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Yes, I know macOS is not as well supported as, say, Windows. No, I am not afraid of using bash. I've searched and searched, attempted, adapted, cussed, searched more, and now I'm kinda stuck.

I'm using macOS Mojave 10.14.6, on a 2019 iMac. The drive is a recently purchased Archgon MD-8107-U3 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008M ... UTF8&psc=1). MakeMKV will work with the drive reading older BR discs, but newer discs I've tried have all failed.

MakeMKV 1.15.0
I downloaded mk-firmware-pack-20200214.

After putting a disc in the drive I found that it mounts on /dev/rdisk3, so the command line goes like so Righto. Pop the disc out.
So, i can't flash while the drive has a disc, but the second the disk is ejected the drive is no longer mounted.

Any help would be appreciated.

thx

mac is dumb lol

The firmware flashers are windows based

The flashing tool built into MakeMKV is not limited to Windows.

SamuriHL wrote:The flashing tool built into MakeMKV is not limited to Windows.

Was not aware makemkv had a flashing tool

That's what they're trying to use on Mac.

See here for details:

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 19&t=21278

Great to know MakeMKV has a built-in flashing tool. This app keeps getting better and better.

Hi everyone,

I followed several forum posts yesterday on MacOS 10.15.4 to get the sdftool working.

The final problem with flashing I have not found a way to overcome:

the drive is /dev/rdisk4 as long as a medium is in the drive. As soon as it is ejected the device file "/dev/rdisk4" no longer exists.

Flashing requires the medium to be ejected. I can still --list the drive, but not rawflash it.

Has anyone been successful to flash on MacOS and if so, how did you solve the drive specification problem?

Cheers,
bilbo_b

No one has solved that issue yet that I'm aware of. Mac is... not friendly. Lol you may have to find an alternative flashing method.

Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

Succesfully flashed a BH16NS55 v1.03 to v1.04 via an USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge on a Mac mini running Mac OS 10.10.5 with makemkvcon 1.15.1.
Used "HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BH16NS55-1.04-NM01701-211901041342.bin" from mk-firmware-pack-20200415 and the sdf.bin from _private_data.tar.

List the drive:

makemkvcon f -l

Found 1 drives(s)
00: IOBDServices:b3e6d70b0c5a731b:HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS55 1.03

Flash the drive:

sudo makemkvcon f -d 'IOBDServices:b3e6d70b0c5a731b:HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS55 1.03' -f sdf_0000006d.bin rawflash main -i HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BH16NS55-1.04-NM01701-211901041342.bin

I'm not a Mac user but I think this is worth a "sticky".

MacOS wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:28 pm

Found 1 drives(s)
00: IOBDServices:b3e6d70b0c5a731b:HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS55 1.03

There should been another line printed below this one, a so-called "drive id". It also can be used in place of drive name, and is somewhat easier to use on Mac.

bilbo_b wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:25 am

Has anyone been successful to flash on MacOS and if so, how did you solve the drive specification problem?

Second line, see previous reply.

Big Thanks to MacOS (and a deep, deep bow to mike admin!) I successfully flashed my slim device Buffalo (manufactur. date: 2019.10.30 from https://conrad.de in MacOS High Sierra with Libre Drive enabled Firmware HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-BN12-0M01001-211905141415.bin.

Before I got this new slim Buffalo, I tried devices from ASUS and Verbatim (all slim). The Buffalo with LibreDrive Firmware rips my Test BD with 4.2 - 4.6x vs. the 1.8 - 2.0x with ASUS and Verbatim. Really satisfying!

It took quiet some time to understand sdftool and SDF.bin and fiddle with all aspects of command line, drives and flashing in MacOS.

What I did:

• Put the right firmware in home directory

• Extraction of sdf_0000006d.bin to my home directory

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  cp /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/Resources/appdata.tar ~
  tar -xvf appdata.tar sdf_0000006d.bin

• Gathering name of device (as User MacOS showed us). In my case there is a good old internal RPC1 (thx2 XVI!) DVD Apple SuperDrive in first order, the second one is the Buffalo

  Code: Select all

  /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/makemkvcon f -l
  00: IODVDServices:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-8A8 HA13
    MATSHITA_DVD-R___UJ-8A8_HA13_K83
  
  01: IOBDServices:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:BUFFALO Optical Drive BN12
    BUFFALO_Optical_Drive_BN12_211905141415_MO1J93A2324

• Now, Flashing...
  Sending flash image to drive took a few seconds, programming flash was about 30 sec

  Code: Select all

  /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/makemkvcon f -d 'IOBDServices:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:BUFFALO Optical Drive BN12' -f sdf_0000006d.bin rawflash main -i HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-BN12-0M01001-211905141415.bin
  
  Reading input file HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-BN12-0M01001-211905141415.bin
  Flashing flags = 0x0 : 0 0 0 0 : ---- ---- ---- ----
  Ready to write drive flash memory.
  Type "yes" to continue, "no" to abort
  yes
  Operation started: Sending flash image to drive
   100% Operation finished                                
  Operation started: Programming flash
   100% Operation finished                                
  Done successfully

Unfortunately, I was not able to figure out, how to flash the drive with the "drive-id". I tried it several times but to no avail.

PLEASE continue your amazing work and contributions (mike admin and all of you out there) & please users register makemkv, so this thing goes on!

o-ver

I'm attempting this myself with a WH14NS40 1.04 and running into an error code. Got the drive info OK:
Extracted sdf_0000006d.bin to my home directory, copied over the MK firmware for my drive to ~ as well and executed the command:
I've got the drive connected via a VanTec CB-ST00U3, which apparently won't work for firmware flashing in Windows but I figured I'd try my luck in macOS, not really understanding why some adapters work for flashing while others don't. Is there something wrong with my syntax, or should I try a different adapter? I'm considering lugging out an old PC and getting that up and running for a direct SATA connection to the drive simply to firmware flash, but before I tear apart my garage looking for all that mess I figured I'd see if I'm missing something dumb first.