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Omnidrive Compatibility ?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2026 6:46 pm
by Krawk
Has anyone tried the Omnidrive Firmware and does it remain compatible with Libre Drive?
Info about Omnidrive here...
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026 ... -ray-drive
Re: Omnidrive Compatibility ?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2026 8:33 pm
by OneDay
I'm going to say it's a rip off of what we can already do here.
Re: Omnidrive Compatibility ?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2026 10:37 pm
by blind-s33r
Tried on multiple bu40n's and bp50nb40 and works fine.
OneDay wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 8:33 pm
I'm going to say it's a rip off of what we can already do here.
I'd love to see makemkv open up libredrive so we could do more with it, but how is it a rip off as I see no way of dumping gamecube, wii or xbox games currently with libredrive?
Re: Omnidrive Compatibility ?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 11:58 am
by Mr. Red
Works on my BU40N without any problems so far. Libredrive is still enabled.
OneDay wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 8:33 pm
I'm going to say it's a rip off of what we can already do here.
It's not a rip off. More an extension to the existing firmware that enables additional read modes to allow ripping of certain game discs:
https://github.com/ribshark/omnidrive
Re: Omnidrive Compatibility ?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 7:22 pm
by OneDay
My bad, I only saw the part where he used the sdftool flasher to flash the drives and I was like what a rip off. I watched the whole video and realized I missed the the extra flashing to enable omni.
Re: Omnidrive Compatibility ?
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2026 9:10 am
by katana!
blind-s33r wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 10:37 pm
Tried on multiple bu40n's and bp50nb40 and works fine.
OneDay wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 8:33 pm
I'm going to say it's a rip off of what we can already do here.
I'd love to see makemkv open up libredrive so we could do more with it, but how is it a rip off as I see no way of dumping gamecube, wii or xbox games currently with libredrive?
How did you manage to flash the BU40N drive using OmniDrive? I ordered it for games preservation.
As mentioned in my post, MakeMKV doesn't detect any LibreDrive information or the drive platform. SDFTool Flasher also shows no MT1959.
viewtopic.php?p=200863#p200863
Perhaps it's due to my external enclosure, the Delock 42603.
Re: Omnidrive Compatibility ?
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2026 5:36 pm
by katana!
I can confirm: It’s the Delock 42603 enclosure's fault. See another post of mine.
After connecting the BENFEI USB 3.0 to SATA adapter—along with its included 12V/2A power adapter and the CY Slimline SATA (7+6/13-pin) optical drive to SATA (7+15/22-pin) adapter—to my MacBook, MakeMKV now recognizes the drive platform "MT1959" and reports the LibreDrive status as "Possible, not yet enabled."
The 12V power adapter is not needed. Also I was able to test it on the DeskMini A300 as well. It works perfectly now, just like on the MacBook, and is correctly recognized.