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Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 8:47 pm
by Coopervid
You can trust that Mike will keep his promise but you have to be patient. The Libredrive support for Pioneer drives also took very long. In addition Pioneer didn't like the firmware patches since these cracked their business model. Now Pioneer is out of the business and so the threat that Pioneer will take legal steps against these is not present anymore. And no cat and mouse game ( encryption is decrypted, so let's try the next round with stronger encryption).
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 9:09 pm
by CalicoSkies
VA1DER wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 8:45 pm
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relevant for people considering paying a lot extra for the even rarer pre-2022-firmware Pioneer drives. If it's going to be on the order of months, then people may want to buy or (stick with already purchased) post-2022 firmware drives and wait for the "fix". If it's going to be on the order of a year or more, people may want to fork out now for the pre-2022 drives while they are still (somewhat) available and pay that premium. So the information is more relevant now than it ever will be.
I have a Pioneer BDR-212V that I bought this past October. It said it was manufactured in 2024, and I was able to successfully flash a firmware on it to get it to rip 4K movies. I just recently bought another as a spare and was able to successfully flash it too. I guess I don't know if the firmware on them was pre-2022 though.
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 9:15 pm
by Coopervid
CalicoSkies wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 9:09 pm
VA1DER wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 8:45 pm
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relevant for people considering paying a lot extra for the even rarer pre-2022-firmware Pioneer drives. If it's going to be on the order of months, then people may want to buy or (stick with already purchased) post-2022 firmware drives and wait for the "fix". If it's going to be on the order of a year or more, people may want to fork out now for the pre-2022 drives while they are still (somewhat) available and pay that premium. So the information is more relevant now than it ever will be.
I have a Pioneer BDR-212V that I bought this past October. It said it was manufactured in 2024, and I was able to successfully flash a firmware on it to get it to rip 4K movies. I just recently bought another as a spare and was able to successfully flash it too. I guess I don't know if the firmware on them was pre-2022 though.
It was always for the Vinpower drives. But supply is running dry....
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 9:51 pm
by Beldin
I have two BDR-212V drives with pre December 2022 firmware. 1.02
Looking forward to getting UHD to work.
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 12:09 am
by MartyMcNuts
VA1DER wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 4:58 pm
MartyMcNuts wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 12:26 am
BrianDW wrote: Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:38 pm
So, like, when?
No ETA. Just sometime in the future.
Fair enough, but if anyone has an idea on what scale of "future" we're thinking about, it would be helpful. Days, weeks, months, years. I don't think anyone is looking for promises, but it would help with purchasing decisions for a lot of folks. If anyone knows.
Well it's been worked on for 2.5 years so far, so, dunno, maybe double it??
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:11 pm
by liups233
I am new here. Nice to hear it since I decided to purchase a secondhand S13J-X. Hope one day I can use LibreDrive
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:49 am
by opticsfan
SamuriHL wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 5:01 pm
Pioneer drives are going to be all but gone soon.
Is there any hope Shanxi, the buyer of Pioneer's drive business, will resume drive manufacturing to the same standard?
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 12:24 pm
by SamuriHL
Very unlikely.
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Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:33 pm
by SimplyLearning
Is the ability to rip UHD's still yet to be implemented ? I see the 1st post hasn't been updated yet so I suspect not yet.
I went ahead and purchased a Pioneer BDR-XS07U and it's currently working great for ripings BD's but it will not rip DVD's. For DVD's I keep getting 'Region setting of drive PIONEER:BD-RW BDR-XS07U does not match the region of currently inserted disc, trying to work around...' and it tries many times for any DVD I insert however will not rip.
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:48 pm
by nivenfres
SimplyLearning wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:33 pm
Is the ability to rip UHD's still yet to be implemented ? I see the 1st post hasn't been updated yet so I suspect not yet.
I went ahead and purchased a Pioneer BDR-XS07U and it's currently working great for ripings BD's but it will not rip DVD's. For DVD's I keep getting 'Region setting of drive PIONEER:BD-RW BDR-XS07U does not match the region of currently inserted disc, trying to work around...' and it tries many times for any DVD I insert however will not rip.
I recently bought a Pioneer BDR-XD08UMB-S (external USB). I've been seeing the incorrect region message when I rip as well, but it has always completed just fine.
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 1:01 pm
by SimplyLearning
nivenfres wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:48 pm
SimplyLearning wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:33 pm
Is the ability to rip UHD's still yet to be implemented ? I see the 1st post hasn't been updated yet so I suspect not yet.
I went ahead and purchased a Pioneer BDR-XS07U and it's currently working great for ripings BD's but it will not rip DVD's. For DVD's I keep getting 'Region setting of drive PIONEER:BD-RW BDR-XS07U does not match the region of currently inserted disc, trying to work around...' and it tries many times for any DVD I insert however will not rip.
I recently bought a Pioneer BDR-XD08UMB-S (external USB). I've been seeing the incorrect region message when I rip as well, but it has always completed just fine.
Lucky then, after I receive those messages I get backup failed and disc ejects.
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:18 pm
by darner
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2025 9:36 pm
by Immanence
That amazon link says it has 2023 firmware. Doesn't that mean it won't work?
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2025 10:58 pm
by MartyMcNuts
Immanence wrote: Tue Aug 19, 2025 9:36 pm
That amazon link says it has 2023 firmware. Doesn't that mean it won't work?
Yeah, but they most likely will be supported in the near future. Also, since Pioneer ceased manufacturing optical drives several months ago, the worlds supply is dwindling rather quickly!
Re: All Pioneer drives will be LibreDrive supported
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2025 10:44 am
by Killorg
I guess I'd better hang on to my BDR-X13J-X's