DVRTool v1.0 - firmware flashing utility for Pioneer DVR/BDR drives

[jadburner]

Napisany przez BigJoe

A BDR-XD07T i want to crossflash to BDR-XD07TUHD.

PM sent.

[Kris]

Skąd można pobrać najnowszą wersję z GUI? Mam problem z flashowaniem DVR-215D po USB. Może ten soft coś pomoże...

[czary2mary]

Napisany przez Kris

Skąd można pobrać najnowszą wersję z GUI? Mam problem z flashowaniem DVR-215D po USB. Może ten soft coś pomoże...

Napisz PW do @blackened2687 - wersja z GUI nie jest publicznie dostępna .

[hizhnjak]

Good day, guys!

I have BDR-TD05AS that doesn't read any disc (CD, DVD, or BD).
I think it can be because of firmware (now its version is 1.01), but i can't find a way to update it.
Could you give me advice what to do?

Thanks!

[DaveRiscman]

Hello. I have a Pioneer BDR-TD05 drive inside of a Logitec casing (LBD-PME6U3). Logitec offered firmware up to 1.02, which I installed over the stock 1.00.
It's able to read standard BluRay videos, but if I try to burn 128GB Quad-Layer SONY BDXL discs, it's incompatible (ImgBurn reports "Incompatible Medium Installed"). The unit has a external power as well as USB, so I thought external power would fix it, but it didn't.

I believe this issue is because of the firmware. My firmware is dated 2014, while the discs were only beginning to be manufactured in 2018. I downloaded every Logitec and Pioneer firmware available on their respective websites and parsed the firmware microcode file headers to see if there is a model with the same "Hardware Version", but there wasn't any.

I found a mysterious 2.02 firmware on Fujitsu's website for the BDR-TD0. Fujitsu is using their own firmware flasher rather than the signed Pioneer one, and it's reporting my device as incompatible, though the microcode file embed in the flasher is the same format.

My firmware:

S8211000.102
********  Copyright(c) 2000 Pioneer Corporation  ********     
This is microcode file.  
ID : PIONEER BD-RW   BDR-TD05     
Revision Level : 1.02       
Hardware Version : SAT 8211     
Kernel Version : GENERAL         
Destination : GENERAL           
File Type : Kernel       
Generated Date : 14/06/19    
Kernel Version2 : 0000 

S8211001.102
********  Copyright(c) 2000 Pioneer Corporation  ********     
This is microcode file.  
ID : PIONEER BD-RW   BDR-TD05     
Revision Level : 1.02       
Hardware Version : SAT 8211     
Kernel Version : GENERAL         
Destination : GENERAL           
File Type : Normal       
Generated Date : 14/06/19    
Kernel Version2 : 0000

Fujitsu firmware:

S8211721.202
********  Copyright(c) 2000 Pioneer Corporation  ********     
This is microcode file.  
ID : PIONEER BD-RW   BDR-TD05     
Revision Level : 2.02       
Hardware Version : SAT 8211     
Kernel Version : ID72            
Destination : ID72              
File Type : Normal       
Generated Date : 15/09/04    
Kernel Version2 : 0000

Are there any newer or alternative firmwares available for this drive that could enable 128GB quadlayer BDXL?

[misiozol]

Does it recognizes it's XL BD ?

[DaveRiscman]

Napisany przez misiozol

Does it recognizes it's XL BD ?

ImgBurn reports a "BD-RE XL" in the log but I think that might be for the drive itself. I don't have any other BDXL discs (non quadlayer 128GB) to try though, but all information online and the box seems to say the drive supports it (even 4 layer BDXL...?).
The Sony discs are model 10BNR4VAPS4 if that's of any importance.

[misiozol]

Does it see that it's BD XL, quite possible that it does not have writing strategy for this particular BD XL.

[jadburner]

Welcome to the forums, DaveRiscman. Although the BDR-TD05 is capable of writing to quad-layer discs, since it's a BDXL drive, it never received a firmware update from Pioneer to enable it. That's why it won't properly recognize your SONY-NQ1 media. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of alternate firmware for the drive that would enable QL support.

