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Coopervid wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 7:32 pm

dot_1829 wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:35 pm Hi everyone!

I received a Verbatim slim drive for christmas and I'm trying to understand how to use it properly with makemkv

It says that Libredrive is enabled, but disks won't read?

Here are the details. Any help would be appreciated!

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD04
Revision: 1.14
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8A10
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US04
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Most likely a power problem since the enclosure is very power hungry. Connect o USB-C if possible or to a powered USB hub.

dot_1829 wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 12:15 pm

Coopervid wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 7:32 pm

dot_1829 wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:35 pm Hi everyone!

I received a Verbatim slim drive for christmas and I'm trying to understand how to use it properly with makemkv

It says that Libredrive is enabled, but disks won't read?

Here are the details. Any help would be appreciated!

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD04
Revision: 1.14
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8A10
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US04
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Most likely a power problem since the enclosure is very power hungry. Connect o USB-C if possible or to a powered USB hub.

Thanks for the help, that did the trick!!

For anyone else looking into this

I tested using a high quality USB-A to USB-C 3.1 cable
I also tested with a USB-C to USB-C 3.1 100W (overkill I know) cable

speeds were verified with USB Tree View utility

the C to C cable works perfectly for UHD discs and everything else I throw at it
the A to C cable only worked for standard blu-ray and dvd but not for UHD discs

During the initial seek (disc spin up?) the drive pulls upwards of 1.1A and then settles in at around 0.6A

pezza72 wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:30 am Hi, sorry to jump on the back of this thread but I am also having issues with my drive even seeing a 4k Ultra UHD disc. This is with the latest download of MakeMKV and others.

I can only see the model as "212-M" and can't see anything more detailed (unless of course I take the drive out of the case). If I have to then that is the case

My driver is showing as BDR.PNG

Can this be updated? Going to Pioneer site there are several 212 with different codes but none that just say 212-M.

Or is it time to buy a newer BDXL Drive

Thanks

Andrew

pezza72 wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:12 am ok, so basically no new drives will recognise or play 4k UHD even though they are described as doing so?

Is it possible to drop the firmware or flash it to a lower version so that it does read it?

Kind of crazy that drives are now effectively useless. I am guessing that this is some sort of deliberate protection, but again, what is the point of the drive being BDXL if it still will not read them.

I wanted to get this on to Plex, but even without that, if I can't play them, not sure why the discs are even produced.

I have seen some other posts about your software that can flash/downgrade? Does this include support for this drive?

Thank you

vmware-fanboy wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:19 am Hello I have just purchased Pioneer BDR-212V with drive information below.

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Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212V
Revision: 1.02
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

No disc inserted

Can someone please advise me on next steps?
Thank you very much.

xko80 wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:59 pm Hi,

Is there any way how can I read 4K movie on my drive? just message there is no disk. I have Pioneer BDR-209EBK.

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.52
Firmware date: 2019-01-11
Bus encryption flags: 13

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.52/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Thank you

Mihash02 wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:26 pm Hello,
I am newer to this and have a BDR-X13UBK. Here is the drive info from MakeMKV directly
Drive Information
OS device name: H:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-X13
Revision: 1.04
Serial number: DGDL301773UC
Firmware date: 2023-08-01
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS9400
Firmware version: ID56

Since it is revision 1.04 I wasn't sure if there was anything I could do but idealy I would like to be able to read 4k movies with it.
Thanks

mike admin wrote: Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:22 pm As many of you have noticed, Pioneer released a mass firmware update for almost all drives. The firmware date is around December 2022 and release date is around February 2023. The sole purpose of this update is to disable LibreDrive and unofficial firmware flashing tools such as DVRtool.
This will eventually be dealt with. The ETA, whether drive flashing would be required, and the flashing process are yet unknown. We are working as fast as we can.
Please do not update the the drive firmware, unless you really need to.

Firmware date: 2022-03-07