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

[BigJoe]

Napisany przez jadburner

Welcome to the forums, BigJoe!

What drives are you trying to crossflash to/from?

Hello jadburner,

Thank you.

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[jadburner]

Welcome to the forums, gohclsin! PM sent.

[jadburner]

The BDR-212V can be crossflashed to a BDR-212UHBK, BDR-S12UHT, or BDR-212ULBK (among others) to enable BDXL writing and UHD ripping with appropriate software. Below are writing and ripping results after a BDR-212V to BDR-212UHBK crossflash. Rips were performed using AnyDVD and MakeMKV on two differently sized UHD discs.

CreateDisc_4x.jpg

TRT_4x.jpg

DQ_VPTools_4x_WH16NS58DUP.jpg

Successful-Rip_Shawshank-Redemption_AnyDVD.png

Successful-Rip_Shawshank-Redemption_MakeMKV.png

Successful-Rip_Forrest-Gump_AnyDVD.png

Successful-Rip_Forrest-Gump_MakeMKV.png

[Oinker]

Isn't the 212V a supposedly modified 212D? Nice to turn that into a UHD supporting writer.