Discussion of LibreDrive mode, compatible drives and firmwares
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Doug_B
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by Doug_B » Sun Nov 30, 2025 6:20 pm
zaqqaz6917 wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:33 am
Best buy in USA has few in store stock of LG
Model: BP50NB40 SKU: 9243009
No longer available for shipping
On sale for $92
Good info, as I see a few around in the stores. Question: Does this generally work with makemkv out of the box for non-UHD blu-ray discs? Looking for a 2nd drive to use with makemkv and have no need for UHD support.
Thanks.
Doug
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xwmkf
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by xwmkf » Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:14 pm
Doug_B wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 6:20 pm
zaqqaz6917 wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:33 am
Best buy in USA has few in store stock of LG
Model: BP50NB40 SKU: 9243009
No longer available for shipping
On sale for $92
Good info, as I see a few around in the stores. Question: Does this generally work with makemkv out of the box for non-UHD blu-ray discs? Looking for a 2nd drive to use with makemkv and have no need for UHD support.
I've since flashed mine from best buy to rip UHD discs, but the spare one I picked up from ebay and haven't flashed yet rips non-UHD discs just fine.
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Doug_B
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by Doug_B » Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:40 pm
xwmkf wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:14 pm
Doug_B wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 6:20 pm
zaqqaz6917 wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:33 am
Best buy in USA has few in store stock of LG
Model: BP50NB40 SKU: 9243009
No longer available for shipping
On sale for $92
Good info, as I see a few around in the stores. Question: Does this generally work with makemkv out of the box for non-UHD blu-ray discs? Looking for a 2nd drive to use with makemkv and have no need for UHD support.
I've since flashed mine from best buy to rip UHD discs, but the spare one I picked up from ebay and haven't flashed yet rips non-UHD discs just fine.
Thank you!
Doug
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zaqqaz6917
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by zaqqaz6917 » Wed Dec 03, 2025 3:59 am
Doug_B wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:40 pm
xwmkf wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:14 pm
Doug_B wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 6:20 pm
Good info, as I see a few around in the stores. Question: Does this generally work with makemkv out of the box for non-UHD blu-ray discs? Looking for a 2nd drive to use with makemkv and have no need for UHD support.
I've since flashed mine from best buy to rip UHD discs, but the spare one I picked up from ebay and haven't flashed yet rips non-UHD discs just fine.
Thank you!
Doug
Make sure to read the special instructions for this drive ie the double flash
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dburckh
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by dburckh » Fri Dec 19, 2025 9:02 pm
zaqqaz6917 wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:33 am
Best buy in USA has few in store stock of LG
Model: BP50NB40 SKU: 9243009
No longer available for shipping
On sale for $92
These are back in stock and available for shipping for $92.99. The one I got is the NB52 SVC Code, not the devil spawn NB72. The SVC code was written on the box, so you should not need to open it to find out. After flashing it's reading UHD and it's surprisingly faster than my dying 2018 WH16NS40. It's reading at a consistent 25.9 M/s [6.0X] on my UHD discs under Ubuntu, but seemed to stutter a little under Windows.