Blu ray Burning issues

Ive used like 3 discs already and tried different video files. AVI, MP4, MKV and they do not playback on my blu ray player after burning a video disc with Cyberlink. Some older softwares you had to finalize the disc for the players to play them afterwards. But you dont have to do that with CYberlink when burning a dvd, It does it during the burning process aparently. Thought it would be the same for blu rays. is there something else missing or something I need to do to get my player to recognize the blu rays ? ive tried 2 different players.

My PC recognizes them after burning the blu rays.

 

What plays on your computer doesn't necessary mean it will play on standalone. Those have two very different specs and requirements to play. What file are you trying to burn is it BD format or what format was it in before you burn it? Cyberlink is not well known in my knowledge as a good burning program to use. And most likely cyberlink is crippled by the inability of the BD protection not letting it make proper burns. BD and DVD are two different formats and what might work for DVD won't work for BD because of the newer protection that the cyberlink can't bypass to make a proper burn.

 

Trying to burn an MP4 to a blu ray. and I know the PC is always more compatible with playback vs a stand alone. but trying to figure out if there is something im missing in the burning process that I need to do in advance to be able to playback the blu ray on a stand alone. I have the option to choose H.264 and mpeg2 for the format. which one is more universal for the blu ray players ?

 

Content formats for blu-ray are H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, and VC-1.

You can try one of these programs, as well as various other paid ones. Assuming everything is okay from a software standpoint, are you sure your drive's not faulty? I had a DVD drive that read DVDs fine, it read and wrote to CDs fine, but would yield bad burn results to DVD. It requires a different laser for the laser lens to project, which might be your problem.

 

ive burned dvds ok. When I try playing one of the burned blu rays in my player, it says disc error and pops out. so its something to do with the format or burning process im assuming. if it was a video file comaptibility issue it would recognize the disc 1st then spit it out saying incompatible.

 

As described, my combo optical drive would also go through the burning process, but my DVDs never were burned right, despite the software telling me it was complete.

Your eye/lens may possibly be bad. If you can get your hands on an external blu-ray burner and try burning the exact same files with the exact same program, that will be a rather definitive test.

 

What is include buffer under run protection for ? Do I check or uncheck ?

 

Checking buffer underrun protection won't fix the problem if it's related to the eye in the drive. But you can give it a shot! Buffer underrun occurs when a buffer between two devices/processes is being fed slower than it can be read/processed.

 

I think I found the Solution. I used the one Verbatim disc that came with my drive for free and my newer blu ray player recognizes it, burning it at MPEG-2 format. My older player does not.

This whole time Ive been using Windata blu rays. One of the WIndata blu rays managed to go to the menu on the newer player, but it froze during the animated menu. even though it was the same video file type and same burn process that I did with the Verbatim disc.

ive had others tell me before dont use cheap media. No wonder the 25 Windata Blu ray spindle was only $15 bucks.

 

That's great, chomper! It's true that it's generally advised to not go with cheap, writable media. The dye can really make or break a burning process. I'm not sure how many of those Windata Blu-Ray discs you went through, but I have no doubt the Verbatim discs use better quality dye.

Sony discs are also especially good. If you're going for budget, the Memorex discs are fine for the price - but you're more likely to get bad burns on them than the Sonys.

 

I see some deals with Phillips every now and then. are they good ?

 

If you are trying to burn a video so it plays like a commercial blu-ray, you need to convert the video to the AVCHD format. This is the format used by BluRay videos, and it is what yourBluRay player will recognize. Also,you need to use software that can burn it in the correct file format (UDF 2.5). Imgburn(freeware) will automatically select the correct format for a bluray movie.
Burning video to bluray is more involved than a DVD. Software such as Ripbot 264 is very good at converting your video to AVCDH or other formats.

 

I thought anything thats HD is AVC ?

 

Well, comparing apples to apples on this can be a little tricky. You can get good Memorex discs, and you can get terrible Memorex discs. The brand is actually somewhat irrelevant, as there are only a handful of manufacturing plants that they all use. From what I've read, Phillips is good if you go with their Silver Premiums discs. JVC and Mitsubishi both use Japanese plants, which produce the higher quality writable media.

You can even get off-name/store brands that are good, but finding out which manufacturer they used is another story (generally, you want the ones either made in Japan or Taiwan).

 

Sometimes you just have to burn at a much slower speed than its rated at. It sucks though, because writing 20GB data can take a LONG time.

 

That too. This isn't as big of a concern with copying, say, music to a CD-R. But if you're writing critical data that needs to be fully intact - such as burning an operating system - then it's a much safer bet to write at a slower speed to maintain file integrity.

 

Right. I just don't like optical media at all except for video and audio if you have no other means. Optical media is still cheap but at the rate that NAND is getting cheap, you're much better off going with a slow large NAND flash drive IMHO if you want to backup or temporarily store files.