Optical Disc Drive Compatibility

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Some disc formats require certain drive models to dump to Redump standards. This page aims to provide a comprehensive guide on which drives can be used for dumping various formats of optical media.

DVD-Video / DVD-ROM

DVD-Video and DVD-ROM dumping is supported with virtually ANY drive that supports the DVD format. New discs should be dumped twice to verify matching hashes between the dumps.

CD-ROM / CD-Audio

Plextors ODDs: Easiest & Recommended

Proper CD dumping requires optical disc drives to support a range of features. Certain models of Plextor brand drives in particular are most compatible and reliable.
Your drive should have the final firmware installed. The final firmware is linked below on archive.org for most models.

Recommended Plextor Drives:

Model	IDE	SATA	SCSI	USB	USB/Firewire	Notes	Multisession¹
Premium	Premium			Premium-U			Yes
Premium2	Premium2			Premium2U			?
PX-704	PX-704A Buffalo DVM-H44FB					Buffalo DVM-H44FB is a rebadge/clone of PX-704A	?
PX-708	PX-708A				PX-708UF		?
PX-712	PX-712A	PX-712SA			PX-712UF		?
PX-716	PX-716A Buffalo DVM-DM16FBS PX-716AL	PX-716SA			PX-716UF PX-716UFL	Buffalo DVM-DM16FBS is a rebadge/clone of PX-716A	Yes
PX-755	PX-755A	PX-755SA			PX-755UF		Yes
PX-760	PX-760A	PX-760SA			PX-760AUF		Yes
PX-W4012	PX-W4012A PX-W4012TA		PX-W4012S PX-W4012TS	PX-W4012U PX-W4012TU			Yes
PX-W5224	PX-W5224A PX-W5224TA			PX-W5224TU			Yes

Plextor Drives with Known Limitations (exercise caution, read notes before buying)

Model	IDE	SATA	SCSI	USB	USB/Firewire	Notes	Multisession¹
PX-W4824	PX-W4824A PX-W4824TA			PX-W4824U PX-W4824TU		Not recommended for Audio CD/Enhanced CD due to: 1. Unable to read full lead-in (only 1 second of pregap is available) 2. Some models hang when reading CD-TEXT on Multisession discs Otherwise, still acceptable for Audio CDs that are not the above cases.	Partial

Plextor Drives with Severe Limitations (DO NOT BUY):

Some of these may be technically supported and capable of dumping certain types of CDs, but have various limitations or potential issues so are not recommended.

Model	SCSI	Notes	Multisession¹
PX-40	PX-40TS	Scrambled mode is slow	?
PX-W1210	PX-W1210TS	Model may have firmware bugs that affect offset, needs to be looked into.	?
PX-W4220T	PX-W4220T	Model may have firmware bugs that affect offset, needs to be looked into.	?

¹ Multisession support is regarded as compatible and accepted through the Redumper dumping tool.

Notes regarding specific drives and capabilities

IDE models can be used on laptops or desktops using a USB Adapter. UGREEN / Kingwin brands are often recommended but anything using the Innostor IS611 chipset
Additionally, IDE models can be used on a Desktop tower with a cheap card, or with a 5.25" IDE USB enclosure (can be found on eBay or similar, but supply might be scarce).
SATA drives can be hard to find or expensive, it may be easier to buy an IDE model + IDE->USB adapter. Note that most IDE adapters also support SATA drives also.
SCSI models can only be used with a Desktop tower with a cheap card (no laptops).

Suggested eBay search terms

To search ebay quickly, you can use the following searches. Only use one at a time, as otherwise the search text will be too long and it'll give an error.

