"No disc inserted" issue

[DarkSkull]

I have a PIONEER BD-RW BDR-S12JX. As of recently I have recently not been able to rip DVDs (Blue Ray and UHD disks still work fine). It just spins the disks for a bit, attempts to read it, and then MakeMKV says "No disc inserted." There's no other errors. I've re-tried to scan/rip DVD disks that I previously ripped. I'm also seeing the "no disc inserted" issue here. I also noticed the VLC media player isn't able to play the DVDs like it was before. So maybe it's a drive issue? But then why do Bluerays and UHD disks still work?

Any suggestions or trouble shooting steps appriciated.

[gkar_of_narn]

if you have no other reader to check with then I would assume the lasers are getting weak

[Coopervid]

CDs and DVDs use the red laser while BDs and UHDs use the blue laser. Seems that the red laser is dead.

[DarkSkull]

Looks like it was the red lazor. Sad as my drive is only a year old (from my purchase). Thankfully I had a second drive sitting around. Hopefully it rips as well.

[flojo]

Well as for CDs, is the S12JX like the 212? When ripping CDs my 212v's give back garbage instead of reporting errors :-/, so ripping CDs is a no-go to boot.

[Coopervid]

Well as for CDs, is the S12JX like the 212? When ripping CDs my 212v's give back garbage instead of reporting errors :-/, so ripping CDs is a no-go to boot.

You shouldn't assume that this is a general problem. My two 212 and my S11 drive rip CDs just fine.

[flojo]

You shouldn't assume that this is a general problem.

You're lucky, all 6 of my 212v's give back a random bad hash value on error. I should clarify that the CDs are CDDA with evident damage like foil missing and heavy scratching and they do report the correct AccurateRip hash for the tracks without errors.