Crossflash BluRay LG\ ASUS-Asus BW-\12B1ST "a"\14D1XT\BW16D1HT-LG BH14NS40 \ BH16NS40

[NightRanger]

Napisany przez czary2mary

You can directly flash VinPower firmware via unlocked LG flesher.

thanks again for your help (you helped me via pm a couple of times at cdfreks/myce too, years ago), as i'm explaining here crossflash Asus BW-16D1HT to Vinpower WH16NS48? the patched LG flasher ("BH16NS40(1.03-A0)-patched.exe") doesn't find my asus while another flasher ("N1.03-C0_BH16NS40_150526_dev_NOBJ.exe") see it. so i'm not sure what to do (i'm on windows7 x64)

[Stingray]

is it possible to crossflash ASUS BW-16D1HT, Manufactured in 2021 with new FW 3.11 to any LG version with an ability to quality check BD records?
thank you

[czary2mary]

It is possible - first you need to upload the firmware without LibreDrive

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/view...p?f=19&t=19113

[Stingray]

Thanks, it's not every day that I flash drives, I'm afraid to turn mine into a brick. I've looked at this site several times, but I didn't get a picture of the procedure.


Is it right that the link has DE firmware for ASUS 3.1 which can be over my 3.11? I read that 3.11 can not be simply rolled back to a lower version, only with some utilities.
I don't think there are any utilities in the archive, only firmware.


What LG version should I install in the end?
I don't need anything from the video data, just a scan of the recording quality of my backups.

[czary2mary]

You need an unlocked flasher or SDFTool Flasher.
You need to upload the firmware without LibreDrive, only then you will be able to upload the firmware from VinPower.

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/view...p?f=16&t=22896

[Quintam]

Cześć, posiadam napęd ASUS BW-12B1ST FW1.03. Chciałbym tym napędem testować nagrane płyty BD-R z działającą opcją Jitter w ODC. Rozumiem, że po przeprowadzeniu Crossflash tego napędu do LiteOn iHAS324 będzie to możliwe ?

[czary2mary]

Napisany przez Quintam

Cześć, posiadam napęd ASUS BW-12B1ST FW1.03. Chciałbym tym napędem testować nagrane płyty BD-R z działającą opcją Jitter w ODC. Rozumiem, że po przeprowadzeniu Crossflash tego napędu do LiteOn iHAS324 będzie to możliwe ?

ASUS BW-12B1ST FW1.03 to klon konstrukcji LiteOn - crossflash tej kontrukcji w innym temacie
Crossflash BluRay LiteOn iHBS+OEM+klony

[JohnDoe007]

Cześć,
Na początku witam wszystkich forumowiczów.

Posiadam napęd LG BH16NS40 na który chciałbym wgrać firmware wersji VinPower LG WH16NS48DUP. Potrzebowałbym firmware (wstawione poprzednio linki wygasły) oraz flasher`a (chyba że wystarczy SDFTool Flasher z makemkv).


Dane mojego napędu:

Producent: HL-DT-ST
Produkt: BD-RE BH16NS40
Wersja: 1.00
Data firmware: 2112-10-31 19:17
Flagi szyfrowania bus: 17
Najwyższa wersja AACS: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1939
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.00
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Partial
Unrestricted read speed: Yes


Kilka postów wyżej jest informacja, że potrzeba najpierw wgrać firmware bez LibreDrive (mój ma status Enabled) aby szło załadować ten od VinPower, czy to też dotyczy mojego napędu? Z takim firmware go kupiłem, nic w nim nie grzebałem. (jeśli trzeba najpierw wgrać bez LibreDrive to również bym o taki soft poprosił).

[cederom]

I just did a successful crossflash of ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.10 to LG WH16NS60 1.03 firmware from the MakeMKV firmware package using SDFTool 1.3.6 :-)

This firmware fixes issues of ASUS stock firmware (i.e. not writing some disks, hanging the controller, etc), sleep bug, and opens door for disks not supported to write before (i.e. I could only write to RITEK/DR3 aka TDK BD-R DL 50GB on Pioneer now ASUS/LG writes too)!

SDFTool is awesome because it allows crossflashing even encrypted burners and rollback / rescue broken drives, works out of the box on 64-bit OS, supports all sorts of drives.. and is not detected as malware unlike most other tools ;-)

After flashing power off / on is required, then old ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.10 reports as HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH16NS60 1.03 :-)


Used info from this post Flash WH16NS58 to Enable UHD Disc Quality Scanning.

DOWNLOADS:
1. MakeMKV Firmware Pack: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/view...p?f=19&t=19113.
2. SDFTool Flasher: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/view...p?f=16&t=22896.

