Just looking to do data backups, not blu-ray copying or anything.
I've got a new Pioneer BDR-206BK and a spindle of 20 blank discs. I need to back up some digital photos (in 2010 we took about 24GB in photos). At some point I will also be "authoring" some of our HD home videos as well and putting them on to blu-rays (instead of what I was currently doing with AVCHD onto dual layer DVDs)...
Anything decent out there? I've been using Nero 9, but I don't want to burn any coasters with these $2.50 per disc blu-rays.
Ah... Good ol' ImgBurn... I think I have a recent version on my PC that I've overlooked... I will have to check into it again...
While it won't do any authoring, it will recognize the BD Video structure of already authored content and make sure the disc is burned to spec. This goes for most every type of disc.
So create the disc "image" in something like Nero, but then burn it with ImgBurn to ensure best success and fewest coasters, right?
You can make the image in Nero, but you don't have to. ImgBurn will collect the files and burn directly from there (it can also make a disc image to burn later).
I'm just saying it won't make DVD/BD menus, or render video, or set chapters, but if you give it a directory structure that looks like a DVD or BD video disc, it will make sure the files get burned in the right order, and the disc is as close to spec as it can get.
It's just burning software, but that's what I like.
Yeah, I've only used it to burn existing images, and use other software when compiling images. I've never even looked at it for collecting the files and burning them... Thanks Chris!
Now that I am home, I looked and I had v 2.4.x.x of the ImgBurn already installed. Now I am at the latest 2.5.5.0
Amongst their many other crimes (particularly against documentation), can we blame open source software for the proliferation of subversions? 3 dots? C'mon, people.
Maybe the next version will be 2.5.5.0.1.2.0.3.2.8b
So, the drive you got. Is it the BDXL model? It doesn't look like ImgBurn support Tri- or Quad-layer BD yet. I'm sure he's working hard at adding it now.
Yeah, I don't plan on any tri-quad layer discs any time soon since you can't even get them (I don't think)... Never really cared. By then, something else will be the new standard in storage...
I was looking around for the tri/quad discs (I'm planning to get this same recorder soon), and couldn't find any. But one seller is including a BD-R TL disc with the recorder, so there must be someone making them out there. I'll wait until Verbatim is producing them anyway.