rpc1dev / dvrflash

Pioneer DVR firmware updater

This is DVRFlash by Agent Smith, et al.

Distribution:

This software is free. It is not for distribution for profit or donation!

All copyrights of this software are held by Agent Smith and authorized agents of rpc1.org. Any distribution of this software must include all included documents, give credit to the copyright holders and no request for payment of any sort.

This software is not endorsed by Pioneer, Microsoft, Apple or any other distributor of Pioneer equipment. All risk involved in the use of this software is left entirely with the user. Please read instructions carefully.

General Notes:

This utility will allow you to flash a Pioneer DVR drive (or compatible) with a relevant firmware, and to escape the various restrictions set by Pioneer with their UPGDVD flashing tools.

The following versions of DVRFlash are available:

• DOS/DPMI version (ONLY IF YOU USE A DOS BOOTDISK!!!)
• Linux/x86 version
• Mac OS X version (Universal Binary for PPC & Intel)
• Windows, ALL versions (Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003)

Usage:

The basic usage of DVRFlash is:

DVRFlash [flags] [device] [firmware file(s)]

Please make sure that the firmware files are in the current directory or use the proper path to the files.

Please reference the specific ReadMe file included with each version for platform specific instructions.

Technical information:

DVRFlash is based on fPLScsi which is a forked version of Pat LaVarre's excellent PLScsi. For more information on how device usage, have a look at the PLScsi's documentation on:

https://github.com/pelavarre/plscsi

Sourcecode information:

The sourcecode for DVRFlash is now being released as an historical artefact on GitHub due to its need for secrecy no longer being relevant.

It is provided only up to version 2.2b as later versions of the source have not been archived properly and cannot be recovered at this stage...

Thanks go to:

• Pal LaVarre
  for the original PLScsi - It really rocks!!!
• >NIL:
  for all of his selfless time
• xvi
  for cracking up the OS-X release! :D
• LasVegas
  for continued development
• Flash
  for the countless tests
• Dangerous Bros
  for additional help & brainstorming
• The rpc1.org crew
  for keeping the website up!