02 or WH16NS60 1.00 (recommended)

Step 1 is the same as before as flashing to this firmware will remove the original firmware encryption, thus allowing further firmware changes if needed.

In step 2, I have provided the 2 best alternative firmware versions for your BH16NS55. Of the 2, I recommended using WH16NS60 1.00 as it still removes the sleep bug and reads faster than the BH16NS55 firmware.