MediaCodeSpeedEdit support for Pioneer DVD-Writers

MediaCodeSpeedEdit allows you to get even more out of your Pioneer burner by applying changes to the official firmware. MediaCodeSpeedEdit also supports models of other manufacturers, see the main MCSE discussion thread for details.

Key features of the Pioneer support:
1/ Support for PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109/110x/111x/112x/115x/212x/215x/K05/K15/K17 DVD writer.
2/ Support for official firmware files and unofficial patched firmware files.
3/ Increasing the DVD write speed by lossless write strategy swapping.
4/ Riplock patch for 109/110/111 firmwares, allowing 16x SL/12x DL rips instead of the default 5x rip speed.
5/ Replacing of Media Codes with manually entered or imported Media Codes for currently unsupported Media Codes.
6/ RPC1 patch for 112x/115x/212x/215x/K17 firmwares.
7/ Flasher patch 112x/115x/212x/215x/K17 flasher to allow downgrades and flashing RPC1 drives.
8/ Text file export of Media Code and write speed tables.

Warning:
Using patched firmware might damage your drive and will void your warranty.
The use of MediaCodeSpeedEdit is at your own risk.

Supported firmwares:
PIONEER DVR-113NP 1.01
PIONEER DVR-213NP 1.01
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 8.57,1.58/8.58
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110 1.22, 1.37/8.37, 1.39/8.39, 1.41
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D 1.22/8.22, 1.37/8.37, 1.39/8.39, 1.41
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111 1.06, 1.19, 1.23, 1.29
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D 1.06, 1.19/8.19, 1.23, 8.25, 1.29/8.29
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111L 8.19, 8.26, 8.29
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112 1.09, 1.15, 1.21, 1.22, 1.24
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D 8.06, 1.09/8.09, 1.15, 1.21/8.21, 1.22, 1.24, 8.25
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112L 8.06, 1.09/8.09, 1.15, 1.21/8.21, 1.22, 1.24, 8.25
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-115 1.18
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-115D 1.18
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-115L 1.18
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212 1.15, 1.21/8.21, 1.22, 1.24, 8.25
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212D 1.15, 1.21, 1.22, 1.24
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212L 1.22, 1.24
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-215 1.18
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-215D 1.18
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-215L 1.18
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K05, K15, K16, K17

Burning results:
Changing Pioneer DVD±R write strategies (results thread)

Usage firmware modification:

1/ Download the firmware you want to modify.
2/ Start MCSE.
3/ Load the firmware normal file file, e.g. RB100111.122 for the 110D 1.22 firmware.
4/ To increase the write speed, double click the media code you want to change and select the write strategy you want to use instead. This is a bit of trial and error. Check the Changing Pioneer DVD±R write strategies (results thread) to see if your modification has been tried before.
5/ To apply the RPC1 patch, select the RPC1 checkbox.
6/ To apply the Bitset patch, select the enable bitsetting checkbox.
7/ To apply the read speed patch, select the increase readspeed checkbox.
8/ Save the firmware. When using the Pioneer flasher the file name may not be changed.
9/ Flash the modified firmware. The Pioneer flasher does not allow to downgrade or even to flash the same firmware release again. DVRFlash does not have this silly restriction. The flashers used in the TDB Pioneer RPC1 patches also do not have these restrictions.
10/ Reboot.

Usage Flasher modification:

MCSE can remove the flasher restriction described above for 112x/115x/212x/215x/K17 flasher
1/ Download the flasher you want to modify.
2/ Start MCSE.
3/ Load the flasher .exe file, e.g. UPR12.exe for the DVR-112_FW122EU flasher.
4/ Select the allow same to same flashing checkbox.
5/ Save the modified flasher.

Known restrictions:
- Strategy swapping for RW and DL media is not recommended.
- Changing (disabling) of write speeds is currently not implemented.

Screenshot:


Latest Version:

MCSE Homepage MCSE Homepage Mirror Download Changelog Main MCSE discussion thread

This first post has been updated to reflect the current development state of MCSE V 1.1.0.16

Woah, this is totally unexpected to me. Way to go ala!

Wow! What a pleasant suprise.
Cheers ala42!

To speed up the release of the PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 support, I am looking for additional beta testers.

Can you change the firmware for the 109 . I tried and it says read only? I presume Wes is beta testing?


Kev

Unexpected and quite great! I'll finally be able to verify a theory I have about some of my Verbs...

MediaCodeSpeedEdit V1.0.7.1 is out.
Download Changelog

Just great!

I simply have to wait jealously watching onto 110D owners.

For completeness, here is also the changelog of the initial Pioneer release.
Download Changelog

ala42

Thanks, I was just 4 hours early

Kev

I never think this could happen.
Thanks for your hard work ala42.
The Pioneer's chamber of secrets was opened...

Wow, this is incredible. We can all now be do it yourself Nils for pioneer firmwares.

Accurate presumption!

[quote=ala42]MediaCodeSpeedEdit V1.0.7.1 is out.
[code]Changelog
1.0.7.1 24 Oct 2005
- enabled the PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 support

Can you add support to 8.57 firmware? I have a dvr-109 available to test. I'm getting great results with +r media, but need bitsetting support.

>Nil? I thought he retired?

Yes, he retired, and Pioneer did not reinvent the wheel for the 109/110 firmwares.

@ala42:

This is a nice piece of work. Just out of interest, is it possible to provide support for the DVR-108 or Piodata 108DX?

...otherwise...

@anyone else:

By analogy with the NEC 2500 -> 2510, is it possible to flash the 108 with 109 f/w?

no that isn't possible, sorry.

I was dreaming of that but never ask.ala42 have done enought for me already,my NEC 3500 and LG 4167 are much better drive now because of is work.

The only thing I currently know about the 108 firmwares is that they have been patched.
These drives use chipsets with different CPU cores. Usually a next generation chipset is bad enough to prevent crossflashing, but an incompatible cpu means no chance.

OK many thanks for your replies. I was looking for a way to burn RICOHJPNR01 at 8x and still retain booktyping to DVD-ROM.

Cheers...

Here are the Pioneer related changes:
Some Pioneer 107/108 firmwares will probably be supported in the next weeks.

Download Changelog

good job matey! Thanks! BTW by lossless -R strategy do you mean that once we switch a MID it isn't lost in use by the actual MID had we put a disc in the drive that contained it?

Thanks again.

Yep, you can use the original source MID strategy as often as you want. You can even use it in the original form when it is mapped to something else. Before the source MIDs was just renamed to the target MID, so it could not be used anymore.