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Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:21 pm
by lizardrobot
Greetings!
This forum has been extremely helpful in the past. Thank you all for your contributions.
I've discovered from this thread that my BDR-XD05S drive might be flash-able to read UHD discs consistently. I've been able to read some (a German Dune boxset worked fine, for example) but the recent Arrow version of The Andromeda Strain wouldn't read.
One hitch is that I'm Mac-only at home, and I've read that Windows virtual machines won't work for flashing drives. I'm comfortable with the command-line, and have Wine running on my Mac. Is there any hope of flashing my drive without borrowing a Windows PC? I could connect the drive to my Ubuntu home server.
EDIT:
I should post my drive info in case this clarifies things.
I saw instructions in another thread that there are Mac steps for firmware flash, but the Everything Firmware does seem to include Pioneer drives. So I'm confused. Lol. I'll keep reading!
Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.01
Serial number: redacted
Firmware date: 2014-12-26
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.01/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 10:34 am
by Coopervid
lizardrobot wrote: Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:21 pm
Greetings!
This forum has been extremely helpful in the past. Thank you all for your contributions.
I've discovered from this thread that my BDR-XD05S drive might be flash-able to read UHD discs consistently. I've been able to read some (a German Dune boxset worked fine, for example) but the recent Arrow version of The Andromeda Strain wouldn't read.
One hitch is that I'm Mac-only at home, and I've read that Windows virtual machines won't work for flashing drives. I'm comfortable with the command-line, and have Wine running on my Mac. Is there any hope of flashing my drive without borrowing a Windows PC? I could connect the drive to my Ubuntu home server.
EDIT:
I should post my drive info in case this clarifies things.
I saw instructions in another thread that there are Mac steps for firmware flash, but the Everything Firmware does seem to include Pioneer drives. So I'm confused. Lol. I'll keep reading!
Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.01
Serial number: redacted
Firmware date: 2014-12-26
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.01/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
You NEED a Windows PC or a good VM with Windows. Parallels or VMWare should do it. PM sent.
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 3:49 pm
by juggling309
Hi,
I'd love to flash my drive. Would it be possible ?
Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.01/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Best regards.
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 4:40 pm
by Billycar11
juggling309 wrote: Wed Jul 23, 2025 3:49 pm
Hi,
I'd love to flash my drive. Would it be possible ?
Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.01/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Best regards.
Yes can be flashed email me that drive info section see below for email
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2025 4:44 pm
by lizardrobot
Coopervid wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 10:34 am
You NEED a Windows PC or a good VM with Windows. Parallels or VMWare should do it. PM sent.
Thanks, @Coopervid, I got your package to work fine! I'm sending a grateful donation your way. (I'm going to send something to @Billycar11 as well, because you both do so much for the community.)
I want to share the steps I took to flash my drive, since I have resolved not to pay for Parallels any more. I believe these should work for all M-series Mac users.
I downloaded
UTM, an open-source application for running virtual machines, for free from their website. You can follow their
instructions to obtain and install Windows 11 into a UTM virtual machine. This process worked great for me on my M1 MacBook Pro.
Windows 11 does not require a license code to install into the virtual machine, but the terms and conditions require you to activate a license to continue using Windows. You can use an older Win7+ license should you have one, or purchase a license online from Microsoft. Until Windows 11 is licensed some features will be limited, but you can run applications...like the firmware updater.
Once the Win11 VM was running in UTM, I copied to the firmware updater from my thumb drive, extracted the ZIP archive, and flashed my BDR-XD05s. A test run with a UHD 4K blu-ray worked as I hoped.
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:15 pm
by abheekd
Hi! I have a Pioneer BDR-XD05B manufactured in January 2015, and I was wondering if it could be flashed to be UHD capable? Here is the drive information:
Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk5
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.00
Serial number: ------------
Firmware date: 2014-07-30
Bus encryption flags: 1B
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.00/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Thank you!
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:20 pm
by Billycar11
abheekd wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:15 pm
Hi! I have a Pioneer BDR-XD05B manufactured in January 2015, and I was wondering if it could be flashed to be UHD capable? Here is the drive information:
Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk5
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.00
Serial number: ------------
Firmware date: 2014-07-30
Bus encryption flags: 1B
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.00/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Thank you!
yes just email me that drive info section see below for email
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 7:59 am
by kylewong
Hi All,
my XD05 can flash?
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 2.01
Serial number:-
Firmware date: 2014-12-26
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8231
Firmware version: ID32
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 4:25 pm
by Billycar11
kylewong wrote: Sat Aug 02, 2025 7:59 am
Hi All,
my XD05 can flash?
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 2.01
Serial number:-
Firmware date: 2014-12-26
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8231
Firmware version: ID32
Email me that drive info see below
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 3:37 pm
by aravi
Hi!
I have the same drive... Is it still UHD capable?
Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.01
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2014-12-26
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 75
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.01/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 8:38 pm
by Coopervid
aravi wrote: Wed Aug 06, 2025 3:37 pm
Hi!
I have the same drive... Is it still UHD capable?
Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.01
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2014-12-26
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 75
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.01/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
PM sent.
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 9:06 pm
by masterdaneth
Hi. I found this thread as well. Have a BD-RW BDR-XD05 looking to flash it to read UHD.
Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
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
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2025 12:55 am
by HK_sends
Hi Everyone!
I found this in my box of older stuff and didn't know what to do until I stumbled upon this thread. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks!
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.01
Serial number: ...
Firmware date: 2014-12-26
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 76
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.01/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Cheers!
-HK sends
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2025 8:54 am
by Coopervid
masterdaneth wrote: Thu Aug 07, 2025 9:06 pm
Hi. I found this thread as well. Have a BD-RW BDR-XD05 looking to flash it to read UHD.
Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
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.
Re: Is my pioneer BDR-XD05s flashable?
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2025 8:56 am
by Coopervid
HK_sends wrote: Fri Aug 08, 2025 12:55 am
Hi Everyone!
I found this in my box of older stuff and didn't know what to do until I stumbled upon this thread. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks!
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.01
Serial number: ...
Firmware date: 2014-12-26
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 76
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8231
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.01/ID34
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Cheers!
-HK sends
PM sent.