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ShootTheCore wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:04 am I have a newly-purchased Buffalo BRUHD-PU3-BK external Blu-Ray drive that I'm trying to flash new firmware on so I can rip UHD's. MakeMKV is installed in the default location, but when I select the drive in SDFtool Flasher, I get a "Input String was not in a correct format" error. Any suggestions on how I should proceed? I don't want to do something wrong and brick my drive.

Screenshot of the error message and the current drive info from MakeMKV here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13pnC6R ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13th3EN ... sp=sharing

Thank you!

ShootTheCore wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:10 am Version 1.3.5 worked perfectly and now my drive is flashed with BU40N 1.03-MK and MakeMKV is ripping UHDs properly. Thanks for turning around the fixed version so quickly.

Is there a benefit to flashing the drive from 1.03-MK to BU10 or another firmware? I searched around the forum but couldn't find any information on benefits that other firmware versions would bring to this drive other than compatibility with movie playback software programs. I'm not planning on doing anything else with this drive except for ripping discs with MakeMKV.

For the moment, to flash the BP50NB40 SVC:NB52, using the latest SDFtool Flasher, follw the steps below:

mnoah66 wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:49 pm

For the moment, to flash the BP50NB40 SVC:NB52, using the latest SDFtool Flasher, follw the steps below:

Is this relevant or did this only apply to the update listed right above it? Just bought an LG BP50NB40 with SVC NB52 so digging through lots of documentation before I start.

semi_56 wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 4:19 pm ...
I successfully cross flashed my BP55EB40 to BP60NB10 using HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP60NB10-1.02-NM00800-212005070935.bin from latest custom firmware pack.

I have another question: should I still reflash drive with BP60NB10 1.00 MK hybrid firmware as I've seen it is widely recommended or should I stay on BP60NB10-1.02-NM00800-212005070935.bin which I already flashed. I don't have any UHD discs yet to test.

MartyMcNuts wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 8:02 pm

ShootTheCore wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:10 am Version 1.3.5 worked perfectly and now my drive is flashed with BU40N 1.03-MK and MakeMKV is ripping UHDs properly. Thanks for turning around the fixed version so quickly.

Is there a benefit to flashing the drive from 1.03-MK to BU10 or another firmware? I searched around the forum but couldn't find any information on benefits that other firmware versions would bring to this drive other than compatibility with movie playback software programs. I'm not planning on doing anything else with this drive except for ripping discs with MakeMKV.

If you are only ripping with MakeMKV there is no benefit in flashing another firmware. Stick with 1.03-MK.

semi_56 wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 4:19 pm Nevermind below, apparently I'm unable to read and I had to use RECOVERY option with SDFtool
I successfully cross flashed my BP55EB40 to BP60NB10 using HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP60NB10-1.02-NM00800-212005070935.bin from latest custom firmware pack.

I have another question: should I still reflash drive with BP60NB10 1.00 MK hybrid firmware as I've seen it is widely recommended or should I stay on BP60NB10-1.02-NM00800-212005070935.bin which I already flashed. I don't have any UHD discs yet to test.


I'm trying to cross flash my BP55EB40 to BP60NB10 for UHD support, but I'm not sure where I go wrong.
I successfully flashed my drive with HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP55EB40-NB50-1.03-N000800-212005070924.bin, but I cannot flash BP60NB10 firmware as it was mentioned here.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22896&p=125362&hil ... 40#p125362
SDFtool confirms successful flash, but drive still reports itself as BP55EB40 and nothing seems to be changed.
Drive full model is BP55EB40 with SVC code EB52

MartyMcNuts wrote: Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:14 pm Stay on 1.02-MK.

MeyroNW wrote: Thu Jan 05, 2023 2:59 pm This looks like the right tool for me, however, I can't flash my drive. The error message is that I don't have the right platform (MT1959). When I check the platform with MakeMKV, it tells me that the platform is MT1959. Any idea what the mistake could be?
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