(PX-760AUF, PX-755UF, PX-716UF, PX-716UFL, PX-712UF, PX-708UF, PX-708UF2, Plextor Premium2U, Plextor Premium-U, PX-W5224TU, PX-W4012TU, PX-760SA, PX-716SA, PX-712SA, PX-760A, PX-755A, PX-716A)
(DVM-DM16FBS, PX-716AL, PX-712A, PX-708A, PX-704A, DVM-H44FB, Plextor Premium2, Plextor Premium, PX-W5224A, PX-W5224TA, PX-W4012A, PX-W4012TA, PX-W4012U, PX-W4012S, PX-W4012TS)

LG/ASUS ODDs (Plextors are preferable, as more testing is needed for these)

Dumps from the following drives will be accepted under the following circumstances:
- They are from CDs consisting only of a single data track
- They are verifications of Data CDs that also have audio tracks
For pure Audio CDs, we are presently only accepting dumps made with redumper and drives from the list of Recommended Plextors above.

Please note that the below drive models are not sufficient to determine if your drive is compatible, you can determine if it will be compatible by reading the sticker's manufacturing date and the PCB date code on your drive. JB7 and older designs are not supported. Before buying any of drives below make sure the date of production is mid 2015 or later (2016 if you want to be safe), with a PCB date code of 2015.05.08.

Also note that only certain firmware versions will work with Redumper and/or DiscImageCreator (i.e. must support OpCode 0xF1). The below firmware versions are known official firmware versions that support OpCode 0xF1, however they are not all currently supported by Redumper out-of-the-box (will work with custom flags). See Flashing Asus BW-16D1HT firmware for info on cross-flashing custom BW-16D1HT firmware that is recommended for dumping CDs.

Half-height SATA drive models

Model	Compatible Firmware	Notes
Asus BC-12D2HT	3.00	Not recommended: BD Reader only, cross-flashing may be difficult. Older productions of this drive (typically before 2015.05.08) are not supported.
Asus BW-16D1HT	3.00, 3.02	Recommended, well tested. Older productions of this drive (typically before 2015.05.08) are not supported.
LG BH14NS58	1.00
LG BH16NS40	1.02	Older productions of this drive (typically before 2015.05.08) are not supported.
LG BH16NS55	1.00, 1.01, 1.02
LG BH16NS58	1.00
LG UH12NS40	1.00	Not recommended: BD Reader only, cross-flashing may be difficult.
LG WH14NS40	1.00, 1.02	Older productions of this drive (typically before 2015.05.08) are not supported.
LG WH16NS40	1.02	Older productions of this drive (typically before 2015.05.08) are not supported.

Other drive models with the MT1959 chipset and HLDS JB8 motherboard may also be cross-compatible with known good firmware, however they have not been tested so we cannot prove they will be acceptable for redump submission.

For more info, see the detailed notes at Compatible LG/ASUS Optical Drives

Not Recommended ODDs

NOTE: Dumps made using these drives will not currently be accepted. They should be purchased only by those willing to invest their time and money in testing and on the understanding that they may eventually prove to be incompatible for use by Redump.

List of Unsupported Drives

GD-ROM

GDs contain two distinctly different "Areas" of data ("LD Area" and "HD Area"), separated by a ring. Both Areas are dumped with a separate process.

For dumping the LD Area, the same rules apply as in dumping a CD as they use the same technology. The list of compatible drives for dumping LD Area is above #CD-ROM_.2F_CD-Audio and follow the Disc Dumping Guide (MPF).

The HD Area dumping the process is different, and you need one of the drives below.

HD Area: GD-ROM (Pressed) - Recommended:

Samsung TSSTCorp models:
- TS-H353A aka SH-D163A
- TS-H352C aka SH-D162C

HD Area: GD-R (Burned Preproduction) - Working to some at least extent (WARNING: needs significant additional testing):

Plextor: PX-708A, PX-755A, PX-755SA, PX-4012TA[1]
For additional research on compatibility, see Optical Disc Drive Compatibility for GD-ROM and GD-R Dumping.

PlayStation 3 & 4

Can Dump PS3 Discs, CAN Key Extract PS3.

