Over the last few weeks, I have worked on a successor to the widely known BDRFlash tool, which I call BDRFlash++.
BDRFlash++ (BDRflashpp) is a free tool designed for cross-flashing and downgrading Pioneer Blu-ray drives. It has been written from scratch and expands hardware support and introduces a clean, reliable way to unlock your drive without recurring costs or risky hacks.
Key features include:
- Single-click cross-flashing: Flash selected non-UHD drives with UHD-compatible firmware with a single click enabling 4K UHD disc ripping in MakeMKV.
- Genuine pre-12/2022 firmware crossflashing
- Genuine post-12/2022 firmware downgrades and crossflashing: Bypass the downgrade block on drives with firmware released after December 2022 using a true firmware downgrade, rather than relying on the inferior header hacks used by alternative tools.
- Free: Free to use with no mandatory fees or paywalls - now and always!
- Broad hardware compatibility: Supports a wider range of Pioneer drives than the original BDRFlash.
- 100% offline & private: Runs completely offline without phoning home or requiring an internet connection, unlike alternative tools.
- Cross-platform support: Native binaries available for macOS, Windows, and Linux on both x64 and ARM64 architectures.
Drop me or coopervid a PM here,
- including MakeMKV's drive information for the drive you want to flash
- and your OS (Windows, Mac, or Linux).
Since coopervid is more active here than me, you can also get the flasher from him. You can also contact me via email over at verbatim-pioneer-drives@mailbox.org
Special thanks to coopervid, babagaya, Mr.Penguin, and skyrider for their valuable technical discussions, to blackened2857 for laying the foundation with BDRFlash, and to everyone in the community who contributed along the way.