Bluray burning problem

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CinematicFanatic

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Right, i've been through 3 BDR drives now to solve a never ending problem.

The problem:

I am using Windows 7 and IMG Burn.

I can use IMG Burn to burn a wedding film. Once it's finished burning at 4x I can't repeat the process and burn another copy. The drive will refuse to READ / WRITE ANY BLU RAY disc. Blank or full. The drive will just sit their idle, trying to do the initial read where it detects media in the drive and feels like it's just looping itself.

I can however, continue burning DVDRs/CDRs etc.

To solve the problem, it is an absolute mystery ... I have some times got it working by restarting the PC several times or by completely switching PC off and on. Or by opening PowerDVD whilst running IMGBurn. These solutions do not always work, but I might get lucky and it works.

The drive I am using at the moment is a ASUS BW-16DH1T prior to that I was using 2 different LG models (forgot the model numbers). All drives were/are brand new from Amazon. The 2 LG drives were sold due to this problem, but in truth, I bet there really wasn't even a problem other than some sort of software issue.

Any help ?
 
I'm a Mac guy, so this is theoretical, but might help.
It definitely sounds like it's software related. My guess is that one of the other programs is trying to read the BluRay, but doesn't have all the required security parts for AACS to allow it, so it just infinitely loops and prevents any other disc programs from working. Maybe the OS itself doesn't have all the required parts? Can you play any other burned BluRays on your PC?
 
Hi Andrius

Not after the initial burning of the bluray I can't.

Once i've burnt a blu ray, I can't continue to burn a second one without the drive constantly trying to read the disc be it a blank blu ray disc or one with media.

I agree, a program without the security parts may be trying to access it. I went in to task manager and had a look at the programs running. PowerDVD14Agent.exe*32 is always active, could that possibly be the cause? I'll have to wait until I burn more discs in a weeks time as I don't want to waste any BDRs for no reason right this very moment.
 
What I was thinking was that if your computer isn't set up to play BluRay movies, then it's going to hang when you have two programs fighting to read it.
Ignoring your burned BluRays, can you put in a Hollywood movie on BluRay and watch it on your computer? Do you have some BluRay player software installed? Something set to auto play it? Something trying to auto play it? Maybe a DVD player app? Check those and see what they're set up to do when a BluRay is inserted. The reason I'd look at this is because that's what's happening once the BluRay is written. It now becomes a BluRay movie in the drive and another program could be waking up and yelling "Hey a BluRay! Let me play it!" while your burner is still trying to claim it in a verifying process after burning it. Hmm. Maybe turn off any verification process after burning if that's an option. That might be enough to prevent the conflict.
 
Genuine blurays work fine.

The problem is the fact once i've burnt a disc, the bluray drive is rendered useless until it randomly works again. And it's happened with lots of different drives from 2 different LG models to the current ASUS one. Only software interfering is PowerDVD but I can't see how that would make the drive useless and stop it from functioning.

I mean it doesnt READ or WRITE to Bluray after you've burnt a bluray disc via IMGBURN.
 
Ok, I think you've eliminated the mechanical issue of the drive, so it's got to be software. Do you have any other burning software? If you try a different disc burning app and it works after that, then problem solved. If it doesn't, then you have to look at your OS or disc playback software.
Troubleshooting is just process of elimination until you find the cause.
 
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