Need help deciding on new blu ray drive

[outwar6010]

I currently own the Pioneer BDR-207EBK but it's not working as well as before; I have to press the button to open the tray many times etc. I want to get a new one that will last a long time with as much disc support as possible. Can I get some recommendations on something more reliable than what I had previously?

[trumpet205]

You can use software like NirCmd to eject and close disc tray without pressing the eject button. No need to replace a drive because of a faulty button.

Might be a good idea to add close disc tray function into MakeMKV. It only has eject function.

[Woodstock]

MOST drives will interpret a push on the tray as a close request, so it's just the open function (which MakeMKV has a button for) that should be needed.

[brellyn]

To answer your question, you're already using one of the most reliable drives on the market. I have two of them and I've had no issues at all.

[outwar6010]

To answer your question, you're already using one of the most reliable drives on the market. I have two of them and I've had no issues at all.

I've started to think could the opening issue be due to the windows power profile thing? Also I've had major issues trying to rip the covenant on blu ray. I've tried two different copies so far.

[brellyn]

How does the drive respond in safe mode? That's a good start to determine if it's hardware or software.

In my experience, that drive is a bit finicky when it comes to dirty disks. Even fingerprints seem to piss it off a bit.

Time to clean the disk...

A dab of Dawn dishwater detergent and a paper towel. Wet the disk and dampen the towel and rub vigorously in a circular motion. Build up a lather. If you bend the disk a little, you're at the correct pressure. about 3 minutes (or until my hand gets tired) is about right. toss the paper towel and rip off a clean one and dry the disk front and back. Then use eyeglass cleaner (the kind for prescription lenses), one or two squirts and a microfibre or lint-free cloth and soft pressure to buff the surface a bit. Keep your fingers and anything else from touching the surface in this step. Once dry, rerip and see what happens. Not perfect, but more successful (roughly 70%) than any other process I've tried.

Good Luck!

[outwar6010]

The disc looked flawless. I ended up trying any dvd and it created a complete rip and then I used makemkv to create the mkv with the right audio tracks etc. The error message and trouble shoot on the makemkv page http://www.makemkv.com/errors/read/ was a lie there must be some encryptions or something that doesn't work with makemkv.

[brellyn]

Also I've had major issues trying to rip the covenant on blu ray. I've tried two different copies so far.

If that's "The Covenant" from 2006, I just added it to Netflix to see how my drives deal with it. I'll let you know what happens.

I have a ripping batch file that opens the drive door for me once a rip is complete. He's the line from that batch file...

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powershell (New-Object -com "WMPlayer.OCX.7").cdromcollection.item(0).eject()

[outwar6010]

Also I've had major issues trying to rip the covenant on blu ray. I've tried two different copies so far.

If that's "The Covenant" from 2006, I just added it to Netflix to see how my drives deal with it. I'll let you know what happens.

I have a ripping batch file that opens the drive door for me once a rip is complete. He's the line from that batch file...

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powershell (New-Object -com "WMPlayer.OCX.7").cdromcollection.item(0).eject()

What to you mean added to netflix? Also once the drive is in use it seems fine. However when I haven't used it in a while it seems like it needs quite a few presses to wake up the motor maybe?

[brellyn]

What to you mean added to Netflix? Also once the drive is in use it seems fine. However when I haven't used it in a while it seems like it needs quite a few presses to wake up the motor maybe?

I have a subscription to Netflix and they send me disks of movies I want. I added "The Covenant" to my list of requested movies and they shipped it today (5/5). The Estimated arrival is 5/8 so it should be in my mailbox Monday.

If the drive button begins working after several attempts, it's probably just a dirty connection internally. You can use windows eject to open the drive or the powershell code I pasted. Either one should work just fine. A small inconvenience, but not worth replacing the drive over in my opinion.

[brellyn]

The Covenant showed up early and I ripped it today with no issues on either drive.