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Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:07 pm
by TheRickDeckard
Thanks but link don't work for me (blank page), could please check it again?
Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:32 pm
by TheRickDeckard
I'm very sorry, my VPN blocked the link, tried again without, download is working.
Thanks!
Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 2:25 am
by luckiestone
Nice drive. I got my BDR-XD08MB-S(clamshell version of yours) on Nov 2021, and at that time I didn't know a UHD friendly drive is needed if I'm going to rip UHD disks. So I sold it despite I love the drive, it's solid and looking premium.
Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 6:13 am
by Venturer
luckiestone wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 2:25 am
Nice drive. I got my BDR-XD08MB-S(clamshell version of yours) on Nov 2021, and at that time I didn't know a UHD friendly drive is needed if I'm going to rip UHD disks. So I sold it despite I love the drive, it's solid and looking premium.
But Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S is Libredrive capable. Simply it's not enabled yet! Hope for future firmware hack!
Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:51 pm
by mrcobra92
Sorry to bump an old thread, but was libredrive ever enabled on this model?
Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:03 am
by Coopervid
No. We need to have firmware before Dec. 22 on a drive. Ideally posted somewhere so I can download. Mike can remotely allow Libredive on such drive and firmware. And yes, needs to be older than Dec. 2022.
Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:10 am
by mrcobra92
Coopervid wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:03 am
No. We need to have firmware before Dec. 22 on a drive. Ideally posted somewhere so I can download. Mike can remotely allow Libredive on such drive and firmware. And yes, needs to be older than Dec. 2022.
Got it, so I would need to find one of these with firmware before December 2022. Thanks for the update!
Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:02 pm
by Coopervid
Unfortunately the makemkv dump of the firmware really doesn't help me. I would need a 1.00 flasher .exe. If your drive is still on 1.00 you should contact Mike. He will then send you a little program that sends the 1.00 firmware to his server and then he will add support for it. This does not apply for 1.01.
Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 5:46 am
by soulseeker
Did your drive ever get libre support?
Venturer wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:06 am
Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
See pics below
I think i'm one on the first in the world owning this drive and using it with MKV (at least on western world)
As you can see Libredrive is not yet enabled with MakeMKV
It has firmware 1.00 on it! I will not update it for now.
If you need beta testing this drive with MKV (to developers) i'm available
Thank you!
Re: Pioneer BDR-XS08MB-S just arrived from Japan - No Libredrive yet but possibile
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 6:20 pm
by Venturer
Yes, libredrive works on this drive with latest mkv version and firmware 1.03 (updated years ago)!