Advice: external BD, DVD, CD burner

by **Peke** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:14 pm

Bullit420 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:06 pm I regret that I don't have enough room to keep some of the amazing gear I've had from decades past.

Yep, till recently I had basement and attic, but now as kids grown they want their space so I guess something will be lost forever

by **Bullit420** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:06 pm

Peke wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:03 pm
Bullit420 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:45 pm No sir, by no means are you old. I'd say you are experienced.
I was just kidding, sometimes I find myself fall under BOOMER category

I regret that I don't have enough room to keep some of the amazing gear I've had from decades past.

by **Bullit420** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:02 pm

crawdad63 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:51 pm I have a DVD and a BD drive hooked to my laptop which is a Dell but not a beast. I never had a problem with either of them in relation to MM4. I do use EAC as a backup with the very few CDs that MM4 won't burn. I haven't ripped very many CDs with MM5, but no issues so far.

Thank you for the feedback.

by **crawdad63** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:51 pm

I have a DVD and a BD drive hooked to my laptop which is a Dell but not a beast. I never had a problem with either of them in relation to MM4. I do use EAC as a backup with the very few CDs that MM4 won't burn. I haven't ripped very many CDs with MM5, but no issues so far.

by **Peke** » Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:03 pm

Bullit420 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:45 pm No sir, by no means are you old. I'd say you are experienced.

I was just kidding, sometimes I find myself fall under BOOMER category

by **Bullit420** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:45 pm

No sir, by no means are you old. I'd say you are experienced.

by **Peke** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:53 pm

Bullit420 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:59 pm Wow, you just reminded me how old I am haha! I used to have SCSI burners as well, man they sure were expensive. Thanks again for the help.

Áre you saying that I am old too? Well I am not young also. I still have that PC in storage and that Teac SCSI 2x Drive could RIP PS1 Disks for backup fully or few rare Audio CDs that were 89m-99m. It can also RIP any almost destroyed CDs at speed 0.1x-1x using hardware correction I saved people number of times even single 3 minute track takes 1h to RIP. PC is Still on Windows 98SE, exclusively made for CD-RIP, but have not turn it on for years after I ripped my 6k+ CD collection.

by **Bullit420** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:59 pm

Peke wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:53 pm
Bullit420 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:16 pm Thank you for the detailed and prompt reply. I have the cables to use a laptop DVD\CD as an external. I'm wanting to know people's first-hand experience with external BD/DVD/CD burners. The Pioneer BDR-XD07B would be an example of a user's experience with external drives.
I have at least few of drives, unfortunately no BD one but if needed I can easily connect them all and RIP 3+ CDs at once (Previously I used my OLD PC with 2 SATA + 3 IDE/PATA + 1 SCSI Drives to Rip my collection). That was fun

Wow, you just reminded me how old I am haha! I used to have SCSI burners as well, man they sure were expensive. Thanks again for the help.

by **Bullit420** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:55 pm

Lowlander wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:00 pm No issues using external USB connected CD/DVD/BluRay drives. Asus seems to work best, but LG, Pioneer, and Lite-On also worked for me.

Perfect, thank you so much for the advice!

by **Peke** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:53 pm

Bullit420 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:16 pm Thank you for the detailed and prompt reply. I have the cables to use a laptop DVD\CD as an external. I'm wanting to know people's first-hand experience with external BD/DVD/CD burners. The Pioneer BDR-XD07B would be an example of a user's experience with external drives.

I have at least few of drives, unfortunately no BD one

but if needed I can easily connect them all and RIP 3+ CDs at once (Previously I used my OLD PC with 2 SATA + 3 IDE/PATA + 1 SCSI Drives to Rip my collection). That was fun

by **Lowlander** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:00 pm

No issues using external USB connected CD/DVD/BluRay drives. Asus seems to work best, but LG, Pioneer, and Lite-On also worked for me.

by **Bullit420** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:16 pm

Thank you for the detailed and prompt reply. I have the cables to use a laptop DVD\CD as an external. I'm wanting to know people's first-hand experience with external BD/DVD/CD burners. The Pioneer BDR-XD07B would be an example of a user's experience with external drives.

by **Peke** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:11 am

Hi,
It was already asked here, but you need to:
- Plug out your T420 drive out usually only one screw needs to be removed to pull it out See tutorials on matter
- Buy this cable or similar/cheaper but it needs to be 13Pin (7+6) Slimline SATA converter Cable

Enjoy.

End result is like this:

by **Bullit420** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:52 am

Greetings MM Community,

I've been using a ThinkPad T420 for years to rip audio CDs to a Plex server. The T420 is running out of steam and I plan on moving MM client to a Dell Precision 5530. The 5530 is a beast, but it does not have an optical drive.

Do any of you have personal experience with external USB 3.0 portable BD/DVD/CD burners?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you might be able to provide.

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