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sjaeger172004 wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 10:12 pm Hi

I am new to flashing and to the site.

I am in Australia and looking for an external 4K drive.

How hard and risky to flash? And which drive to get thanks

angelus2141 wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:34 am HI All,
First time here. So im new to ripping Blu-ray but looking to get into it and have a couple of questions. From posts ive read UHD and Blu-ray dont seem to be the same thing are they different? I was always under the impression they were the same.

Second I looked at the list of drive and when searching online I find drives with slightly different naming conventions. For example Pioneer BDR-S13E-X vs Pioneer BDR-S13J-X, is there a significance to the different drive lettering? Will ripping still work on the J vs the E?

TIA

sjaeger172004 wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:11 am Found an old Pioneer BD-RW BDR-XD07 I had lying around

Does this need flashing?

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD07
Revision: 1.03
Serial number: AFDL010327WL
Firmware date: 2020-08-20
Bus encryption flags: 13

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8D30
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-BDS7
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.03
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

And my new Verbatiam

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: MO2OB193245
Firmware date: 2124-04-23 13:47
Bus encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: MT1959

No disc inserted

angelus2141 wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:34 am HI All,
First time here. So im new to ripping Blu-ray but looking to get into it and have a couple of questions. From posts ive read UHD and Blu-ray dont seem to be the same thing are they different? I was always under the impression they were the same.

Second I looked at the list of drive and when searching online I find drives with slightly different naming conventions. For example Pioneer BDR-S13E-X vs Pioneer BDR-S13J-X, is there a significance to the different drive lettering? Will ripping still work on the J vs the E?

TIA

Cuddy2977 wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 7:24 am

angelus2141 wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:34 am HI All,
First time here. So im new to ripping Blu-ray but looking to get into it and have a couple of questions. From posts ive read UHD and Blu-ray dont seem to be the same thing are they different? I was always under the impression they were the same.

Second I looked at the list of drive and when searching online I find drives with slightly different naming conventions. For example Pioneer BDR-S13E-X vs Pioneer BDR-S13J-X, is there a significance to the different drive lettering? Will ripping still work on the J vs the E?

TIA

From what I’ve understood, Angelus?

UHD and blu-ray are two different types of bluray.

‘Bluray’ content is usually in the 1920*1080 resolution.

‘UHD’ content is on a higher capacity bluray: and in 3840*2160 resolution.

I’m very aware people will be correcting me!

doodoofart wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 9:54 am hi @ all and thanks for this great project.

a friend gave me an old external LG BP55EB40 he did not have any use for any longer. It doesn't read UHD discs so he bought another device.
I checked the specs and just wanted to make sure i don't screw it up.

i made a backup with SDFtool Flasher.

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Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BP55EB40
Revision: 1.00
Serial number: MD[CENSORED]
Firmware date: 2115-04-22 15:34
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 72

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.00
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

I unscrewed the external usb case and the drive itself says: MODEL: BU20N

i would flash "HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP55EB40-NB50-1.03-NM00800-212005070924.bin" from this thread viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19113
using this command

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.\makemkvcon64.exe f --all-yes -d D: rawflash -i C:\Users\flashgordon\Downloads\HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP55EB40-NB50-1.03-NM00800-212005070924.bin

is this correct or unnecessary risk?

much appreciated and have a good day

disneyvader wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 9:18 am Would these drives work after flashing? They don't appear in the list of proven drives but I am unable to find any of those here in the EU

LG BH16NS40
Hitachi-LG Data Storage BH16NS55