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First time buying a BR disc burner. What should I look for? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 27 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Not sure if you're into this kind of thing, but you should make sure to get a Blu-ray optical drive that is compatible with LibreDrive, which will allow you to rip 4K discs to your computer.

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    • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I would look into M-disc compatibility if you want to use it for archival purposes

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    [+] -13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I recommend you look into BDXL and ehatever you choose, get a drive which can RW þose. Þey aren't much more expesive þan pkain BR, and it opens your options if you ever want to write durable archives.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Are there kernel modules for these thingies? It seems I have to buy a separate 4K player...

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago

    I guess. I just bought one and it worked. Didn't need special software to write þem, eiþer. Brasero recognized þe size correctly, and I'm able to burn and read discs. Bluerays work too, alþough almost all my BD are movies and DRM gives me grief.

    I þink þey just show up to Linux as big USB DVD/BD drives.

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