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Miromoon wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2026 3:35 am Hello,

I would like to know if my drive can be cross-flashed for UHD Blu-ray reading and which firmware is recommended.

Drive Information:

- Drive: ASUS SBW-06D5H-U
- Platform: RS8511
- Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
- Firmware version: E101/ID26
- Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
- Firmware date: 2018-08-22

LibreDrive Information:

- Status: Enabled
- DVD all regions: Yes
- BD raw data read: Yes
- BD raw metadata read: Yes
- Unrestricted read speed: Yes

My UHD Blu-ray discs are currently not recognized, while regular Blu-ray discs work.

Could you please check whether this specific drive is compatible with the available UHD firmware and advise which firmware/tool should be used?

Thank you very much for your help.

Miromoon wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2026 3:35 am Hello,

I would like to know if my drive can be cross-flashed for UHD Blu-ray reading and which firmware is recommended.

Drive Information:

- Drive: ASUS SBW-06D5H-U
- Platform: RS8511
- Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
- Firmware version: E101/ID26
- Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
- Firmware date: 2018-08-22

LibreDrive Information:

- Status: Enabled
- DVD all regions: Yes
- BD raw data read: Yes
- BD raw metadata read: Yes
- Unrestricted read speed: Yes

My UHD Blu-ray discs are currently not recognized, while regular Blu-ray discs work.

Could you please check whether this specific drive is compatible with the available UHD firmware and advise which firmware/tool should be used?

Thank you very much for your help.

ZXG2109 wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 3:12 am Apologies if this is not the right information I am to post.

agent_x007 wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 1:34 pm Hello
I managed to get a bit newer version of UD02D Pioneer drive (HW:1.02, SW:1.02).
Here's how sticker on top looks like (BDR-UD02DTBD) :
Pioneer.jpg

I attach it's capabilities to this message :
BDR-UD02DTBD.png
Would like to dump it's firmware before flashing, but so far no program I tried allows that :/
Any ideas ?

Eventually, I want to libredrive it, and (if possible) make it into UD03/UD04 4k capable drive (assuming a bit newer hardware revision allows that ?)
Thank you

Billycar11 wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 1:44 pm might be able to be flashed to ud04 to do UHD
sure email me that info and all others email me no need to post your info here just reach out to me directly
see below for email

Drive Information
OS device name: H:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD02D
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: NCDL107266WL
Firmware date: 2014-02-10
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8410
Firmware version: ID84

movielvr15789 wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2026 8:58 pm PIONEER BDR-212T Purchased 12-17-2022

I was able to use this drive to read/rip UHD blurays directly out of the box. No firmware update needed.

Then at some point in the last couple of years it stopped reading UHD. I have no idea why. I never made any sort of update to the drive, always used on a system running Linux Mint. The drive still works fine with regular Bluray and DVD.

I originally installed MakeMKV from source code. Later I removed and reinstalled using either the version in the Linux repository or Flatpak, not sure which. Updated to latest MakeMKV version. Not sure if the drive stopped working for UHD after changing version. Today I removed and reinstalled again from source code downloaded from MakeMKV.com. BDR-212T still doesn't read UHD.

Any idea why it worked for many months with UHD and then suddenly stopped? Can functionality be recovered with new flash or other procedure?

Thank you, drive info below.

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212D
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: AFDL037374WL
Firmware date: 2022-03-16
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 82

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

movielvr15789 wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2026 8:58 pm PIONEER BDR-212T Purchased 12-17-2022

I was able to use this drive to read/rip UHD blurays directly out of the box. No firmware update needed.

Then at some point in the last couple of years it stopped reading UHD. I have no idea why. I never made any sort of update to the drive, always used on a system running Linux Mint. The drive still works fine with regular Bluray and DVD.

I originally installed MakeMKV from source code. Later I removed and reinstalled using either the version in the Linux repository or Flatpak, not sure which. Updated to latest MakeMKV version. Not sure if the drive stopped working for UHD after changing version. Today I removed and reinstalled again from source code downloaded from MakeMKV.com. BDR-212T still doesn't read UHD.

Any idea why it worked for many months with UHD and then suddenly stopped? Can functionality be recovered with new flash or other procedure?

Thank you, drive info below.

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212D
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: AFDL037374WL
Firmware date: 2022-03-16
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 82

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

Lagui wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 9:05 pm Hello to all,

I would like to know if my drive can be cross-flashed for UHD Blu-ray reading and which firmware is recommended.

Drive Information:

- Drive: BD-RW BDR-208D
- Platform: RS8301
- Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-208
- Firmware version: 1.50/ID61
- Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
- Firmware date: 2015-09-24

LibreDrive Information:

- Status: Enabled
- DVD all regions: Yes
- BD raw data read: Yes
- BD raw metadata read: Yes
- Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Since normal Blu-rays are working but UHDs are not, I would like to know if I can flash this drive to read UHD Blu-rays.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Lagui wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 9:05 pm Hello to all,

I would like to know if my drive can be cross-flashed for UHD Blu-ray reading and which firmware is recommended.

Drive Information:

- Drive: BD-RW BDR-208D
- Platform: RS8301
- Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-208
- Firmware version: 1.50/ID61
- Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
- Firmware date: 2015-09-24

LibreDrive Information:

- Status: Enabled
- DVD all regions: Yes
- BD raw data read: Yes
- BD raw metadata read: Yes
- Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Since normal Blu-rays are working but UHDs are not, I would like to know if I can flash this drive to read UHD Blu-rays.

Thank you in advance for your help!

AxemRanger wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2026 6:30 am Feel I might have originally posted in a wrong thread. Whoops. Looking for a firmware to cross flash an XD05

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.01
Firmware date: 2014-12-26
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 82

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