blu ray to blu ray

[aarch65]

Hi,

I have tried to back up my some of my blu rays and so far most have been fine. However some have burned fine but when I have tried to play them in my standalone player they dont. When i have opened up the disc properties on my computer they show UDF files and some show AVCHD video. Can someone offer any advise?

Cheers.

[W&B]

some have burned fine but when I have tried to play them in my standalone player they dont. When i have opened up the disc properties on my computer they show UDF files and some show AVCHD video.

What type of blank media you using, BD-R, BD-RE or compressing to BD9/5 (DVD which is only playable on BD players)? Also to better explain what AVCHD is read . The backups that won't playback in the stand alone, is it a 'hit and miss' type of thing? (meaning some play fine but some won't even though they are the exact same blank media)

Edit: Please post your stand alone's model name and number.

[red1]

always look for updates for your stand alone player!! (older versions might not work/ not work properly with your bds)

[aarch65]

I'm using BD-R (BD25 1080P). Some play ok in the computer but not at all in my Panasonic DMP-BD55. Yes it is a bit hit and miss. What I can't understand is why I get two different types of files( AVCHD/UDF).

[W&B]

AVCHD is a format for the recording and playback of Hi-Def video and UDF is a format specification of a file system for storing files on optical media. (yes it's a copy and paste from Wikipedia) more on UDF .
When burning to the BD-R disc are you selecting the m2ts files from the stream folder directly (which would explain why they play on your computer but not your stand alone) or selecting the main folder which contains both the BDMV & Certificate folders (which is the correct way and that should play in your stand alone) IF it's the latter and using the included VSO burn engine you might try ImgBurn (it's free and link in my sig to a great post by Troy512 that has complete instuctions on how to set it up with Fab). Watch the video in HD and pause it as you go along while changing Fab's settings and setting the AWS=automatic write speed...setting the correct write speed is VERY important, rule of thumb is to set it at half the rated speed of your blank media. BD-R rated for 8X burn @ 4X

[blu-blurayer]

Hmmm. That answer is a bit confusing. ImgBurn seems to be about DVD burning..the question here is about blu-ray. I too have burned several BD-R DL disks that are perfect when played on the computer but will not do anything in my stand alone brand-new LG 390 player. The LG manual says it handles BD-R DL but "video mode and finalized only" and AVCHD format only.

So...I still don't know how to solve this.

[touchdown_1]

AVCHD is a format for the recording and playback of Hi-Def video and UDF is a format specification of a file system for storing files on optical media. (yes it's a copy and paste from Wikipedia) more on UDF .
When burning to the BD-R disc are you selecting the m2ts files from the stream folder directly (which would explain why they play on your computer but not your stand alone) or selecting the main folder which contains both the BDMV & Certificate folders (which is the correct way and that should play in your stand alone) IF it's the latter and using the included VSO burn engine you might try ImgBurn (it's free and link in my sig to a great post by Troy512 that has complete instuctions on how to set it up with Fab). Watch the video in HD and pause it as you go along while changing Fab's settings and setting the AWS=automatic write speed...setting the correct write speed is VERY important, rule of thumb is to set it at half the rated speed of your blank media. BD-R rated for 8X burn @ 4X

@ blu-blurayer, not really.
ImgBurn is the preeminent burn engine and as W&B stated if you drag and drop the BDMV + certificate into the "write files/folders to disc" in ImgBurn you should always get a perfect burn, that will play on any stand alone player, as long as your firmware is current on that player.

if you pick willy nilly in the mT2s files, then there is no guarantee that you will get a good burn, more likely a new coaster.

[enchanter1]

Another thing that I always do before burning a disc is to convert to ISO and use a Virtual Disc Drive to load on PC and see if PowerDVD plays the disc. So far this has saved me blank discs where I otherwise would have made a coaster. Another option is to burn first to a BD-RE erasable disc to test the copy.

[blu-blurayer]

Some progress

touchdown_1
Well, you were correct. When I burned the ISO made using DVDFAB to the disc using ImgBurn it read fine in the stand alone player and on the computer. One thing I noticed is that it "finalized" the disc while neither Nero nor DVDFAB did that. Now I have several discs that work fine on the computer but don't work in the stand alone. I'm wondering if I could "finalize" them if they would then be ok. My cyberlink program will "finalize" some discs, but not BD-R DL. So...any suggestions?

Thanks

[touchdown_1]

Well you now have more options.
ISO for your PC or
ImgBurn for your stand alone.
glad it worked out for you.