Big Thank You @jadburner and @czary2mary !! Good to see someone still cares about CeDeROMs

% cdrecord dev=9,0,0 -prcap
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 3.02 2024/03/18 (amd64-unknown-freebsd14.3) Copyright (C) 1995-2019 Joerg Schilling
scsidev: '9,0,0'
scsibus: 9 target: 0 lun: 0
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST'
Identifikation : 'BD-RE WH16NS60 '
Revision : '1.03'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:

Does read CD-R media
Does write CD-R media
Does read CD-RW media
Does write CD-RW media
Does read DVD-ROM media
Does read DVD-R media
Does write DVD-R media
Does read DVD-RAM media
Does write DVD-RAM media
Does support test writing

Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
Does read digital audio blocks
Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
Does read multi-session CDs
Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
Does not read CD bar code
Does read R-W subcode information
Does not return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
Does return CD media catalog number
Does return CD ISRC information
Does support C2 error pointers
Does not deliver composite A/V data

Does play audio CDs
Number of volume control levels: 256
Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
Does support independent mute setting for each channel
Does not support digital output on port 1
Does not support digital output on port 2

Loading mechanism type: tray
Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
Is not currently in a media-locked state
Does not support changing side of disk
Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
Does not support Individual Disk Present feature

Maximum read speed: 35968 kB/s (CD 204x, DVD 25x, BD 8x)
Current read speed: 35968 kB/s (CD 204x, DVD 25x, BD 8x)
Maximum write speed: 0 kB/s (CD 0x, DVD 0x, BD 0x)
Current write speed: 26976 kB/s (CD 153x, DVD 19x, BD 6x)
Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
Buffer size in KB: 4064
Copy management revision supported: 1
Number of supported write speeds: 3
Write speed # 0: 26976 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 153x, DVD 19x, BD 6x)
Write speed # 1: 17984 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 102x, DVD 12x, BD 4x)
Write speed # 2: 8992 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 51x, DVD 6x, BD 2x)

Current performance according to MMC get performance:

Maximum performance according to MMC get performance:
End LBA: 24307711
Read Speed: 35968 == 8x BD
Write Speed: 26976 == 6x BD

End LBA: 24307711
Read Speed: 35968 == 8x BD
Write Speed: 17984 == 4x BD

End LBA: 24307711
Read Speed: 35968 == 8x BD
Write Speed: 8992 == 2x BD


Supported CD-RW media types according to MMC-4 feature 0x37:
Does write multi speed CD-RW media
Does write high speed CD-RW media
Does write ultra high speed CD-RW media
Does write ultra high speed+ CD-RW media

Supported profiles according to MMC-4 feature list:
Current: BD-ROM
Profile: BD-RE
Profile: BD-R random recording
Profile: BD-R sequential recording
Profile: BD-ROM (current)
Profile: DVD+R/DL
Profile: DVD+R
Profile: DVD+RW
Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording
Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite
Profile: DVD-RAM
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording
Profile: DVD-ROM
Profile: CD-RW
Profile: CD-R
Profile: CD-ROM
Profile: Removable Disk

Supported features according to MMC-4 feature list:
Feature: 'Profile List' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Core' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Morphing' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Removable Medium' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Write Protect'
Feature: 'Random Readable' (current)
Feature: 'Multi Read'
Feature: 'CD Read'
Feature: 'DVD Read'
Feature: 'Random Writable'
Feature: 'Incremental Streaming Writable'
Feature: 'Formattable'
Feature: 'Defect Management' (current)
Feature: 'Restricted Overwrite'
Feature: 'CD-RW CAV Write'
Feature: 'DVD+RW'
Feature: 'DVD+R'
Feature: 'Rigid Restricted Overwrite'
Feature: 'CD Track at Once'
Feature: 'CD Mastering'
Feature: 'DVD-R/-RW Write'
Feature: 'Layer Jump Recording'
Feature: 'CD-RW Write'
Feature: 'BD-R Pseudo-Overwrite (POW)'
Feature: 'DVD+R/DL Read'
Feature: 'BD Read' (current)
Feature: 'BD Write'
Feature: 'Hybrid Disk Read'
Feature: 'Power Management' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'S.M.A.R.T.'
Feature: 'CD Audio analog play'
Feature: 'Microcode Upgrade'
Feature: 'Time-out' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'DVD-CSS'
Feature: 'Real Time Streaming' (current)
Feature: 'Logical Unit Serial Number' (current) (persistent) Serial: 'KLZJ8HF3031 '
Feature: 'Media Serial Number'
Feature: 'Disk Control Blocks'
Feature: 'Microcode Information' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'AACS' (current)
Feature: 0x010F

[Oinker]

Ok, following the instructions above I flashed my ASUS BW-16D1HT from encrypted 3.11 to ASUS 3.10MK, then the WH16NS60 1.03MK firmware, and from that I went to the WH16NS58 1.V5 firmware. But with the 1.V5 firmware the drive wouldn't write to BD-Rs anymore, I always get a write error. I was able to write a BD-RE with 1.V5 though. Then I went back to the WH16NS60 1.03MK firmware, and it writes again as normal, thus this doesn't seem to be the issue mentioned on the MakeMKV forum, that after crossflashing ASUS writers to LG firmware (or vice versa) it could be to be unable to write at all, but here the crossflashing to LG 1.03MK firmware doesn't seem to cause any such issue, thus there seems to be something wrong with the 1.V5 firmware from the MakeMKV firmware package?