Sony PlayStation 3 Console with Custom Firmware - Recommended method for PS3 Key Extract.
Sony PlayStation 3 stock drive[2] + stock drive adapter to 3k3y ripper + 3k3y ripper device.

Can Dump PS3/PS4 Discs, CANNOT Key Extract PS3

Compatible drive list sourced from here.

Asus models: BC-08B1LT, BC-16D1HT, BC-12B1ST b ('BC-12B1ST' and 'BC-12B1ST a' are not supported), BC-12D2HT, BW-12B1ST, BW-12B1ST a, BW-16D1HT
BenQ BR1000
HP models: bd335e, bd335i
LG models: BH14NS40, BH14NS58, BH16NS40, BH16NS48, BH16NS55, BH16NS58, BP50NB40, UH12NS30, UH12NS40, WH14NS40, WH16NS40, WH16NS48, WH16NS60
Lite-On models: DH-4O1S, DH-8B2SH, DH-12B2SH, DS-4E1S, iHBS112 2, iHBS312 2
Optiarc BD-5300S
Plextor models: PX-B950SA, PX-B950UE
Samsung SE-506CB
Sony BWU-500S
TEAC BD-W512GSA

Other MediaTek-based BD drives may work, but are untested. Only the above drives are confirmed.

PlayStation 5 (UHD-BD-ROM)

Hypothetically any drive with UHD-BD-ROM support should work for this. (Unconfirmed)

Confirmed Drives:

ASUS BW-16D1HT (FW 3.02~3.10) (Maybe other FW too)

Xbox (Original) & Xbox 360

"Kreon" Samsung TSSTCorp Models:
- SATA models:
  - SH-D163A aka TS-H353A
  - SH-D163B aka TS-H353B
- IDE models:
  - SH-D162C aka TS-H352C aka SD-M2012C(?)
  - SH-D162D aka TS-H352D
0800 OEM drive

Xbox One & Xbox Series X

For compatibilty discussion see[3]

Note: If you have a blu-ray drive on hand, test to see if it reads an Xbox One disc first as it could be an unknown compatible drive.

Philips & Lite-On (Slimtype) DS-4E1S (BD E DS4E1S)
Pioneer BD-RW BDR-206D
Pioneer BD-RW BDR-208D
Pioneer BD-RW BDR-209D
Pioneer BD-RW BDR-212M (Needs Testing, Able to navigate disc, BD25/50 compat unknown)
Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500S: Only compatible with single layer BD-25 discs, not double layer BD-50 discs (overdumps BD-50 discs).
Pioneer BD-ROM BDC-TD03VA (BDC-TD03): Only compatible with single layer BD-25 discs, not double layer BD-50 discs.

HD DVD-ROM

List sourced from: https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_HD_DVD_devices

Confirmed Compatible:

Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive [Toshiba SD-S802A (Slim IDE Connector)] (External, USB)
LG GGC-H20L (Internal, SATA)

Untested:

Internal Drives:

Asus HR-0205T
Buffalo Technology HDV-ROM2.4FB
Buffalo Technology BRHC-6316FBS-BK
I-O Data BRD-SH6B
LG GGC-H20N
LG GGW-H10NI
LG GGW-H20L
NEC HR-1100A
Plextor PX-B300SA
Plextor PX-B920SA
Toshiba SD-H802A
Toshiba SD-H902A
Toshiba SD-H903A

Internal Slim Drives:

Toshiba TS-L802A
Toshiba SD-L802B
Toshiba SD-L803A
Toshiba SD-L902A
Toshiba SD-L912A

External Drives:

Addonics ZEBRA Blu-ray / HD DVD Player
Buffalo Technology BRHC-6316U2
HP HD100
I-O Data BRD-UXH6
LG BE06LU10
One Technologies AluWRITER Blu-ray
OWC SW-5583
OWC SW-5583T
Plextor PX-B920UF
Toshiba PA3530U-1HD1