its complicated....

[athlon700]

try pricewatch.com for a price on a blu ray burner

[SuperFist]

I have no problem whatsoever with my LG BD Burner. I actually have 2 of them and they work swimmingly with BD-R DL, which I heard somewhere that it doesn't burn, as well as LTH media.

[btufail]

i do now have a question, is there a reliable external bd burning drive youd recommend ? i see meritline is selling an LG (this time im certain. for real) @ $200. received 2 reviews there (both favorable).

I had and LG when I 1st started getting into this. Had trouble recognizing LTH media. And LG's website had no support or firmware updates. Not that All LG burners are bad, I just had a bad experience with this one. Returned it for a Pioneer bdr-205 from pioneer's website for $149 free shipping. So far excellent drive with good support. Also purchased Vantec external enclosure with Esata. all Around $220.

[frank the tank]

im wondering what are the avg times of bd---> dvd, bd---> hdd and hdd ---> disc ? seems like everything is taking next to forever when BD is involved....almost not worth it. then again, i was so very wrong with my initial gripe.

[frank the tank]

ty d-zoe.

i guess passkey is for people who dont want to buy fab ? i remember the good ol days when burning was a snap. i only recently started using imgburn. been a long time fab user and very rarely came across snags. put the discs in and presto. now it seems the more technology there is the more confusing and time consuming things get. from what ive read, 2 hrs is a good time for copying a BD to a file. thats insane.

anyway, slow and steady i guess is the way to go now. again, ty and all else who helped straighten me out.

[DiabloZoe]

the problem(s ?) that im having is/are pretty much melting the skin off of my bones. i have no problem using FAB for regular dvd fuctions. FAB is perfect in this area. except for one, if i cancel, its take FAB way too long to close. i end up having to shut it via task manager. this is a brand new wrinkle as of a week ago.

the real problem lies in me doing BLU RAY to BLU RAY. FAB will copy a BLU RAY movie and save it to a file, but as for actually copying a BLU RAY movie, say ''let the right one in'', just wont do it. i have imgburn as the burning engine. fab recognizes the drive. disc size is good and also recognized.

the analyzing process is swift and worry free. when its time to copy and after loading a blank blu ray disc in the recognized driver, the ''no media detected in drive L'' message kills the dream. how can this be ? i have used the same drive to ''back up'' (snicker) plenty of regular dvd movies and videos. i have tried multiple usb ports and hubs. i have tried different burners. i havent tried different PCs (yet).

the need to knows (as best as i can explain. not very learned in pc speak)~
1.ASUS (win 7) PC.
2.external burners being used; ASUS sbc-06d1s-u, 2 optiarc bd-rom bc-5500s
3.discs being used;memorex 25gb and tdk 50gb dl
4.burning engine; imgburn
(settings in FAB-write speed is ''recommended'', writable media (BD-25) size is ''23000'', writable media (BD-50) size is ''46100'')
5.i open FAB (latest purchased version), load BLU RAY movie in optiarc drive
6.click region zone
7.passkey goes through motions
8.after all the whurring sounds have stopped in the drives, FAB shows the correct info (movie title and blank BLU RAY disc size)
9.i am in ''BLU RAY COPY (full disc)'' mode
10.''remove hd audio'' box is unchecked
11.BD25 1080p/i size 97% is fine
12.i click ''start''
13.it takes a REALLY long while but FAB tries, and fails, to detect writable media, then ejects the writable media. i should mention that no sound is coming from drive in which FAB is trying to detect.

i must reiterate that everything is detected when i use regular dvds. this is what baffles me. if something was not working, it shouldnt work for anything. i have emailed my situation and have received prompt replies but nothing to solve my dilemma. im not sure if this is the correct thread to put this in and im sure the kind mods will put this where it belongs.

i am literally on my knees praying that this problem is easily solved and i appreciate any and all help provided. sending my deepest thanks in advance.

Also no need to run passkey as Fab removes all protections.

[CBR929]

D'OH @ ME !!!!!!!!!!! sometimes so much info at the time of buying gets blurry with whats expected and whats actual. i was fairly certain i was purchasing external bd playing AND writing drives. ty for solving my ignorance.

Trust me I am sure that you are not the first person to do this
Reading and writing are two different fruits.
Glad to help anyway
CBR929

[frank the tank]

i do now have a question, is there a reliable external bd burning drive youd recommend ? i see meritline is selling an LG (this time im certain. for real) @ $200. received 2 reviews there (both favorable).

[frank the tank]

Hi frank the tank
I may be wrong but I think that your drives are BD-ROMs , they will read DVDs and Blu-Rays but will only write DVDs and not Blu-Rays.
ASUS SBC-06D1S-U Black Blu-ray Combo Drive
Writing Mode:
DVD+R & DVD+R (DL): Sequential Write
DVD-R & DVD-R(DL): Incremental Recording
DVD+RW: Random Write
DVD-RW: DAO/Incremental Recording
DVD-RAM: Random Write
CD-R/RW: DAO/TAO/SAO/Packet Write
Optiarc BD-ROM BC-5500sWriteDVD+/-R8xDVD+/-R DL4xDVD+/-RW4xDVD-RAM5xCD-R16xCD-RW10xCBR929

D'OH @ ME !!!!!!!!!!! sometimes so much info at the time of buying gets blurry with whats expected and whats actual. i was fairly certain i was purchasing external bd playing AND writing drives. ty for solving my ignorance.

