can't burn blue ray disk

Glenn_G wrote on 11/6/2011, 3:59 PM

I have prepared an iso blue ray file. I can burn this to a Phillpips BD-RE blue ray disk with no difficulty and it plays fine on my Blu Ray Player. However, I'm having an issue with some BD-R media. I try to burn, and a second later DVDA says the burn was sucessfull but there is of course nothing on the disk. Is there a way to tell whether this media is incompatible with my system or if I have an issue with DVDA. Thanks

Comments

TOG62 wrote on 11/6/2011, 4:37 PM

You could try burning the ISO with different software, such as Nero or the free ImgBurn.

PeterDuke wrote on 11/6/2011, 5:19 PM

Yes, some brands of media are better than others, and work better with particular burners and players. Find what works for you and stick with it.

I find Taiyo Yuden (now JVC), and Verbatim to be good, Ritek to be bad, and Sony and CMC to be so-so. Note that the printed label on the package may not say which company actually made the discs. I have had a package branded Verbatim that was made by CMC, for instance. Certain software can show this, however.

It is also possible that a manufacturer like CMC may have more than one manufacturing process or they may grade their products after manufacure and sell the poorer products at a cheaper price to resellers. This is just conjecture, however, to explain why some resellers of the same manufacturer seem better than others.

EDIT

I just realized that you were talking about Blu-ray. My comments were for DVD. I have only used Verbatim Blu-ray discs and have had no problems so far. However, I prefer to put the .iso files on a USB drive and play them from my media player rather than use optical discs, so I don't have a lot of experience with Blu-ray media.