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Can’t burn re-writable Blu-ray disk.
I have just been given a TDK re-writable Blu-ray disk & thought that I would try it out on a recently completed project that I wished to make a small alteration to.
I did the preparation of file without a problem but when I went to burn it nothing happened because it said that it could not find the disk. If it couldn’t find it why did the advanced tab give details about the disk? The manual describes how to have disk erased but this shouldn’t be necessary since the disk is unused. No options to erase are displayed here.
It also tells me that the disk status is BR-RE but when I click finish it says to insert a disk which implies that there isn’t a disk in the machine. Why is this happening? How do I fit this?
Thanks in advance
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I should have also mentioned that although 3 different erase options are displayed they are all greyed out.
This disk is listed as only being 2 speed as I understand all re-writable Blu-ray disks are very slow. Why then does it display speed options up to 24x?
Thanks in advance
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I opened the same blank re-writable disk into Ashampoo’s Burning suite & this program recognized the disk & told me it’s speed etc.
I’m still puzzled as to why DVDA on one hand says that I have a BR-RE in my burner yet if I press the finish button it asks me to insert a disk. Also the erase options are all grayed out. You don’t have to format these disks do you?
Thanks in advance
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Why then does it display speed options up to 24x?
That’s the clue… When any burning program defaults to odd burn speeds, it means that the program or the hardware driver does not recognize the media. Since the other program recognized the disk correctly, then it’s probably not the hardware driver. Which version of DVDA are you using?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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I’m using DVDA 5.2. I’m told that all re writable disks can only write very slowly like 1x or 2X.
Thanks in advance
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That is correct. 2X is the best I’ve seen from BD-RW.
You might try upgrading DVDA 5.2 to 6.0
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/dvda6offerNo clue if this will help. The new features in DVDA6 are a mystery because DVDA6 is not on Sony’s “Software” page. DVDA6 is only in the more expensive Vegas Suite ($900), but no DVDA6 features are given in the suite description.
Maybe Sony figured out that to be taken seriously by Hollywood, the product has to be a suite and has to be expensive.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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The only new feature that I’ve seen listed in version 6 is 3D and I won’t be using that,or if I ever do it won’t be for a long time.
What I have done is gone back to the Ashampoo program and it is burning the disc as I type this.
Why is this couldn’t be done in DVDA I guess I’ll never know but it appears to be working and then I guess I’ll soon find out for sure.
It says its burning a 2.3 even though the disc is rated only 2. So I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.
Thanks in advance
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It appears to have burned OK. I still don’t know why DVDA would’t.
Thanks in advance
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I suspect DVDA doesn’t know about erasing the BD-RE. Every kind of optical disc starts out entirely in one state, and the laser burns select sections, to either make them more or less reflective, depending on the type of media.
As for speed, I think the fastest BD-RE is 2x, until you get to the BDXL format, which has 4x options. But a plain old BDXL-100 costs about $60, so these aren’t really viable (never even priced a BD-RE XL… there we go, $120 each on Amazon, 100GB, 2x).
-Dave
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