External USB Blu-Ray drives under Linux?

[Tyler Aviss]

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.
On 2011-03-19 11:54 AM, <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Thanks, Duncan, that sounds hopeful. I'll give it a shot.
>
> Peter
>
>> I have a generic adapter (USB to 2.5" IDE, 3'5" IDE, and SATA) that works
>> fine on hard drives and DVD burners. Brasero and k3b work fine with that,
>> and say that they work with Blu-Ray as well. I do not yet have a blu-ray
>> burner, but I plan to get one when media costs come down.
>> (generic USB/IDE/SATA adapters are available on Ebay).
>>
>> Duncan
>>
>>> 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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>
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> Peter Hiscocks
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> http://www.syscompdesign.com
> USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator
> 647-839-0325
>
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