For Mac users: What software do you use to burn Blu ray discs?
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DVD Fab seems to work very well. if you copy Bluray discs they will only play on your computer, they wont play on PS3 or new Bluray players .
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For Blu Ray and regular DVDs, I use the "LG Burning Tool" software that came with the LG burner, and it works great. Good luck!
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I use AnyDVD, a program I purchased a several years ago and I think if works great. The company also offers cloneDVD2 which I use to burn the disks. These are separate programs that do different things but the two of them together give you unlimited possibilities. Automatic updates also come. I have been happy with the company and programs over a long period of time. I assume they have AnyDVD and CloneDVD2 for Mac also, but have not really checked. I have a PC. Check out their website. http://www.slysoft.com/download.html
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Yes. It comes with software to play blu ray discs on a PC. It does NOT come with any for Mac.
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I just found out that it works only for Window program, So Blu Ray wouldn't be played on MacIt's not compatiable with Mac as the running Software for LG BP06LU10 can't be set in Mac computers.
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That usually means that the software bundle is for those platforms. The hardware should work fine in a Mac with SATA ports or in a SATA enclosure. James Fields has an article on Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro Website titled "Blu-ray with Final Cut Pro, Compressor and Encore" which uses this very drive (URL: http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/blu-ray_fcp_fields.html ). The Mac Pro has six SATA ports: 4 for the drive bays and two as options for the 5.25" bays. Apple however doesn't support those extra two ports and some claim to have problems using them (from my experience I think it only wants one of them to be in use at a time). You could get an ATA-SATA adapter or an internal SATA card to use it internally. I think you'll need an adapter for power either way, unless it comes with one. If you're using any other current model Mac, you'll need an external enclosure, preferably with multiple interface choices (USB, FW800, and possibly eSATA). You will have to remove the front of the tray to use it internally in a Mac Pro; it won't clear the case bezel otherwise. You may want to hold onto that part if you plan to move it to another system or its own enclosure. Apple's software does tend to prefer Apple-supplied drives with Apple firmware to enable burning, but last I checked Apple's offerings didn't support Blu-ray burners yet anyway. You can use Final Cut's Compressor to encode the streams, but you'll need other software (such as Adobe Encore CS3) to master Blu-ray disks. I'm told this drive also burns all standard DVDs and CDs, including rewriteables and DVD-RAM, though Amazon's information and the reviews here don't mention this. Playing movies, last I checked Apple's player could only play HD DVDs mastered with Final Cut Studio (i.e. unencrypted), starting with Leopard. I don't know of any other software players.
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You need to have dvd or bluray player software mine works great. Burns blueray and dvds fine also as long as you specify the speed and not use autodetect
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No you must have a blu-ray burner. Blu-ray burners will burn DVD's, but not the other way around.
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1> Dunno, but if Mac can support Blu-Ray, it should be.2&3> The Blu-ray is dual-USB powered. ie it uses not just one, but two USB ports separately. Not a Y-cable, but two separate USB cables (One is for data/power, but the second is power only).4> You -can- use an independent USB power supply (there are many inexpensive ones on Amazon), and if you can find the supply with the right voltage/orientation/wattage, I am sure it is possible to get an A/C power supply. Best rule of thumb: Google USB voltage/wattage, or consult with the manufacturer.
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I am not a Mac user so I can't answer your specific question. You could try making a DVD on a DVD recorder and putting it into your MAC. Worth a try. Ray
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It makes blurays just fine if you have the necessary software - I am on mac and use Toast. They just take ages to burn with Toast but that's not the burner's fault.
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I have NOT used a Mac, but I would assume same cautions apply: 1) make sure the slightly thicker discs will clear the drawer; 2) lower the burn speed as much as you can -- 4X or 8X is ideal to prevent "coasters". You should have "superior sounding" discs. I burn with Windows and NERO with no problems, except NERO will NOT make a copy onto a Verbatim from another Verbatim -- just a strange quirk!
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Works great for me. I'm using Macgo blu ray software. Not sure if there are other programs that will give you blu ray functionality. I googled blu ray on Mac, and that's the first program I saw.
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I have used several: DVD FAB, Nero 11 and several iso burners. The only thing I tried that failed completely was the Windows burner. It is an absolute bust at Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray burning is a real resource hog I am using win7, quad core running at 3.2Ghz and 8 Gig of RAM and when burning I still can't do anything else.
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If your mac has a sata interface you can use this burner. BE Warned however this blu ray burner will die on you BARELY outside its warranty so I hope you got it really really cheap. This burner died 2 months outside of warranty on me after me having only owned it 14 months with light use at a cost of $100 and when it was capable of burning blu rays it produced coasters 4 out of ten times. I have another LG blu ray reader that will not read blu rays. LG is junk which is why I replaced my blu ray writer with a ASUS which has been running with no issues for the last 16 months.
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It all depends on what you're going to do. I've used the Power2Go program to make data discs (DVD and Blu-ray), but I mostly use Nero 2014 Platinum for everything else. I guess it's an alright program if you're not going to do anything complicated.
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Yes, you will need additional software to play the Blu-Ray format. Google Mac Blu-Ray player and you will find both paid and free software for doing so.
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A little more info would be helpful. I.e. What type of computer you are using and what software you are using to use the drive. For example, I use a Macintosh computer and use makemkv software to rip blu ray movies and use blu ray player software to play movies.