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[jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ ls -l A001543*
-rw-rw-rw- 1 stock stock 131072 Jun 19 2008 A0015430.104
-rw-rw-rw- 1 stock stock 1966080 Jun 19 2008 A0015431.106
[jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ md5sum A001543*
84c27f0925a544b9c67733219feba413 A0015430.104
0998685906b5b14070d364ef665486c2 A0015431.106
[jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$

[jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ ./DVRFlash -s -v /dev/hda

DVRFlash v2.6.0: Pioneer DVR firmware flasher
by Agent Smith, et al., July 2008

Commandline:
./DVRFlash -s -v /dev/hda

Drive Information:
Description : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-116
Firmware Rev : 1.06
Firmware Date : 08/06/19
Manufacturer : PIONEER
Drive is in normal mode.

Additional Drive Information:
Serial Number : HHDP127454WL
Interface type : ATA
DVR generation : 0015
Kernel type : PIO_ADV
Normal type : PIO_ADV
Kernel version : 0001

Status : RPC-1 (region free)

[jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ ./DVRFlash -s -v /dev/hdb

DVRFlash v2.6.0: Pioneer DVR firmware flasher
by Agent Smith, et al., July 2008

Commandline:
./DVRFlash -s -v /dev/hdb

Drive Information:
Description : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-116
Firmware Rev : 1.06
Firmware Date : 08/06/19
Manufacturer : PIONEER
Drive is in normal mode.

Additional Drive Information:
Serial Number : HHDP127451WL
Interface type : ATA
DVR generation : 0015
Kernel type : PIO_ADV
Normal type : PIO_ADV
Kernel version : 0001

Status : RPC-1 (region free)

[jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$

[jackson:stock]:(~)$ cdrecord --version
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a04 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling
NOTE: this is OSS DVD extensions for cdrtools and thus may have bugs
related to DVD issues that are not present in the original cdrtools. For
more information see http://crashrecovery.org/oss-dvd.html. The original
cdrtools author should not be bothered with problems in this version.
cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.15
cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/stock
[jackson:stock]:(~)$

