Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

[Billycar11]

I have a WP50NB40 svc NB52 that I am trying to flash using a Mac. From what I understand I need to follow this path for flashing


however when I click the link it says "The selected attachment does not exist anymore." and in the all you need firmware pack it only has BP60NB10-1.02. Has it been moved somewhere and I am just missing it? Thanks

Follow the boot code recovery section for nb52

When following that guide do I still need to include the -f path/to/sdf.bin from the other Mac commands or is that not needed with the boot code recovery method? It wasn’t in the windows commands but just wanted to make sure it wasn’t a platform difference as I was translating the commands.

Also thanks to both of you!

that may be needed on mac

[yuppie]

If anyone can point me to a good driver to buy, let me know. My main requirement is that it's external and has a USB connector.

[fullrecovery]

Another newbie here looking to flash my drive for uhds. I already downloaded makemkv, sdftool flasher and the all you need firmware files. Just need some guidance of which firmware to flash it to. New to this, thanks.

Buffalo BRXL-16U3 external

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 8.53
Serial number: houdini
Firmware date: 2019-03-07
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 12

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 8.53/ID52
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[Coopervid]

Another newbie here looking to flash my drive for uhds. I already downloaded makemkv, sdftool flasher and the all you need firmware files. Just need some guidance of which firmware to flash it to. New to this, thanks.

Buffalo BRXL-16U3 external

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 8.53
Serial number: houdini
Firmware date: 2019-03-07
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 12

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 8.53/ID52
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

PM sent.

[fullrecovery]

PM sent.

Thank you! Ripping The Matrix 4k right now. Seamless.

[Billycar11]

Another newbie here looking to flash my drive for uhds. I already downloaded makemkv, sdftool flasher and the all you need firmware files. Just need some guidance of which firmware to flash it to. New to this, thanks.

Buffalo BRXL-16U3 external

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 8.53
Serial number: houdini
Firmware date: 2019-03-07
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 12

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 8.53/ID52
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

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[nurmdog]

I just bought an Asus BC‑12D2HT "New" from Taiwan. It works great on Linux with BR and DVD, but not UHD. In Windows it has the same results, no UHD support. I read this guide but I am unsure on what flashing to do to get UHD support.

Revision: 1.0
Drive Platform: MT 1939
Firmware Version: 1.0

Advice?

[Sayaka]

Drives with the MT1939 platform will never be able to read UHD discs.

[MartyMcNuts]

I just bought an Asus BC‑12D2HT "New" from Taiwan. It works great on Linux with BR and DVD, but not UHD. In Windows it has the same results, no UHD support. I read this guide but I am unsure on what flashing to do to get UHD support.

Revision: 1.0
Drive Platform: MT 1939
Firmware Version: 1.0

Advice?

That aint' new!! The MT1939 drive platform was prior to 2015 so it is 11+ years old. The advice is to return it!!