[Coopervid]

Napisany przez Oinker

Ok, following the instructions above I flashed my ASUS BW-16D1HT from encrypted 3.11 to ASUS 3.10MK, then the WH16NS60 1.03MK firmware, and from that I went to the WH16NS58 1.V5 firmware. But with the 1.V5 firmware the drive wouldn't write to BD-Rs anymore, I always get a write error. I was able to write a BD-RE with 1.V5 though. Then I went back to the WH16NS60 1.03MK firmware, and it writes again as normal, thus this doesn't seem to be the issue mentioned on the MakeMKV forum, that after crossflashing ASUS writers to LG firmware (or vice versa) it could be to be unable to write at all, but here the crossflashing to LG 1.03MK firmware doesn't seem to cause any such issue, thus there seems to be something wrong with the 1.V5 firmware from the MakeMKV firmware package?

This is normal behavior. The WH16NS58 firmware just supports less media codes compared to standard LG firmware. This firmware should just be used to do disc quality scans and ideally you should only burn using a Pioneer drive and not an ASUS or LG.

[Oinker]

Napisany przez Coopervid

This is normal behavior. The WH16NS58 firmware just supports less media codes compared to standard LG firmware. This firmware should just be used to do disc quality scans and ideally you should only burn using a Pioneer drive and not an ASUS or LG.

Ah, ok, thanks. Good to know. Would be good if there'd be any note regarding that coming with that firmware, or did I miss that info somehow?
Kinda surprises me though, I used CMCMAGBA5 media, i.e. what I thought to be pretty common media, and it gave me a write error. I just wanted to know if the ASUS writers I bought aren't defect, thus I wanted to do a test burn, which I did with the LG firmware then.
Which leads me to another question, is there a supported media list for LG drives available anywhere? I got those lists for all Pioneer drives I have, but I couldn't find anything from LG.

[czary2mary]

Napisany przez Oinker

Ah, ok, thanks. Good to know. Would be good if there'd be any note regarding that coming with that firmware, or did I miss that info somehow?
Kinda surprises me though, I used CMCMAGBA5 media, i.e. what I thought to be pretty common media, and it gave me a write error. I just wanted to know if the ASUS writers I bought aren't defect, thus I wanted to do a test burn, which I did with the LG firmware then.
Which leads me to another question, is there a supported media list for LG drives available anywhere? I got those lists for all Pioneer drives I have, but I couldn't find anything from LG.

All you need is a diagnostic/test program. It will show you what write strategies the drive has.
If I remember correctly, the VinPower drive firmware has write strategies for CMC MAG BA5 media, as seen in the screenshot from VinPower's PlexTool.

It's important to remember that the firmware for these drives is designed to work with duplicators, recorders, and other specialized VinPower devices.

Especially on new systems/hardware, there can be various surprises...

The firmware for version 1.V1 was developed by Jadburner/Blackened2687 and myself and is 1000% correct. I don't remember who developed version 1.V5; I don't know if it's ours.

[Coopervid]

Napisany przez czary2mary

All you need is a diagnostic/test program. It will show you what write strategies the drive has.
If I remember correctly, the VinPower drive firmware has write strategies for CMC MAG BA5 media, as seen in the screenshot from VinPower's PlexTool.

It's important to remember that the firmware for these drives is designed to work with duplicators, recorders, and other specialized VinPower devices.

Especially on new systems/hardware, there can be various surprises...

The firmware for version 1.V1 was developed by Jadburner/Blackened2687 and myself and is 1000% correct. I don't remember who developed version 1.V5; I don't know if it's ours.

Załącznik 216901

If I remember correctly 1.V1 is for the MT1939 chipset while 1.V5 is for MT1959. So it shouldn't be used on a MT1959 drive because it could brick it. 1.V5 was taken from Mike's MK firmware collection in the Makemkv forum and also makes the drive UHD capable. I don't know anything about it's origin.
It's also always good pratice to reboot the PC after a flash. Try this and then try again to burn a disc with 1.V5. And use Vinpowers VPTools to check the disc as it was suggested above.

[Stingray]

Napisany przez Oinker

the drive wouldn't write to BD-Rs

So far, I've done three successful cross-flashes. But my goal was Q scanning BD-R|RE, I also checked recording, but reading UHD isn't important to me.
In all three cases, after the first installation of firmware 1.v5, the drive had problems with BD-R/RE. I simply did another reflash of 1.v5 Mk - no MK, 1.v5 no MK - 1.v5 MK or 1.v5 ->1.v7. After that, there were no problems with MID that you mentioned. But remember, ASUS 3.11fw has more options for writing at high speeds for your MID code than Vinpower fw.
a screen below -I performed multisession recording and you can see all available speed options for MID: CMCMAG-BA5. This MID code varies greatly in quality.