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Hi there! Similar boat though possibly overboard... When the news about pioneer winding down their blu-ray drive manufacturing business, I knee-jerk bought 5 212Vs for future proofing... Would love some guidance on getting these UHD compatible. Thanks!

Drive 1
Drive Information
OS device name: H:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DGDL028703WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

Drive 2
Drive Information
OS device name: I:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DGDL028702WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

Drive 3
Drive Information
OS device name: J:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DDDL027125WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

Drive 4
Drive Information
OS device name: K:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DDDL027072WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

Drive 5
Drive Information
OS device name: L:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DDDL027080WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

PlayMeAGroove wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 6:51 pm Hi there! Similar boat though possibly overboard... When the news about pioneer winding down their blu-ray drive manufacturing business, I knee-jerk bought 5 212Vs for future proofing... Would love some guidance on getting these UHD compatible. Thanks!

Drive 1
Drive Information
OS device name: H:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DGDL028703WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

Drive 2
Drive Information
OS device name: I:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DGDL028702WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

Drive 3
Drive Information
OS device name: J:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DDDL027125WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

Drive 4
Drive Information
OS device name: K:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DDDL027072WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

Drive 5
Drive Information
OS device name: L:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DDDL027080WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

Jeez! 5 drives. PM sent for all of these.

Hello - Please let me know if this Pioneer BDR-212DBK would be able to get UHD enable - Thanks

Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212D
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: NA
Firmware date: 2022-03-16
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

Packers948 wrote: Tue Jun 10, 2025 10:20 pm Hello - Please let me know if this Pioneer BDR-212DBK would be able to get UHD enable - Thanks

Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212D
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: NA
Firmware date: 2022-03-16
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

PM sent.

I purchased one of the 212V and was hoping to get some help flashing it, please + thank you!

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DGDL027417WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

No disc inserted

mediacable wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2025 2:37 pm I purchased one of the 212V and was hoping to get some help flashing it, please + thank you!

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: DGDL027417WL
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

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

No disc inserted

PM sent.

Even though this is not a BDR-212V, I'd be super grateful if you could help me make this one UHD-friendly:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209D
Revision: 1.33
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2015-12-09
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.33/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

Rudyard wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 6:33 pm Even though this is not a BDR-212V, I'd be super grateful if you could help me make this one UHD-friendly:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209D
Revision: 1.33
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2015-12-09
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.33/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

PM sent.

Thanks a lot Coopervid. All set and working

BTW I always wonder if it is worth it changing the drive's read and write settings (for longevity reasons, quality of reading/writing, etc) or should I just leave them by default?

Rudyard wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 10:27 pm Thanks a lot Coopervid. All set and working

BTW I always wonder if it is worth it changing the drive's read and write settings (for longevity reasons, quality of reading/writing, etc) or should I just leave them by default?

Regarding reading I let it a max. speed and Pioneers are not the fastest readers anyway for UHDs. They are limited to 4x speed.

Writing is a different animal while I don't write discs anymore at all. I store everything on HDD which is also cheaper and use a player to feed my AVR with movies. Writing 25 GB discs is also a no-brainer. However, if you want to use >= 50GB discs that is a challenge these days since disc quality has gone south and almost all have isues at the layer break. If you still want to burn these you should follow this guide that was originally posted in the Redfox forum. kitahoshi posted it here:

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=185539&page=19

Hello, I recently purchased 2 BDR-212V drives (Only one is currently installed). I recently got some UHDs and would love to enable UHD on this drive (well both drives technically).

Assuming that the drive details are the same (I haven't had a chance to install the other drive to check) Will I be able to swap out the drives and repeat the instructions, or will I need to make another request?

Here is the Makemkv drive info for the drive that's currently installed: Thank you!

EclipseW9 wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 4:09 pm Hello, I recently purchased 2 BDR-212V drives (Only one is currently installed). I recently got some UHDs and would love to enable UHD on this drive (well both drives technically).

Assuming that the drive details are the same (I haven't had a chance to install the other drive to check) Will I be able to swap out the drives and repeat the instructions, or will I need to make another request?

Here is the Makemkv drive info for the drive that's currently installed:

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Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: 
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 68

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

Thank you!

PM sent.

Is it possible to flash one of these on Linux?

Hi, like PlayMeAGroove I bought a bunch of Pioneer drives while I can, I might even get a few more later.

May I please have upgrades for these four drives:

Drive 1

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212D
Revision: 1.02
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2022-03-16
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.02/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Drive 2

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212M
Revision: 1.01
Serial number: AEDL010899WL
Firmware date: 2020-07-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.01/ID56
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Drive 3

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212D
Revision: 1.00
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2019-01-10
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.00/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Drive 4

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212M
Revision: 1.01
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-07-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.01/ID56
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Grateful for the terrific help!

Hello @Coopervid,

Could you please help me flash my BDR-212V to read UHD?

Here is my drive info:

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom2
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2022-05-31
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 77

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

Best Regards