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sikk788 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:51 pm

asmcom wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:36 am

We have posted on MakeMKV about the issues with the BDR-UD04 and links to other forums with very poor reviews. Please see the links below.

If you are looking for playback, this drive is out as it freezes repeatedly.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=33094
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=30198&start=45

The Pioneer drives we sell have proven exceptionally reliable in our lineup, except for the BDR-UD04, which is designed for enterprise entry-level budget usage.

Please see our seller page on this forum.

viewtopic.php?t=19387

Asmcom

I'm confused, in your seller page you are selling BDR-UD04 saying it's UHD friendly, here you are saying it freezes repeatedly. In either case, I'm not looking for playback, I'm looking for ripping with MakeMKV only, does that change around the odds? Am I correct in that ripping is reliable with BDR-UD04 but playback is not?

I read the following on reddit, is there any truth to the below in italics?

The European versions have a Pioneer BDR-UD04 drive inside that has Firmware 1.14. The US version is Verbatim 43890 and Verbatim 43889 that has a Pioneer BDR-UD03 drive that is not LibreDrive and cannot be used to rip 4K UHD discs yet and firmware to flash UD03 to UD04 is not available publicly. The European version Verbatim 43888 just works right out of the box without any firmware flashing.

It was written 2 months ago, many thanks!

MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:56 pm

Correct. The 43888 is fine for ripping UHD discs.

sikk788 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:51 pm

asmcom wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:36 am

We have posted on MakeMKV about the issues with the BDR-UD04 and links to other forums with very poor reviews. Please see the links below.

If you are looking for playback, this drive is out as it freezes repeatedly.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=33094
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=30198&start=45

The Pioneer drives we sell have proven exceptionally reliable in our lineup, except for the BDR-UD04, which is designed for enterprise entry-level budget usage.

Please see our seller page on this forum.

viewtopic.php?t=19387

Asmcom

I'm confused, in your seller page you are selling BDR-UD04 saying it's UHD friendly, here you are saying it freezes repeatedly. In either case, I'm not looking for playback, I'm looking for ripping with MakeMKV only, does that change around the odds? Am I correct in that ripping is reliable with BDR-UD04 but playback is not?

I read the following on reddit, is there any truth to the below in italics?

The European versions have a Pioneer BDR-UD04 drive inside that has Firmware 1.14. The US version is Verbatim 43890 and Verbatim 43889 that has a Pioneer BDR-UD03 drive that is not LibreDrive and cannot be used to rip 4K UHD discs yet and firmware to flash UD03 to UD04 is not available publicly. The European version Verbatim 43888 just works right out of the box without any firmware flashing.

It was written 2 months ago, many thanks!

asmcom wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:33 am

sikk788 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:51 pm

asmcom wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:36 am

We have posted on MakeMKV about the issues with the BDR-UD04 and links to other forums with very poor reviews. Please see the links below.

If you are looking for playback, this drive is out as it freezes repeatedly.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=33094
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=30198&start=45

The Pioneer drives we sell have proven exceptionally reliable in our lineup, except for the BDR-UD04, which is designed for enterprise entry-level budget usage.

Please see our seller page on this forum.

viewtopic.php?t=19387

Asmcom

I'm confused, in your seller page you are selling BDR-UD04 saying it's UHD friendly, here you are saying it freezes repeatedly. In either case, I'm not looking for playback, I'm looking for ripping with MakeMKV only, does that change around the odds? Am I correct in that ripping is reliable with BDR-UD04 but playback is not?

I read the following on reddit, is there any truth to the below in italics?

The European versions have a Pioneer BDR-UD04 drive inside that has Firmware 1.14. The US version is Verbatim 43890 and Verbatim 43889 that has a Pioneer BDR-UD03 drive that is not LibreDrive and cannot be used to rip 4K UHD discs yet and firmware to flash UD03 to UD04 is not available publicly. The European version Verbatim 43888 just works right out of the box without any firmware flashing.

It was written 2 months ago, many thanks!

We suggest you do some reading on the forum, then you won't be confused.

Just to clarify: The drives that have been returned faulty by customers are all unable to read Blu-ray discs, most of them the laser has failed.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=33094

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=30198&start=45

We have had 23 faulty drives returned in 9 months period. Compared to one Pioneer retail drive. We find this particular model to be our least reliable drive.

Please ensure you read the links on the DBPOWERAMP forum about the reliability problems of this drive.

Asmcom

Tom886 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:27 am

miba78 wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 04, 2023 8:22 pm

Hi Tom886,
which tool did you use to flash the BDR-209EBK to BDR-211, please?
Thanks

Sorry, I was absent for a few days, so didn't see your message.
I believe you got help already, and I have to admit, I am not sure whether it is allowed to share links to another forum.
But I can tell you, it's available on a Polish forum, however, not public.

Cheers
Tom

torque-wrench wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:34 pm

Tom886 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:27 am

miba78 wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 04, 2023 8:22 pm

Hi Tom886,
which tool did you use to flash the BDR-209EBK to BDR-211, please?
Thanks

Sorry, I was absent for a few days, so didn't see your message.
I believe you got help already, and I have to admit, I am not sure whether it is allowed to share links to another forum.
But I can tell you, it's available on a Polish forum, however, not public.

Cheers
Tom

Hi Tom886,

i also own a BDR-209EBK and want to crossflash to BDR-211.
Can you please tell how do you have done this ?

Sorry for writing here, but i can not wirte PM´s yet.

Best Regards

tspan09 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:51 am

I have a PIONEER BD-RW BDR-S13U running firmware version 1.05. Is there any hope of flashing this drive so that it will work with MakeMKV? I'm running on MacOS.

Error: LibreDrive compatible drive is required to open this disc - video can't be decrypted.
Failed to open disc

bmcampjr wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:50 am

I have a Pioneer BDR-XD08UMB-S that has yet to read a 4K disk.
It has V1.02 Rom

bmcampjr wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:50 am

I have a Pioneer BDR-XD08UMB-S that has yet to read a 4K disk.
It has V1.02 Rom

bmcampjr wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:37 am

Should I upgrade to 1.03?