Author:	stock [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:18 pm ]
Post subject:	Flashing DVR-116 ANY
Hi, In December of 2008 i bought two Pioneer DVR-116D drives, because my old Pioneer burners got somehow a final burnout. This you can see happening when burning on proper recordible's, like RITEK 8x DVD-R, the burning software keeps hanging during "Performing OPC... ". It means, I think, that your laser got smudgy due to sublimation/deposition of the recordable layer. One can try to clean your laser from this, but i don't think its possible. Anyway. When I started burning with the new Pioneer DVR-116D's i didn't get coasters, on the contrary, the end result was very solid, and i could play the discs perfectly from the same drives (116D). The problem was that my old Pioneer DVD-player DV-535 didn't like the freshly burned DVD-R discs produced by my DVR-116D's. This became a serious problem. I think I just found a solid solution to this nasty compatibility problem, by a Flashing procedure which some have called "Cross-Flashing". Here's what I did : 1. Download the 106 Firmware for the Pioneer A16 drive, which _IS_ a Pioneer 116 Series, from : Firmware/DVRA16_106.zip Code: [jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ ls -l A001543* -rw-rw-rw- 1 stock stock 131072 Jun 19 2008 A0015430.104 -rw-rw-rw- 1 stock stock 1966080 Jun 19 2008 A0015431.106 [jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ md5sum A001543* 84c27f0925a544b9c67733219feba413 A0015430.104 0998685906b5b14070d364ef665486c2 A0015431.106 [jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ 2. download from the Utilities DVRFlash : http://dvrflash.rpc1.org/DVRFlash_v2.6.0.zip and MCSE : http://ala42.cdfreaks.com/MCSE/MediaCodeSpeedEdit.zip (which is now at V1.1.0.22) 3. Force Flash your DVR-116D with firmware 1.08 etc. to a DVR-116 with firmware 1.06 using DVRA16_106.zip My Pioneer DVR-116D drives are connected at D: and E: inside Windows .. (I run windows 2000 server for Flashing on a small partition). : DVRFlash.exe -ff D: A0015430.104 A0015431.106 and DVRFlash.exe -ff E: A0015430.104 A0015431.106 Now you have two DVR-116 Drives in factory default condition with firmware 1.06 in RPC-2 mode. 4. Edit A0015431.106 with MediaCodeSpeedEdit (MCSE V1.1.0.22) and select RPC-1 (region free) and leave the rest untouched. (MCSE only runs on Windows, hence my Windows 2000 server partition). Save the result, and overwrite A0015431.106. 5. Flash your DVR-116 with firmware 1.06 in RPC-2 into a DVR-116 with firmware 1.06 in RPC-1 (region free) : DVRFlash.exe -f D: A0015430.104 A0015431.106 and DVRFlash.exe -f E: A0015430.104 A0015431.106 6. Checking the result under Linux and cdrtools ossdvd (see http://crashrecovery.org/oss-dvd.html) I then get the following : Code: [jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ ./DVRFlash -s -v /dev/hda DVRFlash v2.6.0: Pioneer DVR firmware flasher by Agent Smith, et al., July 2008 Commandline: ./DVRFlash -s -v /dev/hda Drive Information: Description : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-116 Firmware Rev : 1.06 Firmware Date : 08/06/19 Manufacturer : PIONEER Drive is in normal mode. Additional Drive Information: Serial Number : HHDP127454WL Interface type : ATA DVR generation : 0015 Kernel type : PIO_ADV Normal type : PIO_ADV Kernel version : 0001 Status : RPC-1 (region free) [jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ ./DVRFlash -s -v /dev/hdb DVRFlash v2.6.0: Pioneer DVR firmware flasher by Agent Smith, et al., July 2008 Commandline: ./DVRFlash -s -v /dev/hdb Drive Information: Description : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-116 Firmware Rev : 1.06 Firmware Date : 08/06/19 Manufacturer : PIONEER Drive is in normal mode. Additional Drive Information: Serial Number : HHDP127451WL Interface type : ATA DVR generation : 0015 Kernel type : PIO_ADV Normal type : PIO_ADV Kernel version : 0001 Status : RPC-1 (region free) [jackson:stock]:(~/temp/DVRA16_106)$ So now we have migrated two Pioneer DVR-116D burners with non-portable DVR-R burning results into two Pioneer DVR-116 drives with firmware 1.06 RPC-1 (region free) and a portable and compatible DVD-R burn result. Cheers, Robert -- Robert M. Stockmann - RHCE Network Engineer - UNIX/Linux Specialist crashrecovery.org stock@stokkie.net

Author:	Puma [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:42 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Flashing DVR-116 ANY
would it now be easier, just to download the latest firmware for the A16, 1.09, then patch it with MCSE to RPC1, then use the kernel 1.04 with the 1.09 firmware, then you have 1.09 RPC1, you seem to of taken a very long route, and still you haven't the newest firmware

Author:	stock [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:04 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Flashing DVR-116 ANY
Your right about that. But my aim was compatibilty, and since my problems started in Januari 2009 i smelled a kernel rat inside the newer firmwarez from Pioneer.co.jp. What i did was a last resort to "revive" two dead 116D drives. I basicly picked them back from my dumpster and started messing around, as they only produced non-portable mess. What's important is that one needs to DVRFlash your 116 drive once. Simply running R116D.exe doesn't do the Job here. My 116D's were reported as RPC-1 (region free) but any disc burned with them was non-playable elsewhere.

Author:	[_chef_] [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:57 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Flashing DVR-116 ANY
The OPC issue is related to the unreliable ritek media you have used... Flashing this drive is nearly childsplay with the usage of MCSE by ala42. There is nothing about "kernel rat" or "firmwarez..." to blame. It is really a hard job to "kill" a Pioneer dvd burner these days. Your info about "R116D.exe" is also not true, IMHO. I wonder where you have obtained that file from. I'd like to know what kind of discs/ were "not playable everywhere" and what devices are everywhere in this case. stock wrote: Your right about that. But my aim was compatibilty, and since my problems started in Januari 2009 i smelled a kernel rat inside the newer firmwarez from Pioneer.co.jp. What i did was a last resort to "revive" two dead 116D drives. I basicly picked them back from my dumpster and started messing around, as they only produced non-portable mess. What's important is that one needs to DVRFlash your 116 drive once. Simply running R116D.exe doesn't do the Job here. My 116D's were reported as RPC-1 (region free) but any disc burned with them was non-playable elsewhere.

