trippycat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:23 pm
PrimoAngelo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:27 am
I have an LG BE16NU50 and LG BH16NS55 drives. Thanks to this guide I have succesfully flash a DE firmware and I can rip 4K and burn blank media.
Is it possible to crossflash these drives to enable scanning of burned bluray? (Qpxtools or Opti Drive Control).
Could this change possibly break the possibility of burning new discs?
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I ordered a BH16NS55 today, I'll flash it to BH16NS55-MK (as it'll probably come with the 1.04 firmware version with downgrade protection), then crossflash it to WH16NS58-1.V5-MK. I'll cross fingers and report whether it works here.
If it doesn't, well, we're probably out of luck (and I've been looking into this topic for a bunch of hours).
Alright, answering to myself: it works!
I received my BH16NS55 today, with fw 1.04 as expected. I flashed 1.04-MK over it, successfully, then crossflashed WH16NS58-1.V5-MK. I can now successfully scan BD-R discs!
Here is a scan at normal (max) speed:
- bdr-scan-12x.png (84.4 KiB) Viewed 16294 times
A scan at low speed (2x):
- bdr_scan_2x.png (82.94 KiB) Viewed 16294 times
And a scan of a (badly) damaged disc:
- bdr_bad_scan.png (81.24 KiB) Viewed 16294 times
Note that as a cool bonus feature, it does also support DVD quality scanning (PIE/PIF/POF).
Of course, it also happens to be a LibreDrive, which may come out handy at some point
Clearly, it's the perfect drive for me!