[frank the tank]

update;
just dawned on me to try playing and copying from the same driver (as ive done with single burning drives on prior PCs). the imgburn setting have not been changed and i am using it. started copying process;
the drive, in this case, external ASUS SBC-06D1S-U, is recognized as having ''let me in''
analyzing completed
now copying
copying 00001.m2ts......
10.10 (on avg) mb/s
time elapsed 24+ min
task time left 37+ min
im hearing the normal sounds of a disc being copied.
50% done at 8;30 pm.
so far so good.
up to 13+mb/s....63% done @ 8;37pm
down to 5+mb/s.....67% done
error message pops up....
''reading/writing error control - retry/abort/ignore/ignore all''
im retrying
message box disappears
moving briskly @ 3+mb/s
same error appears
im ''ignoring''
its erroring
im ''ignoring'' again
48min has elapsed
box is gone
im down to 2+mb/s and plummeting
error message back @ 68%
will ''ignore all'' again
box gone again
the 10+mb/s stat seem to be long gone
down to 1.5mb/s
''task time left'' now at 2hr37min
anticipating error message
57min/68% into copying and im down to .8mb/s
time now 9pm
time elapsed 1hr4min
task time left 4hr38min and climbing
9;15pm and task time left is now at 8+hrs....WTMF ?!?!?!?!?!?
the ''good'' part is no error message
will continue once ive cooled off

[CBR929]

Hi frank the tank
I may be wrong but I think that your drives are BD-ROMs , they will read DVDs and Blu-Rays but will only write DVDs and not Blu-Rays.
ASUS SBC-06D1S-U Black Blu-ray Combo Drive
Writing Mode:
DVD+R & DVD+R (DL): Sequential Write
DVD-R & DVD-R(DL): Incremental Recording
DVD+RW: Random Write
DVD-RW: DAO/Incremental Recording
DVD-RAM: Random Write
CD-R/RW: DAO/TAO/SAO/Packet Write
Optiarc BD-ROM BC-5500s
Write
DVD+/-R8xDVD+/-R DL4x
DVD+/-RW4x
DVD-RAM5x
CD-R16x
CD-RW10x

EDIT: Also please post your logs the default location is:
For Win7 C:\Users\User Name\My Documents\DVDFab\Log
or Vista C:\Users\User Name\Documents\DVDFab\Log
or for XP C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\My Documents\DVDFab\Log
Please use attachment button and attach your most recent, Internal and Burn log(s) and post right here.
CBR929

[frank the tank]

the problem(s ?) that im having is/are pretty much melting the skin off of my bones. i have no problem using FAB for regular dvd fuctions. FAB is perfect in this area. except for one, if i cancel, its take FAB way too long to close. i end up having to shut it via task manager. this is a brand new wrinkle as of a week ago.

the real problem lies in me doing BLU RAY to BLU RAY. FAB will copy a BLU RAY movie and save it to a file, but as for actually copying a BLU RAY movie, say ''let the right one in'', just wont do it. i have imgburn as the burning engine. fab recognizes the drive. disc size is good and also recognized.

the analyzing process is swift and worry free. when its time to copy and after loading a blank blu ray disc in the recognized driver, the ''no media detected in drive L'' message kills the dream. how can this be ? i have used the same drive to ''back up'' (snicker) plenty of regular dvd movies and videos. i have tried multiple usb ports and hubs. i have tried different burners. i havent tried different PCs (yet).

the need to knows (as best as i can explain. not very learned in pc speak)~
1.ASUS (win 7) PC.
2.external burners being used; ASUS sbc-06d1s-u, 2 optiarc bd-rom bc-5500s
3.discs being used;memorex 25gb and tdk 50gb dl
4.burning engine; imgburn
(settings in FAB-write speed is ''recommended'', writable media (BD-25) size is ''23000'', writable media (BD-50) size is ''46100'')
5.i open FAB (latest purchased version), load BLU RAY movie in optiarc drive
6.click region zone
7.passkey goes through motions
8.after all the whurring sounds have stopped in the drives, FAB shows the correct info (movie title and blank BLU RAY disc size)
9.i am in ''BLU RAY COPY (full disc)'' mode
10.''remove hd audio'' box is unchecked
11.BD25 1080p/i size 97% is fine
12.i click ''start''
13.it takes a REALLY long while but FAB tries, and fails, to detect writable media, then ejects the writable media. i should mention that no sound is coming from drive in which FAB is trying to detect.

i must reiterate that everything is detected when i use regular dvds. this is what baffles me. if something was not working, it shouldnt work for anything. i have emailed my situation and have received prompt replies but nothing to solve my dilemma. im not sure if this is the correct thread to put this in and im sure the kind mods will put this where it belongs.

i am literally on my knees praying that this problem is easily solved and i appreciate any and all help provided. sending my deepest thanks in advance.