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Hello,
I have a Pioneer BDR-209D, firmware date 2014-12-05 . Is it possible to make it play in 4K... I have a big doubt, because reading this:
"Make sure your disc was manufactured after 2016 on label or end of 2015 if you want to take the risk."
Which player should I buy then? Pioneer? The Asus ASUS-BW-16D1HT?
Thanks for your answers

dejoro wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:35 am Hello,
I have a Pioneer BDR-209D, firmware date 2014-12-05 . Is it possible to make it play in 4K... I have a big doubt, because reading this:
"Make sure your disc was manufactured after 2016 on label or end of 2015 if you want to take the risk."
Which player should I buy then? Pioneer? The Asus ASUS-BW-16D1HT?
Thanks for your answers

You need to post your Makemkv info for your 209D drive to get help for UHD reading.

Excuse me, I forgot to give you this info:

Informations lecteur
Nom du lecteur SE : \Device\CdRom1
Profil actuel : BD-ROM
Fabricant : PIONEER
Produit : BD-RW BDR-209D
Révision : 1.30
Numéro de série : OCDL060556WL
Date micrologiciel : 2014-12-05
Marqueurs d'encryptage bus : 13
Version AACS la plus haute : 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.30/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

dejoro wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 11:10 am Excuse me, I forgot to give you this info:

Informations lecteur
Nom du lecteur SE : \Device\CdRom1
Profil actuel : BD-ROM
Fabricant : PIONEER
Produit : BD-RW BDR-209D
Révision : 1.30
Numéro de série : OCDL060556WL
Date micrologiciel : 2014-12-05
Marqueurs d'encryptage bus : 13
Version AACS la plus haute : 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.30/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

I‘ll send you a PM later today.

dejoro wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 11:10 am Excuse me, I forgot to give you this info:

Informations lecteur
Nom du lecteur SE : \Device\CdRom1
Profil actuel : BD-ROM
Fabricant : PIONEER
Produit : BD-RW BDR-209D
Révision : 1.30
Numéro de série : OCDL060556WL
Date micrologiciel : 2014-12-05
Marqueurs d'encryptage bus : 13
Version AACS la plus haute : 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.30/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

PM sent.

Hello makemkv Community.

Ive registered to this Forum cause ive updated my BH16NS55 Firmware with the official LG Firmware Updater without knowing so much to what ive needed to do mkvs from UHD Disks to vesion 1.05.

So ive googled and found this nice place. Cause im a self-taught Person ive read all nessesary information.

First try flashing my BH16NS55 ended in error message. Ive read again and rechecked all and i found out that my 1.05 Firmware was encrypted.
So i needed to flash first to 1.05 Firmware from that mkv-firmware-pack and then downgrade to the 1.02.

Now all works. Nice works guys. keep going. Thumps up!

I have an LG WH16NS40 that was working fine with 1.02 LibreDrive firmware. Then I found that mk-firmware-pack-20200720.zip had a 1.05 LibreDrive firmware and I thought "newer must be better, I'll get the LG bug fixes plus keep LibreDrive". Things seemed ok. I would occasionally get read errors, but chalked it up to invisible disc damage.

Recently, I pulled a disc out of the shrink wrap to rip it and got read errors. I reverted back to 1.02 firmware and the disc ripped fine. Lesson learned; bigger numbers are not always better. I should have listened to this guide and stayed with 1.02.

What is the most recent guide for flashing a WH16NS40 drive? I haven't done it in several years and my old drive just died and purchased a new one.

MrMegadeth99 wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:07 pm What is the most recent guide for flashing a WH16NS40 drive? I haven't done it in several years and my old drive just died and purchased a new one.

1st post of THIS very topic is routinely maintained & current. Replete w/ recommendations for FW for each drive, links to tools, instructions/videos & said FWs. A one stop shop...

Hello, the modified SDFtool Flasher you propose on the first page of this thread give a strange error message when I start it. "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

After which I have a button to have more details which give wall of text, (Sorry, my computer being in French, part of the text is too. But I believe it doesn’t affect the relevant bits.) : I can still click on Continue, but SDFtool Flasher is unable to see my Asus BW-16D1HT. (Or anything else, for that matter.)

Keat1892 wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2024 9:13 pm I have an LG WH16NS40 that was working fine with 1.02 LibreDrive firmware. Then I found that mk-firmware-pack-20200720.zip had a 1.05 LibreDrive firmware and I thought "newer must be better, I'll get the LG bug fixes plus keep LibreDrive". Things seemed ok. I would occasionally get read errors, but chalked it up to invisible disc damage.

Recently, I pulled a disc out of the shrink wrap to rip it and got read errors. I reverted back to 1.02 firmware and the disc ripped fine. Lesson learned; bigger numbers are not always better. I should have listened to this guide and stayed with 1.02.

WH16NS60 1.02 from that firmware pack is the recommended firmware for your drive and it fixes the sleep bug.

And no, generally newer is not better at all when it comes to drive firmware!

Bigou wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 7:03 pm Hello, the modified SDFtool Flasher you propose on the first page of this thread give a strange error message when I start it. "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

After which I have a button to have more details which give wall of text, (Sorry, my computer being in French, part of the text is too. But I believe it doesn’t affect the relevant bits.) :

Code: Select all

Consultez la fin de ce message pour plus de détails sur l'appel du débogage
juste-à-temps (JIT) à la place de cette boîte de dialogue.

************** Texte de l'exception **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
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   at SDFtool_Flasher_Updated.Form1.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
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   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, WM msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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************** Débogage JIT **************

I can still click on Continue, but SDFtool Flasher is unable to see my Asus BW-16D1HT. (Or anything else, for that matter.)

Is MakeMKV installed (in the default location)? SDFtool Flasher is a front-end for the MakeMKV native flash utility. Met all the requirements detailed on the SDFtool Flasher page?

d00zah wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 5:37 pm

MrMegadeth99 wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:07 pm What is the most recent guide for flashing a WH16NS40 drive? I haven't done it in several years and my old drive just died and purchased a new one.

1st post of THIS very topic is routinely maintained & current. Replete w/ recommendations for FW for each drive, links to tools, instructions/videos & said FWs. A one stop shop...

I tired that for both encrypted and unencrypted and get error for both. My drive is WH16NS40. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

MrMegadeth99 wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2024 12:56 pm

d00zah wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 5:37 pm

MrMegadeth99 wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:07 pm What is the most recent guide for flashing a WH16NS40 drive? I haven't done it in several years and my old drive just died and purchased a new one.

1st post of THIS very topic is routinely maintained & current. Replete w/ recommendations for FW for each drive, links to tools, instructions/videos & said FWs. A one stop shop...

I tired that for both encrypted and unencrypted and get error for both. My drive is WH16NS40. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

The firmware file name is usually much longer compared to what you typed. Did you rename it? Why don't you use SDFToolflasher?

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22896

I copied exactly what the guy in the YouTube video did and it. How do I use the SDFToolFlasher with this?