Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

[gagans]

I am getting about 6x rips.... What did I miss? What did I not flash properly? Also getting a lot of errors. so far unable to successfully make an mkv.

LG WH14NS40, UHD Friendly Internal 5.25 sata | Rip speed 8x BD 66 ~45 mins BD 100 ~1 hour if flashed properly other wise 6x rips speed and slower then BU40N

[Manciple]

United States.

[MartyMcNuts]

Hello, i am thinking to return that player and buy Pioneer BDR-XS07UHD if you think it can rip flawlessly out of the box without any changes. Kindly let me know please. thanks again

no the pioneers no longer work out of the box unless you buy them from a flasher

Thanks again to everyone who is responding to help me here.
Finally i decided to return the Archgon to amazon as I do not want to take a chance in doing manual changes just to make my 4k rip work. Just bought option 3/LG from Bluntman here as it comes with pre-flashed and expected to work out of the box.
Need some inputs from this forum now.
So with my new drive coming in---
--Say, i have licensed of both makemkv and DVDFab UHD ripper SW. FYI, i have been using DVDFab Blu-ray ripper so far which works like a breeze.
--I have already deleted/uninstalled whatever I installed/copied like some additional SD flasher tool, framework modules, etc. and cleaned up my windows 11 just like before.
--Once I receive this pre-flashed LG from Bluntsman, my assumption is that i just out of the box open dvdfab or makemkv and try ripping my 4K discs without any changes. Is my understanding correct?
Or, i still need some pre-requisites?

thanks a lot in advance.

Providing Bluntman has flashed it with BU40N 1.00 firmware, yes it will work with DVDFab out of the box. If it has BU40N 1.03-MK or BP60NB10 MK firmware, then no, it won't work with DVDFab.

[newmkv]

no the pioneers no longer work out of the box unless you buy them from a flasher

Thanks again to everyone who is responding to help me here.
Finally i decided to return the Archgon to amazon as I do not want to take a chance in doing manual changes just to make my 4k rip work. Just bought option 3/LG from Bluntman here as it comes with pre-flashed and expected to work out of the box.
Need some inputs from this forum now.
So with my new drive coming in---
--Say, i have licensed of both makemkv and DVDFab UHD ripper SW. FYI, i have been using DVDFab Blu-ray ripper so far which works like a breeze.
--I have already deleted/uninstalled whatever I installed/copied like some additional SD flasher tool, framework modules, etc. and cleaned up my windows 11 just like before.
--Once I receive this pre-flashed LG from Bluntsman, my assumption is that i just out of the box open dvdfab or makemkv and try ripping my 4K discs without any changes. Is my understanding correct?
Or, i still need some pre-requisites?

thanks a lot in advance.

Providing Bluntman has flashed it with BU40N 1.00 firmware, yes it will work with DVDFab out of the box. If it has BU40N 1.03-MK or BP60NB10 MK firmware, then no, it won't work with DVDFab.

ah what a complicated one
Bluntman has already confirmed to me that his drive should work with both dvdfab and makemkv.
Hoping for the best. Let us see.

[newmkv]

Very strange today.
Following my previous few posts, i just cleaned up my windows 11 laptop by removing all newly installed firmware, SD flash tool, etc. and ended up only with original/unmodified makemkv (licensed) and dvdfab Blu-ray/UHD ripper.
Tried ripping my old Blu-ray disc using dvdfab and to my surprise, did not work but threw same disc error which I got for 4K ripping. Pls note that dvdfab used to work flawlessly for all my Blu-ray ripping just before I tried with a 4K disc.
Then tried same with makemkv and threw same error (Error 'Scsi error - ILLEGAL REQUEST:COPY PROTECTION KEY EXCHANGE
FAILURE - KEY NOT PRESENT) which i got for 4k ripping before.
I just re-attempted makemkv which worked fine for blu-ray ripping.
I really don't know what happened ...

[Billycar11]

I am getting about 6x rips.... What did I miss? What did I not flash properly? Also getting a lot of errors. so far unable to successfully make an mkv.

