Re: (Asmcom:) Pioneer UHD 4K Drives, MakeMKV Discounted Software £39. Currently at ~100USD on Amazon, it is the cheapest Pre Flashed Pioneer BDR-S13U-X SATA 5. As many of you have noticed, Pioneer released a mass firmware update for almost all drives. The recommended drives are Pioneer's they are much better than Asus and LG but sadly they cant be crossflashed currently except from sellers. Both the 43888 and the 43890 now come with LG Hello. 99, Worldwide Service, Excellent Service!!! by kaysee » Fri Dec 26, 2025 7:05 pm IOW, "don't use up Re: Pioneer BDR-X12 Flashed with Success!! by Yethidran » Fri Dec 27, 2024 1:47 am My windows 11 desktop tower casing with 4 Pioneer Libre enabled drives. Reopen under new control. Pre Flashed Pioneer BDR-X13U-S 5. Will all the Pioneer external blu-ray drives work with MakeMKV? Specifically, will the This is a custom firmware made by MakeMKV team. Pioneer's firmware situation means buying a drive from a seller in your region. 12 votes, 10 comments. Talk about all things related to MakeMKV I just wanted to note that there does not appear to be anymore Verbatims in stores or on Amazon that contain Pioneer drives inside. Plus 2 Slim Verbatim Pioneer appears to have recognised the value of these drives and, unfortunately, raised their prices dramatically. Can this Pioneer drive rip UHDs or do I need to flash it? It's fine as is. 00 Serial number: redacted I have Pioneer BDR-208D (manufactured in January 2013), this is the drive info from MakeMKV: Drive Information OS device name: D: Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW Pre Flashed Pioneer BDR-S13U-X SATA 5. Pre Flashed Pioneer MakeMKV, LibreDrive and the Verbatim 43888 are a nice combination when you want to digitalize your UHD BluRay collection. Unless you have a strong I have created a windows GUI for the MakeMKV sdftool command line flasher. Software These three titles will get you a long way. 25" drives. Consider yourself Video about how to use MakeMKV with the new pioneer drives to open UHD 4K disks without errors, flashing, or having to find and assemble libraries of files i 119 Topics 4841 Posts Last post Re: (Asmcom:) Pioneer UHD 4K by micael456 Tue Dec 30, 2025 9:20 pm by Lokin » Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:54 pm I am also looking for a reliable external blu-ray drive that works with MakeMKV. 79 flashed tested and shipped Works with MakeMKV for UHD. 25 USB $347. 62 Code: Select all OS device name: \Device\CdRom0 Current profile: BD-ROM Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-XS07U Revision: 1. You can rip UHD or play it directly from disc. 2K subscribers in the makemkv community. Due to this, we strongly Pioneer drives are generally more reliable than other brands of drives. The slightly longer answer is after . 9. 0 MakeMKV can read UHD discs using any BDXL-compatible LibreDrive drive - that includes most "official" MakeMKV should work with most Pioneer drives in LibreDrive mode. MakeMKV with AnyDVD HD managed to work with Pioneer drives. All drives starting from BDR-208 should be (eventually) supported, including rebranded Talk about all things related to MakeMKV. Do not touch the firmware at all. All of these drives will need to be Video about how to use MakeMKV with the new pioneer drives to open UHD 4K disks without errors, flashing, or having to find and assemble libraries of files in order to make the program function. I also have a Pioneer BDR-213/2213 on order with hopes of building a desktop loaded with 5. The only one you must Update: Starting from version 1. 25 SATA $409. MK firmware is a patched official firmware image, with changes as minimal as possible, only to enable LibreDrive support. The firmware date is around December 2022 and release date is around February 2023. What's your move, DVDFab? Now that Pioneer drives can be use plug-n-play with MakeMKV to rip 4k blu-ray I am wondering if I should buy this Verbatim Slim Drive 43888. 14. The appearance (and use) is similar to the modifed ASUS flasher, which should make it a bit easier for Pioneer firmware update February 2023 The short answer is return that drive and buy one with the old firmware from a seller in your region.
