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Multi-drive USB enclosures?

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:00 am
by samoht
Hi,

Sorry if this is the wrong board to post this question on.

I have a blu-ray drive and 2x dvd drives (5.25") that I use for MakeMKV (will hopefully get a UHD soon too).
They are currently connected via sata.

Are there any multi-drive USB enclosures available 2/3/4 drives? I'm hoping to build my next PC in a smaller case and would like the drives to be in a USB enclosure so that I can connect them only when required.

Re: Multi-drive USB enclosures?

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:19 am
by Billycar11
Never seen one that is USB they are usually standalone cloners that type of thing
And it's becoming less and less popular

Re: Multi-drive USB enclosures?

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:13 am
by samoht
I've seen that you sell slimline UHD drives (I think you only sell to US though - I am in the UK) and one of those plus some DVD only drives (a lot of my media is older TV shows that are DVD only) would probably be suitable alternatives with a USB hub.

Is there a list of good quality slimline USB DVD only drives that are compatible with LibreDrive?

Re: Multi-drive USB enclosures?

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:21 pm
by Billycar11
samoht wrote:
Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:13 am
I've seen that you sell slimline UHD drives (I think you only sell to US though - I am in the UK) and one of those plus some DVD only drives (a lot of my media is older TV shows that are DVD only) would probably be suitable alternatives with a USB hub.

Is there a list of good quality slimline USB DVD only drives that are compatible with LibreDrive?
Don't know of a DVD one I can recommend I don't test them like the bluray drives.
But libre drive does nothing for DVD so that should not even be a factor.

Asmcom is in the UK and can help you out if you want preflashed and tested drives viewtopic.php?f=20&t=19387

Also be careful with USB hubs optical drive take a lot of power even the best 60watt hubs can only do 6 drives reliably because of spikes it should be a lot more but everything is junk. you can get drop outs and then they all disconnect and your progress is ruined