LG WH14NS40, UHD Friendly Internal 5.25 sata | Rip speed 8x BD 66 ~45 mins BD 100 ~1 hour if flashed properly other wise 6x rips speed and slower then BU40N

did you flash to WH16NS60 1.02 as the guide says that will give you 8x and no sleep bug...
but yeah lg/asus drives are just junk these days glad to be done with them but what's your error likely need to clean disc

[Billycar11]

Very strange today.
Following my previous few posts, i just cleaned up my windows 11 laptop by removing all newly installed firmware, SD flash tool, etc. and ended up only with original/unmodified makemkv (licensed) and dvdfab Blu-ray/UHD ripper.
Tried ripping my old Blu-ray disc using dvdfab and to my surprise, did not work but threw same disc error which I got for 4K ripping. Pls note that dvdfab used to work flawlessly for all my Blu-ray ripping just before I tried with a 4K disc.
Then tried same with makemkv and threw same error (Error 'Scsi error - ILLEGAL REQUEST:COPY PROTECTION KEY EXCHANGE
FAILURE - KEY NOT PRESENT) which i got for 4k ripping before.
I just re-attempted makemkv which worked fine for blu-ray ripping.
I really don't know what happened ...

could be a few things new aacs version revoked your drive as its not flashed
power to low and drive is rebooting

[natra]

Hi guys, will my drive work.

Drive Information

Manufacturer: ASUS

Product: BW-16D1H-U

Revision: E114

Serial number: RFDL020701WL

Firmware date: 2017-12-21

Bus encryption flags: 1B

Highest AACS version: 76


LibreDrive Information

Status: Enabled

Drive platform: RS8601

Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209

Firmware type: Original (unpatched)

Firmware version: E114/ID71

DVD all regions: Yes

BD raw data read: Yes

BD raw metadata read: Yes

Unrestricted read speed: Yes


No disc inserted


Does anyone know if I can flash this drive and if so, what files should I be using?

[Billycar11]

Hi guys, will my drive work.

Drive Information

Manufacturer: ASUS

Product: BW-16D1H-U

Revision: E114

Serial number: RFDL020701WL

Firmware date: 2017-12-21

Bus encryption flags: 1B

Highest AACS version: 76


LibreDrive Information

Status: Enabled

Drive platform: RS8601

Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209

Firmware type: Original (unpatched)

Firmware version: E114/ID71

DVD all regions: Yes

BD raw data read: Yes

BD raw metadata read: Yes

Unrestricted read speed: Yes


No disc inserted


Does anyone know if I can flash this drive and if so, what files should I be using?

That drive can only be professionally flashed email me for that see below

[Coopervid]

United States.

Check your PM.

[Manciple]

@Coopervid. PM received. I'm still unable to send PM's as I'm a new user, hence my reply here. I've canceled the LG order and substituted in the Pioneer. I'll be back in touch once I get it, if I can't get the flash tools available here to work on it.

[Coopervid]

@Coopervid. PM received. I'm still unable to send PM's as I'm a new user, hence my reply here. I've canceled the LG order and substituted in the Pioneer. I'll be back in touch once I get it, if I can't get the flash tools available here to work on it.

OK. Just post here when you have it.

[Coopervid]

@Coopervid. PM received. I'm still unable to send PM's as I'm a new user, hence my reply here. I've canceled the LG order and substituted in the Pioneer. I'll be back in touch once I get it, if I can't get the flash tools available here to work on it.

You have another PM.

[Shuffle2694]

I was lucky enough to find a BDR-2213 on the older firmware. It shows up in MakeMKV as

Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-213M
Revision: 1.02
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2022-04-06
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS9200
Firmware version: ID56

Am I correct that there is a UHD flasher available for this device from at least some of the sellers?

[newmkv]

Need some help experts.
Received LG option 3 from Bluntsman today & tried ripping my 4k disc (The Thing).
1)Used makemkv and confirmed that audio track has 7.1 (DTS:X) and enabled everything as they are by default.
It completed sucessfully.
2)Coped the mkv file to my Zidoo player & played the file.

Issues:
1)When I clicked Play, as you see in pic, its menu says DTS:x but while playing, I checked its Audio/menu where it says only 5.2 and my yamaha receiver displays as 'DTS and then Neural:X'
I also checked its output where it says '4K 60 Hz'
2)Whereas, if I play my disc directly in my panasonic 4K player, I see 'DTS:X' in my yamaha receiver info and also video output says '4K 24 Hz'.
3)I also tried playing the mkv directly in my VLC in my laptop where it says in Audio menu 'Surround 7.1'
Pls let me know what am I missing here.
I do not think that output mkv from ripping is actually DTS:X and video '4K 24 Hz' as in the original disc. Right?