Author:	stock [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:37 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Flashing DVR-116 ANY
Hi, There sure is a rat in the kernel part of the Pioneer.co.jp official firmware. Or at least the policy of Pioneer.co.jp regarding publishing official firmware. Since 2009 Pioneer instituted a new policy by only publishing the normal firmware file. rpc1.org likewise does not have the official kernel firmware file which comes with firmware 1.09 for the Pioneer DVR-116D. It's a abomination that today, I, apparently, can only make my 116(D) drives "workable" again by using DVRFlash and a old kernel firmware A0015430.104, which was published with the release of firmware 1.04. As to your question "I'd like to know what kind of discs/ were "not playable everywhere" and what devices are everywhere in this case". I use the following DVD-R recordables : DVD-R 8X Ridata (Ritek05) RIDATA DRD478RDCB100 DVD-R 8X Silver / Purple 100 Pack http://www.cyberguys.com/product-detail ... ctid=12871 The following simple test was conducted : 1. Burn a dvdmovie.iso to a DVD-R 8X Ridata disk with the command : cdrecord -v dev=ATA:0,1,0 driveropts=burnfree speed=8 -dao dvdmovie.iso using the Pioneer Burner DVR-116D with firmware 1.09 RPC-1 (region free), made region free by using : DVR-116D_FW109EU2.EXE http://files.rpc1.org/index.php?act=view&id=5557 2. Burn a dvdmovie.iso to a DVD-R 8X Ridata disk with the command : cdrecord -v dev=ATA:0,1,0 driveropts=burnfree speed=8 -dao dvdmovie.iso using the Pioneer Burner DVR-116 with firmware 1.06 RPC-1 (region free), which is the same burner as with test 1. but Cross Flashed according the procedure in my initial posting of this thread. The burned disc's from both tests were inserted in a Pioneer DVD-Player DV-535. The burned DVD-R from test 1. stopped playing within a minute, where the burned DVD-R from test 2. could be played until the end without a hick-up. Best Regards, Robert PS. details of cdrecord : Code: [jackson:stock]:(~)$ cdrecord --version Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a04 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling NOTE: this is OSS DVD extensions for cdrtools and thus may have bugs related to DVD issues that are not present in the original cdrtools. For more information see http://crashrecovery.org/oss-dvd.html. The original cdrtools author should not be bothered with problems in this version. cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.15 cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/stock [jackson:stock]:(~)$ -- Robert M. Stockmann - RHCE Network Engineer - UNIX/Linux Specialist crashrecovery.org stock@stokkie.net

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Author:	Puma [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:13 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Flashing DVR-116 ANY
Quote: There sure is a rat in the kernel part of the Pioneer.co.jp official firmware. Or at least the policy of Pioneer.co.jp regarding publishing official firmware. Since 2009 Pioneer instituted a new policy by only publishing the normal firmware file. rpc1.org likewise does not have the official kernel firmware file which comes with firmware 1.09 for the Pioneer DVR-116D this is incorrect, Pioneer stopped supplying kernel files many years ago, this has nothing to do with us here at RPC1, what we posted, was an aid to help users crossflash or recover that particular drive, if they killed it.

Author:	Coaster [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:33 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Flashing DVR-116 ANY
@ stock, Throw your garbage Ritek Media in your dumpster. It is a well known documented Fact that Ritek Media has serious reflectivity and degradation problems. Pioneer hasn’t ‘just’ instituted a ‘new’ policy in releasing their Firmware. Their normal Firmware releases have been without kernel files for many years. It appears that you just want to play around with your new found DVDFlash toy. Regards, Coaster

Author:	[_chef_] [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:15 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Flashing DVR-116 ANY
I fully agree with Coaster, this media you are using is just crappy. Regardless from where this "dvdmovie.iso" came or how it was created, it all tends to the crappy media as the source for the issues here.

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