ASUS BW 12B1St

cspvideo wrote on 6/26/2012, 9:10 AM
Is anyone having any issues trying to burn a blu-ray disc using an ASUS burner? I've scoured this forum and found one post about it from January. This is not my first blu-ray project. It is my first on this burner. The project is 21.2 gb and the burner takes 3 hours to complete. When it does the disc will not play in any device.

I've moved the project to another machine with an LG burner and it works.

I can burn DVD's with the unit but not Blu-Ray discs. I'm wondering if there is a compatibility issue between DVD-A and this burner or whether the burner has an issue.

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 6/26/2012, 10:40 AM
DVD Architect doesn't care which hardware you're using to burn your disc. The program interfaces with your operating system -- so, as long as your version of Windows has the correct drivers, it's not a software issue.

You don't say if this is a factory-installed or after-market disc burner, but the first thing I'd do is go to the ASUS site and look for the latest drivers for your operating system.

Then I'd consider your brand of discs. It's unlikely the software or the driver is responsible for discs that won't play. It could be your brand of discs (Memorex, for instance, has a shockingly high failure rate!) or you could be burning at too fast a speed.

I'd try creating an ISO "prepared file" to my hard drive rather than burning directly to a disc. That will tell you if your long prep time is related to the transcoding itself. (i.e., you may be loading an inefficient file format into DVD Architect and that's causing it to take longer to process)

Then try burning that ISO to a BluRay using either your computer's burn software or, better, a program like ImgBurn (free!), which can be set to burn at a slower speed and then verify your disc burn.
cspvideo wrote on 6/26/2012, 6:01 PM
Prep time wasn't the issue. It was burn time.

The system is built by ADK and the ASUS device installed by them.

I played with settings in Architect. Under options>preferences>burning I unchecked the "use legacy drivers" box which appears to be the default. It is now working.