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Model: LG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter without Software, Black (WH14NS40)
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For people like myself that are tired of paying for too many streaming services but like the convenience of opening an app to play my media, I use this drive to rip my DVDs, Blu Rays, and UHD Blu ray and store the media on a NAS to watch on JellyFin.
Yes, Windows 10 and 11 work fine with this. UHD discs can be copied (aka ripped) to a hard drive with MakeMKV and played with something like VLC. Playing the discs directly (without copying them first) requires PowerDVD and a 6th to 10th generation Intel processor.
Thank you!
So to use this on Win10 / 11, is it plug and play, or do I need a specific driver?
My understanding was that the installing this as is, Win 10 would not recognize the drive.
Any specifics would be appreciated before I pull the trigger. All I have found online are old posts complaining that after upgrading to Win10 / 11, their drive became unrecognizable by windows.
Thanks again and sorry to bug you - it is just you are the only person I have heard from saying that they have this working on Win10 and ripping BR and UHD.
A) Not after you rip them onto a HDD. Not telling you how to live with your morals/ethics but nothing really stopping you from ripping and reselling to make back what you might have paid.
B) Agian, once ripped, you can convert if to the latest and greatest, but it's 99% not needed... Ever.
C) See "B"... But also, once ripped, not a problem migrating to newer software, especially with open source apps and the fans that make them.
D) Sure, but internet searches work to discover new media to consume as well... Such as movie reviews on rotten tomatoes, etc. Also a counter point... Besides streaming services like Netflix, Disney, etc removing content at random. They've also been censoring original versions or making slight changes to erase cinematic history. Beyond that, they've already started inserting updated ads or adding commercials into services... This will not stop and only get worse. I'll keep ripping my physical media to avoid such horrors. This is happening far more often than you seem to understand.
But.. You do you.
Again, I think the fear of the future is costly to prepare for now. If it becomes a problem, physical media will still be available on eBay.
Out of curiosity, why use the MKV container format?
Does it retain the features and quality of the content?
Circling back on this. If you want the whole kit and kaboodle, I think there are some programs that allow you to create an ISO file (entire contents and menus included)… and some hardware that supports ISO playback… but it seems to be harder to find.
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I used to have a lot of burned disks but they started taking up so much space. I gave them to my friend. I later bought an external drive and it has sat unused ever since I bought it. Think I paid $50 and it's an ASUS blue ray burner. Lots of good info and help here.
So guys in December I bought a new stock desktop PC. CyberPowerPc brand. It was a $900 computer with a mid-size case that doesn't appear to have any front open 3.5" drive bays. I guess my only options are to buy an external burner drive or buy this one w/ an adapter to make it USB and lay it on top of the case.
I just searched Amazon and it appears that next cheapest brand-name burner cost $70 and up so this appears to be a great deal even if it's just a few $$$ off.
Circling back on this. If you want the whole kit and kaboodle, I think there are some programs that allow you to create an ISO file (entire contents and menus included)… and some hardware that supports ISO playback… but it seems to be harder to find.
That's how I used to do it. Just an ISO file, and then mount it on PC as if it was coming from an optical drive. The olden days of Daemon Tools. I'm assuming that is still around.
That's how I used to do it. Just an ISO file, and then mount it on PC as if it was coming from an optical drive. The olden days of Daemon Tools. I'm assuming that is still around.
So guys in December I bought a new stock desktop PC. CyberPowerPc brand. It was a $900 computer with a mid-size case that doesn't appear to have any front open 3.5" drive bays. I guess my only options are to buy an external burner drive or buy this one w/ an adapter to make it USB and lay it on top of the case.
I just searched Amazon and it appears that next cheapest brand-name burner cost $70 and up so this appears to be a great deal even if it's just a few $$$ off.
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So to use this on Win10 / 11, is it plug and play, or do I need a specific driver?
My understanding was that the installing this as is, Win 10 would not recognize the drive.
Any specifics would be appreciated before I pull the trigger. All I have found online are old posts complaining that after upgrading to Win10 / 11, their drive became unrecognizable by windows.
Thanks again and sorry to bug you - it is just you are the only person I have heard from saying that they have this working on Win10 and ripping BR and UHD.
Thank you!
B) Agian, once ripped, you can convert if to the latest and greatest, but it's 99% not needed... Ever.
C) See "B"... But also, once ripped, not a problem migrating to newer software, especially with open source apps and the fans that make them.
D) Sure, but internet searches work to discover new media to consume as well... Such as movie reviews on rotten tomatoes, etc. Also a counter point... Besides streaming services like Netflix, Disney, etc removing content at random. They've also been censoring original versions or making slight changes to erase cinematic history. Beyond that, they've already started inserting updated ads or adding commercials into services... This will not stop and only get worse. I'll keep ripping my physical media to avoid such horrors. This is happening far more often than you seem to understand.
But.. You do you.
Does it retain the features and quality of the content?
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I just searched Amazon and it appears that next cheapest brand-name burner cost $70 and up so this appears to be a great deal even if it's just a few $$$ off.
I just searched Amazon and it appears that next cheapest brand-name burner cost $70 and up so this appears to be a great deal even if it's just a few $$$ off.
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