SDF update November 2025

Discussion of LibreDrive mode, compatible drives and firmwares
nathana
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Re: SDF update November 2025

Post by nathana »

mike admin wrote: Tue Nov 04, 2025 7:55 pm PIONEER-BD-RW___BDR-XU03-1.04-MLDL9101-8520-20230313.dat
I believe this is what I've got:

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XU03
Revision: 1.04
Serial number: <serial>
Firmware date: 2023-03-13
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8520
Firmware version: GENE

I will note that though it says "Possible, not yet enabled", inserting an AACS-protected Blu-ray disc into the drive followed by opening said disc in MakeMKV never seems to actually enable it. I suspect the 1.04 firmware in particular for this model has never really been addressed within SDF.bin...? (In which case, why does it say "Possible"??? Seems misleading.) Perhaps because nobody has provided a firmware dump of this version to-date?

I do see that MakeMKV successfully dumped the f/w as there is a dump_FW_blahblah.tgz in my .makemkv directory. There is additionally a log entry within _private_data that indicates this was probably already auto-uploaded to the developers:

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DEBUG: Code 0 at VzjZ-XuS .4by9Q]:121276424
No  SDF v0a6: PIONEER_BD-RW___BDR-XU03_1.04_<serial>
DEBUG: Code 3 at "oE"zw-C#/T}N <+[}~oXu$):29395310
SDF auto v0a6: PIONEER_BD-RW___BDR-XU03_1.04_<serial>
csf8=1
csf6
csf80
003348:0000 The FW dump file "file://C:\Users\nathana/.MakeMKV/dump_FW_C251C82113183D4848EA.tgz" was successfully sent for analysis
DEBUG: Code 0 at ER3?=TU+TZ4Pl{} :213136746
If this is not the case and I need to supply this file back manually for your analysis, happy to do so...just tell me where to send it.

I understand this drive model is not UHD-capable, and I'm not looking for that. Just for LibreDrive support for this model and firmware version combo. Thanks!