Congratulations on the successful crossflash, zuzuzuzu. :spoko: We're glad we could help.

Successfully cross-flashed BD-RW BDR-212V to BD-RW BDR-S12UHT thanks to jadburner. Now I can write our family album to BDXL M-Disk. Thank you very much jadburner!

Yes, I did receive your PM and replied. Happy crossflashing!

Thank you for the message. I've already replied but not sure whether my PM has been sent or not because I can't see it in the list. Please let me know. Thanks!

zuzuzuzu - Please check your messages.

Thank you very much for your kind attention. Unfortunately I was not able to PM, so I posted here. My drive has vinpower specific firmware version 1.02 according to their specification. Here is the DVRTool log:
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Device: \\.\D:

Drive Information:

Model Name : PIONEER BD-RW BDR-212V
Firmware Rev : 1.02
Extra Info : 22/05/31
Serial Number : AFDL014703WL
Buffer Size : 4000 kiB

Additional Drive Information:

Label Code : ----
Hardware Rev : SAT 8F00
Kernel Type : ID06
Firmware Type : ID06
Kernel Version : 0000

Drive is in normal mode.

Firmware flashing support : NO
Firmware dumping support : NO

Drive Capabilities:

CD-ROM : R BD-ROM : R
CD-R : R/W BD-R : R/W
CD-RW : R/W BD-R XL : -
DVD-ROM : R BD-RE : R/W
DVD-R : R/W BD-RE XL : -
DVD-R DL : R/W HD DVD-ROM : -
DVD-RW : R/W HD DVD-R : -
DVD+R : R/W HD DVD-R DL : -
DVD+R DL : R/W HD DVD-RW : -
DVD+RW : R/W LabelFlash : NO
DVD-RAM : R LightScribe : NO

Drive Region Settings:

RPC Scheme : RPC-2
Current Region : 0
Changes Left : 5 (available to user)
Resets Left : 4 (available only to vendor)
Region State : Region is not set

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Welcome to the forums, zuzuzuzu! We're glad you found this site and hope you find it useful.

The BDR-212V only reads/writes to BD-R SL and DL discs. It does not recognize BDXL (triple layer, quad layer) media.

I've sent you a PM to follow up on crossflashing your drive.

You're correct, it is definitely not recommended to upgrade the firmware on your Pioneer drive to any firmware dated December 2022 or later. Otherwise you will prevent downgrading or crossflashing that drive.

Pioneer lists a whole bunch of new firmwares now all the way down to the 208 series, I assume they all implement the new protections against downgrading and crossflashing, i.e. it's not recommended to flash any of them atm? They also list a whole bunch of new 213 series drives, e.g. a 213EBK, seems the 213 series is finally coming to Europe.

Hello everyone! I'm new on this forum and I'm really happy that found it. I have BDR-212V and bought it to write on 100Gb millennium disk. Unfortunately it can not recognize Verbatime M-Disk. I have no other brand disk to check whether my drive can recognize it. I wonder if is it possible to cross-flash my Pioneer to some other BDR-212 or whatsoever to do my job done. Any help highly appreciated.

Welcomer to the forums, xenon2! PM sent.

Hi I would like also to cross-flash my drive to support pure audio features (if possible).

My drive is:
BDR-212M 1.04v 22/12/20

I'm not sure what is recommended firmware for that, would be grateful for any information.

Welcome to the forums, daleski! PM sent.

Hi Everyone I am so glad I have found this website, I won't be getting much sleep! I have managed to source a pioneer 212EBK and would like to cross flash, can someone please point me in the right direction for the BDR Flasher tool? Thanks

Welcome to the forums, MeisterProper! PM sent.