<p>Anyone know the speed/bandwidth on a BR reader/burner? I'd worry that it might overwhelm some USB2 connections. USB3 would be nice, esp with the dedicated controller.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 2011-03-19 11:54 AM, <<a href="mailto:phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w@public.gmane.org">phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Thanks, Duncan, that sounds hopeful. I'll give it a shot.<br>
> <br>> Peter<br>> <br>>> I have a generic adapter (USB to 2.5" IDE, 3'5" IDE, and SATA) that works<br>>> fine on hard drives and DVD burners. Brasero and k3b work fine with that,<br>>> and say that they work with Blu-Ray as well. I do not yet have a blu-ray<br>
>> burner, but I plan to get one when media costs come down.<br>>> (generic USB/IDE/SATA adapters are available on Ebay).<br>>><br>>> Duncan<br>>><br>>>> Folks -<br>>>><br>>>> I've outgrown by DVD storage, so I'm considering upgrading to an<br>
>>> external<br>>>> USB connected Blu-Ray burner. Using an external USB-connected hard drive<br>>>> works great on this Suse Linux box, so I'm hoping there is a similar<br>>>> solution for Blu-Ray.<br>
>>><br>>>> Any comments on the feasibility of this? Does it require special<br>>>> software<br>>>> or can you simply mount the drive and copy to it?<br>>>><br>>>> Any advice would be appreciated. Here's the description of this system:<br>
>>><br>>>> cat /etc/issue<br>>>> Welcome to openSUSE 10.3 (i586) - Kernel \r (\l).<br>>>><br>>>> cat /proc/version<br>>>> Linux version 2.6.22.19-0.4-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.2.1<br>
>>> (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP 2009-08-14 02:09:16 +0200<br>>>><br>>>> Peter<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> --<br>>>> Peter Hiscocks<br>>>> Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto<br>
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>><br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Peter Hiscocks<br>> Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto<br>> <a href="http://www.syscompdesign.com">http://www.syscompdesign.com</a><br>> USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator<br>
> 647-839-0325<br>> <br>> --<br>> The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: <a href="http://gtalug.org/">http://gtalug.org/</a><br>> TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns<br>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE: <a href="http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists">http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists</a><br>
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