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isolation wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 3:54 am Hello, I have the following drive. I was reading elsewhere in this forum that it appeared possible to upgrade this drive for the capability to read 4k UHD discs. Is this still true today? Any help would be appreciated.

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8232
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.10/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

razzar wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:23 pm Anyone who can help me out with flashing alternative firmware to unlock the UHD BD capabilities of this drive?

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13

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

Billycar11 wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 3:21 am

alexander_ac wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 3:14 am Hi,

MakeMKV has stopped reading Blu-ray UHD disks, I updated it's firmware to 1.05 which after reading the first dozen or so pages of this thread maybe the cause. Here are the drive details.

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S12U
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: AGDL004972WL
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 72

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID43

Any assistance to fix this is appreciated.

yeah sorry man its ruined now after you updated it.
return it if you can.
i have some pioneers with old fw if you want one

alexander_ac wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 8:53 pm

Billycar11 wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 3:21 am
yeah sorry man its ruined now after you updated it.
return it if you can.
i have some pioneers with old fw if you want one

According to Pioneer there’s no going back , but isn’t it just a matter of updating MakeMKV to support it? That seems to be what’s been done before

Coopervid wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 4:07 pm

razzar wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:23 pm Anyone who can help me out with flashing alternative firmware to unlock the UHD BD capabilities of this drive?

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13

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

PM is coming.

Coopervid wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 10:28 am

isolation wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 3:54 am Hello, I have the following drive. I was reading elsewhere in this forum that it appeared possible to upgrade this drive for the capability to read 4k UHD discs. Is this still true today? Any help would be appreciated.

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8232
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.10/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

PM sent.

Woodstock wrote: Wed Dec 25, 2024 5:11 pm Pioneer disabled ROM changes in their December 2022 update, making it (currently) impossible to update these drives to read UHD disks. Since the software that they authorize to use that mode isn't available anymore, those drives are useless as far as UHD is concerned.