[DaveRiscman]

Napisany przez misiozol

Does it see that it's BD XL, quite possible that it does not have writing strategy for this particular BD XL.

It seems it doesn't... ImgBurn shows "Current Profile: N/A" on the sidebar, while it shows info for blank DVD-Rs and bluray movies.

Napisany przez jadburner

Welcome to the forums, DaveRiscman. Although the BDR-TD05 is capable of writing to quad-layer discs, since it's a BDXL drive, it never received a firmware update from Pioneer to enable it. That's why it won't properly recognize your SONY-NQ1 media. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of alternate firmware for the drive that would enable QL support.

Argh... that's unfortunate. Are there any alternative inexpensive (and preferably external) drives that can write to these?

[jadburner]

Napisany przez DaveRiscman

Are there any alternative inexpensive (and preferably external) drives that can write to these?

You would need a drive from the last 2-3 years with a fairly recent firmware update. Pioneer or LG drives are your best bet. Most are not inexpensive, however.

[Ragtime]

Napisany przez jadburner

Thanks to @blackened2687, I've had the opportunity to test his latest tool BDRFlash. The tool is currently at a v0.99 beta level, so it should be generally available real soon now.

One of the very useful features of the tool is the ability to crossflash between drives with similar attributes. As an example, here's the process for crossflashing a BDR-209D into a BDR-S11JBK. This allows the drive to utilize BDXL media and take advantage of new MIDs and other features of newer firmware.

Here's the device information for a BDR-209D before any crossflashing.

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As you can see, the drive lacks support for BDXL media. To begin, we start BDRFlash and select the drive to crossflash:

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The Select command menu includes options to flash firmware and put the drive in kernel mode:

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Since we want to crossflash the drive, we choose the Flash firmware option. We then need to use the file browse option to select the kernel and firmware files we want to flash to the drive. Since you need to select both files, you can use Ctrl-click to select them both.

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blackened2687 provides the firmware/kernel files in folders, in this case a folder named BDR-S11JBK_1.52_v1. Once you've selected the files to flash, click the START button. If the program's internal consistency checks are satisfied, you'll see the confirmation dialog.

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Select Yes, and a series of messages will appear as the program flashes the files. Here's one example:

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When the flashing is complete, you'll see a success message. Here's the device information for our crossflashed drive. You can see that the drive is now a BDR-S11 and has support for BDXLmedia.

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As final proof that the process worked, here's plots showing creation of a BDXL test disc and a quality scan of it.

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The process is really quite easy, and the program contains numerous checks to ensure that the drive and files to crossflash are matched.

Great job, @blackened2687!

Hello,

I'm a newbie here but I have 2 Pioneer drives (BDR-209DBK and BDR209EBK) manufactured in 2018 that I'd like to cross-flash to enable reading of BDXL and possibly rip my 4K BR with MakeMKV.
Would that be possible with BDRflash? If yes, how to get this tool and the firmwares?
Thank you in advance for your help.

PS : I also have a I-Odata slim external drive (basically a Pioneer BDR-UD02 - platform RS8410 - in USB 3.0 I-Odata enclosure) that cannot be used with MakeMKV. Any idea why?

[jadburner]

Napisany przez Ragtime

Hello,

I'm a newbie here but I have 2 Pioneer drives (BDR-209DBK and BDR209EBK) manufactured in 2018 that I'd like to cross-flash to enable reading of BDXL and possibly rip my 4K BR with MakeMKV.
Would that be possible with BDRflash? If yes, how to get this tool and the firmwares?
Thank you in advance for your help.

PS : I also have a I-Odata slim external drive (basically a Pioneer BDR-UD02 - platform RS8410 - in USB 3.0 I-Odata enclosure) that cannot be used with MakeMKV. Any idea why?

PM sent.

[gohclsin]

Napisany przez jadburner

PM sent.

Hello jadburner,

Saw your post regarding the BDRFlash.
I would like to crossflash from a BDR-212EBK (manufactured in 2019) to a BDR-S12UHT.

Would that be possible with BDRflash? If yes, how to get this tool and the firmwares?
Thank you in advance for your help.


Regards,
Goh C L

[jadburner]

Welcome to the forums, gohclsin! PM sent.