Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

[Coopervid]

Hello there,

Yes newbie here.
I have read online in these forums that my BluRay drive is able to be flashed and read UHD Bruray discs.
I have provide details of my drive below from MakeMKV

My Drive is a BD-RE ASUS BW-16D1H-U drive manufactured Dec 2021.

However when I use SDFtol Flasher v1.3.6 it says that I don't have the MT1959 platform that allows flashing ?!?

Is someone able to assist me? I am stuck in what I need to do next.
Thank you in advance.

Also is there a link to the firmware

Details from MakeMKV
Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1H-U
Revision: E115
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2019-03-07
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E115/ID71
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

PM sent.

[comadose]

If you head over to cdrinfo.pl you can get it for free.

[Billycar11]

last i checked this guide is free?

[ekopay]

Hi all, I wanted to check if there is an updated firmware that we can use for BU40N.
I'm currently on 1.0.3 but I saw that a disk can't be read with this firmware while it can be read on my player.
Thanks

[comadose]

Guide is free but the firmware you need is not available on this forum, you have to use the other one.

[Billycar11]

Guide is free but the firmware you need is not available on this forum, you have to use the other one.

Last I checked fw is available here free?

[comadose]

Guide is free but the firmware you need is not available on this forum, you have to use the other one.

Last I checked fw is available here free?

Oh, can you point us to the Pioneer firmware free download then? Thanks.

[nmcdeal]

Hello there,

Yes newbie here.
I have read online in these forums that my BluRay drive is able to be flashed and read UHD Bruray discs.
I have provide details of my drive below from MakeMKV

My Drive is a BD-RE ASUS BW-16D1H-U drive manufactured Dec 2021.

However when I use SDFtol Flasher v1.3.6 it says that I don't have the MT1959 platform that allows flashing ?!?

Is someone able to assist me? I am stuck in what I need to do next.
Thank you in advance.

Also is there a link to the firmware

Details from MakeMKV
Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1H-U
Revision: E115
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2019-03-07
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E115/ID71
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

PM sent.

Your instructions worked like a charm. No issues whatsoever. Thank you. I can't reply to your PM as I am a new user but look for nmcdeal in a recent message you may have received.

[Billycar11]

Oh, can you point us to the Pioneer firmware free download then? Thanks.

This guide is for LG flashing
UHD pioneers don't need flashing this guide only recommended UHD pioneers

[comadose]

Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T

But okay, so it's only Pioneer drives where the firmware has to be asked for over on the other forum. Glad that's cleared up.

[Billycar11]

Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T

But okay, so it's only Pioneer drives where the firmware has to be asked for over on the other forum. Glad that's cleared up.

Stop posting stuff off topic to the guide thank you and goodbye

[Throwaway]

Verbatim 43887 (normally a Pioneer BDR-UD03), 43888 (contains a LG BU40N), 43889 (contains a LG BU40N) or 43890 (can be either a Pioneer BDR-UD03 or a LG BU40N).

Tried looking for some of these online and it doesn't seem like any are available right now and all are on back order. Any other recommendations?

Just a heads-up that the 43888 has recently come back in stock at Amazon.com. I grabbed myself a spare!

[Mort-]

You must have been extremely lucky and got an old unit from wherever you bought it. They stopped putting Pioneer drives in the 43888 early 2025!!

You do not need to do anything as it is already UHD compatible out of the box. Just insert a UHD disc and start ripping!!

EDIT: Never mind! I searched around and found that LibreDrive ignores the region codes. Gave it a try and had an issue at first not detecting any discs, but I found another post on here where someone mentioned using a USB 3 or higher port as others do not provide enough power. Swapped to a Lightning/SS port and it works as intended.

That's what I assumed, but wanted to make sure.

Do I have to worry about this drive being region locked or does that not matter with the MakeMKV software? I know that if I were to use this as a normal BD or UHD drive it would either not let me do so or potentially change the region after 1-3 uses but I only intend to use this as a backup drive not for playback.

Thanks again!

[MartyMcNuts]

You must have been extremely lucky and got an old unit from wherever you bought it. They stopped putting Pioneer drives in the 43888 early 2025!!

You do not need to do anything as it is already UHD compatible out of the box. Just insert a UHD disc and start ripping!!

EDIT: Never mind! I searched around and found that LibreDrive ignores the region codes. Gave it a try and had an issue at first not detecting any discs, but I found another post on here where someone mentioned using a USB 3 or higher port as others do not provide enough power. Swapped to a Lightning/SS port and it works as intended.

That's what I assumed, but wanted to make sure.

Do I have to worry about this drive being region locked or does that not matter with the MakeMKV software? I know that if I were to use this as a normal BD or UHD drive it would either not let me do so or potentially change the region after 1-3 uses but I only intend to use this as a backup drive not for playback.

Thanks again!

MakeMKV doesn't care about region coding and removes/ignores it.

Do not use your drive for direct disc playback as you will wear out the lasers faster.

[sgtstrife]

I had a SH216 set up thanks to this forum a few years ago. It died from too much ripping, ha. I bought a BDR-212V and just now got around to getting it set up. However, I've lost most of my knowledge over that time. I tried poking around on this forum but it seems like most problems are getting fixed via PM's. Can someone help me get this set up?

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 72

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: ID06