Maybe a dumb question

[antonb001]

Hi,

This may be a dumb question, but can you back up data on a Bluray disc? I just bought a burner here in Japan, but the software is all in Japanese and the upgrade option for nero 7 just unistalled my previous version and is refusing to install itself...

I know BD is for HD movies (I had to buy a burner 'cause I also bought an HD video camera and have a lot of files to burn)

But I also wanted to backup some files to a disk... is this possible and if yes, what software can do it?

Thanks

[dadkins]

Yes!
Roxio 9 will burn just about anything to a Blu-ray disc.
http://www.roxio.com/

Cyberlink also has software that will burn data to BD:
http://www.cyberlink.com/english/tec..._gen/index.jsp

I just wish blank media would come down in price...

[Don Blish]

I have Cyberlink on my desktop (Sony BWU-100a) and Roxio on my Dell M1710 notebook and have used both BD-RE 25 (single layer) and 50 (double layer) and both work great.

[antonb001]

Thanx! I'll try it out.

[TooTallTom]

I'm spamming all the treads concerning burning applications with the same question so don't be too upset with me...
Do they support Multithreading?

[jermwhl]

Originally Posted by antonb001

Hi,

This may be a dumb question, but can you back up data on a Bluray disc? I just bought a burner here in Japan, but the software is all in Japanese and the upgrade option for nero 7 just unistalled my previous version and is refusing to install itself...

I know BD is for HD movies (I had to buy a burner 'cause I also bought an HD video camera and have a lot of files to burn)

But I also wanted to backup some files to a disk... is this possible and if yes, what software can do it?

Thanks

Yes it is a dumb question.................LOL just kiddin...

[dadkins]

Originally Posted by TooTallTom

I'm spamming all the treads concerning burning applications with the same question so don't be too upset with me...
Do they support Multithreading?

Uhm... huh?
While my drive does have two lasers I'm pretty sure that burning a DVD can only use one laser at a time.

Please explain what you mean by Multithreading. Thanks.

[jorg]

Originally Posted by dadkins

Uhm... huh?
While my drive does have two lasers I'm pretty sure that burning a DVD can only use one laser at a time.

Please explain what you mean by Multithreading. Thanks.

muilty threading is a software thing.

and nero dose use muilty threading from past experience roxie sucks nero is best

[dadkins]

Ok, it's a software thing... how will multithreding help with a burning program?
It can't force faster burning, it won't make the burn... better looking.

And for the record Nero is junk!
Roxio or Cyberlink is far better.
Ulead will eat Nero!

[jorg]

Originally Posted by dadkins

Ok, it's a software thing... how will multithreding help with a burning program?
It can't force faster burning, it won't make the burn... better looking.

And for the record Nero is junk!
Roxio or Cyberlink is far better.
Ulead will eat Nero!

muilty threading lets your transcode a movie faster to say u have the famous avi file knowing for pirating and u wanna burn it to a blu-ray disc since players can`t play avi u have to transcode the movie to a dif. fomat lets say mpeg-2 this takes a lot of computing power and in the day of dule quad and oct core computers the best way to use the computing power is to use muilty thread with out it there will only be 1 thead meaning that new dule core system only half the prosesor will be working. but if its muilty threaded then you use your system to its fullest . u have used roxio 9 and while transocind to dvd and two systems th cpu is only used around 60%!!! and it take like twice as long as nero


and i know maximum pc magazine uses nero trans coding as a test because it it uses systems to it fullest and if u are burn data straight to a disc then muilty threading dosent matter untill we have 12x burners and we burning so much data

[dadkins]

Ok, trans coding - Format conversion... for a burning application, all the multithreading in the world isn't going to help!

Now as to the conversion of formats... I still prefer Roxio or TVC.

[jbuttler007]

Let us know how it works, I have the same issue. Haven't purchased a burner yet though.

[TooTallTom]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I've been away from the forums for a bit but I appreciate the reply's. Currently I'm using sonic, but there have been some issues with burning, I can't get into too many specifics but multithreading is important to what we're using BD's for, its not just for single discs either

[haushausman]

so you would be able to make blu-ray movie back-ups with Roxio?

[TooTallTom]

Originally Posted by haushausman

so you would be able to make blu-ray movie back-ups with Roxio?

I saw something on slashdot a week or two ago saying that there was some decision, either in the process fo being finalized of already finished, that would allow owners of BD and HD movies to make a certain number of back-ups of their purchased content. I'm not exactly sure of the specifics but you should be able to find the article by searching for Blu-ray in their achives.

[WickyWoo]

It's called managed copy, and unlikely to ever actually be enabled

What is far more likely is a pre-prepped file for iPods and computer playback that must be authenticated iTunes style.

[dadkins]

Originally Posted by TooTallTom

I saw something on slashdot a week or two ago saying that there was some decision, either in the process fo being finalized of already finished, that would allow owners of BD and HD movies to make a certain number of back-ups of their purchased content. I'm not exactly sure of the specifics but you should be able to find the article by searching for Blu-ray in their achives.

I have two items on this laptop that enables me to rip & burn Blu-ray discs...

AnyDVD HD & DVDFab Platinum.

DVDFab will rip & burn in itself, AnyDVD HD rips and Roxio or Ulead will burn.

[phil]

I have not used Disk Juggler but I believe that Disk Juggler supports Blu Ray as well.