External USB Blu-Ray drives under Linux?

[ted leslie]

i got a lg bluray about  a year ago.
I didn't have much luck with linux support back then,
but nero has a linux version for about 19$,
so i was happy to support a commercial linux program, and it worked well.
I am not sure about usb bluray, but if nero sees it, chances are it
will work with it.
I just installed linux mint DE as my main desktop and i will try and
burn a bluray with some apps on it,
but I also have 50gb dual layer,and even 50gb dual layer re-writables,
 so I wouldn't be surprised if i still need nero.

tl


On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:41 PM,  <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Folks -
>
> I've outgrown by DVD storage, so I'm considering upgrading to an external
> USB connected Blu-Ray burner. Using an external USB-connected hard drive
> works great on this Suse Linux box, so I'm hoping there is a similar
> solution for Blu-Ray.
>
> Any comments on the feasibility of this? Does it require special software
> or can you simply mount the drive and copy to it?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated. Here's the description of this system:
>
> cat /etc/issue
> Welcome to openSUSE 10.3 (i586) - Kernel \r (\l).
>
> cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.6.22.19-0.4-default (geeko at buildhost) (gcc version 4.2.1
> (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP 2009-08-14 02:09:16 +0200
>
> Peter
>
>
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