0e8d:1956 — Samsung SE-506 Portable BluRay Disc Writer (MediaTek Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Samsung SE-506 Portable BluRay Disc Writer manufactured by MediaTek Inc.. The vendor ID 0e8d is registered to MediaTek Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1956 is the product ID that MediaTek Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0e8d:1956 MediaTek Inc. Samsung SE-506 Portable BluRay Disc Writer.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0e8d:1956 MediaTek Inc. Samsung SE-506 Portable BluRay Disc Writer

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0e8d:1956, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0e8d:1956. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=1956.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_0E8D&PID_1956
USB\VID_0E8D&PID_1956&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0E8D&PID_1956"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Samsung SE-506 Portable BluRay Disc Writer:
      Product ID: 0x1956
      Vendor ID: 0x0e8d  (MediaTek Inc.)

Driver help

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

0e8d  MediaTek Inc.
	1956  Samsung SE-506 Portable BluRay Disc Writer

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