SDF update November 2025

[Coopervid]

I don't get it, though I have avoided casing up some cheap drives from the red flags of the listings (Chinese, too cheap, too many available, and sharing identical photo sets). AliExpress and eBay both are very strict, and side with the buyer pretty much every time, forcing either no physical return or a free shipping physical return, when the listing and product differ. Seems risky, for the sellers, unless there really are a majority of people buying them and then not looking at what they actually get.

I, unfortunately, was one of those who fell for the scam. I have ordered from Ali Express for years, and figured that as always, they would refund me if the vendor's explicit promise to send a BDR-S12CBK fell through. Well, I ended up getting a BDR-PR1JAME, and I raised a dispute, and despite giving them proof of the conversation with the vendor, I only got 1 50% refund. That left me out $75 only, but the drive I got wasn't worth even that much. So it has dampened the risks I'm willing to take there, even when vendors explicitly promise features or items.

If the vendor knows they can get away with getting even only half of the purchase price for an otherwise worthless drive, it's worth it to them.

Can the bdr/bde pr1jame drive not be flashed to be UHD compatible? I am under the impression that Amethystum drives are simply rebadged Pioneer drives from the 11 and 12 generations. I would also love to see the makemkv info of the drive too.

I don't think so. Please post your Makemkv info to check.

[MooVwatcher]

Stupid question: What happens if I manage to screw up the part where I'm supposed to do this:

IMPORTANT: Please reboot your drive before using a new SDF.bin - close MakeMKV, unplug, power off, wait 5 seconds, plug again, start MakeMKV.

I think I might have done something out of sequence, and screwed up the drive. My drive has gone from working fine prior to not fully spinning up. It makes the boot up noises over and over again, and never seems to go into the full spin. Disc information just sits on "Disc is being loaded".

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD08U
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DHDL005788UC
Firmware date: 2022-12-27
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS9331
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-BDS8
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02/ID05
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes

[Vaako]

Trying to get my Pioneer BDR-212EBK with FW 1.05 to work but without success.

Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212M
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: TDDL002894WL
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: ID56

No disc inserted

Log file:

Debug log started at Mon Nov 10 18:50:07 2025 , written by MakeMKV v1.18.2 win(x64-release)
001005:0000 MakeMKV v1.18.2 win(x64-release) started
001004:0000 Debug logging enabled, log will be saved as file://C:\Users\******/MakeMKV_log.txt
Using 262272KB for read cache.
Network access is ENABLED, CURL version 7.72.0/Schannel/1.41.0 (x86_64-pc-win32) , proxy server not set.
WinCdArb=v1.2.0_tiny win(x64-release)
No SDF v0a1: PIONEER_BD-RW___BDR-212M_1.05_TDDL002894WL
DEBUG: Code 3 at R/Ru3B(Mxaw 4&z'5FC}$>4::29395310
SDF id v0a1: PIONEER_BD-RW___BDR-212M_1.05_TDDL002894WL
No SDF v0a1: TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SH-S223F_SB03_SH-S223FFirmware0000
DEBUG: Code 3 at R/Ru3B(Mxaw 4&z'5FC}$>4::29395310
SDF id v0a1: TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SH-S223F_SB03_SH-S223FFirmware0000
Application exited at Mon Nov 10 18:50:39 2025

[mike admin]

Trying to get my Pioneer BDR-212EBK with FW 1.05 to work but without success.

Please send the firmware dump from this drive, MakeMKV should create the file (dump_fw_xxx.tgz) automatically.

[MartyMcNuts]

Stupid question: What happens if I manage to screw up the part where I'm supposed to do this:

IMPORTANT: Please reboot your drive before using a new SDF.bin - close MakeMKV, unplug, power off, wait 5 seconds, plug again, start MakeMKV.

I think I might have done something out of sequence, and screwed up the drive. My drive has gone from working fine prior to not fully spinning up. It makes the boot up noises over and over again, and never seems to go into the full spin. Disc information just sits on "Disc is being loaded".

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD08U
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DHDL005788UC
Firmware date: 2022-12-27
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS9331
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-BDS8
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02/ID05
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes

You should always insert the disc and let the OS initialise it before opening MakeMKV.