https://forum.videohelp.com/ Everything about computer HD DVD, Blu-ray and DVD Writers and CD Writers, problems, which one to get, compatibility and features. en Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:21:02 GMT vBulletin 60 https://forum.videohelp.com/images/misc/rss.png https://forum.videohelp.com/ https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421331-Beta-testers-wanted-ArchivSector-OD-v4-0-free-tool-with-own-disc-writer?goto=newpost Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:55:52 GMT Hi everyone,

I'm the developer of ArchivSector-OD, a free, open-source Windows program for archiving discs: Blu-ray/UHD and DVD backups (with MakeMKV), game disc dumps (with Redumper), filling discs to 100% (TargetFill), and burning.

Version 4.0 is now in beta, and the big change is that it has its own disc writer. Instead of handing the burn to Windows or ImgBurn, it talks to the drive directly (the same MMC commands ImgBurn uses), writes the whole disc, and verifies it sector by sector afterwards.

What the writer handles:

• CD-R, CD-RW
• DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW
• BD-R, BD-RE (full 25 GB, no spare areas)

Anything it can't burn (DVD-R DL and BD-R DL for now) goes to ImgBurn automatically.

Also new in 4.0:

• A Burn tab: write one ISO or a queue, build an ISO from a folder, copy a data disc to an ISO, verify a disc against its ISO
• Write speed choice
• Drive info: what your drive supports, the disc's maker code and who made it (e.g. MKM-A02 = Mitsubishi), its write speeds and exact size
• Erase for CD-RW/DVD-RW

Why I need testers: so far the writer has only been tested on my own drives (ASUS BW-16D1HT, FW 3.02), where every disc type above burned and verified except DVD+R DL, which hasn't been tried yet. I'd really like to know how it does on other drives: LG, Pioneer, LiteOn, external USB burners, older DVD writers, anything.

If you try it, please post:

• Burn > Drive info > Copy report (gives your drive model, firmware and the disc's details)
• What you burned and whether it verified
• If something failed, the log for that day from %AppData%\ArchivSector-OD\Logs

It's a beta, so please test with blank discs you don't mind losing, or a BD-RE/DVD+RW (stopping a burn on those is harmless). Your v3.4 setup can stay as it is: unzip the beta into a new folder.

Download (pre-release): https://github.com/ArchivSect1986/ArchivSector-OD/releases
Full list of changes: https://github.com/ArchivSect1986/ArchivSector-OD/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Thanks! Happy to answer questions here. ]]> ArchivSect1986 https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421331-Beta-testers-wanted-ArchivSector-OD-v4-0-free-tool-with-own-disc-writer https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421302-Blu-Ray-External-Drive-not-detecting-disk-no-ejecting-no-light?goto=newpost Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:54:20 GMT So, my Blu-Ray drive has failed somehow, not sure how to fix it.

It's the second one to have failed on me. Came from Ebay, it's a Pioneer drive BDR-TD05FAD March 2013.

I got it in a red External ODD&HDD Drive enclosure.

It came with a USB-A to 5V barrel plug, a SATA to USB-A (blue end) wire, which I put in the back of my motherboard.

It also came with a USB-A blue-end female port to USB-A blue-end male port that could plug into a blue-end USB-A female port to come out as a USB-C blue-end male port (make sense?) This I used for the barrel USB wire since my Samsung super-fast charger bricks have USB-C only.

It literally now refuses to open the tray, MKV detects it but can't eject it and explorer just says "An error occurred while ejecting 'BD-Re Drive'. No light comes on or anything. It first couldn't detect any disks, then couldn't eject, now no light is even present.

Debating if I just take it out, unscrew the top to find the issue somehow? ]]> Spareb https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421302-Blu-Ray-External-Drive-not-detecting-disk-no-ejecting-no-light https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421270-Nero-2018-takes-forever-to-burn-dvd?goto=newpost Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:42:46 GMT when I try to burn a dvd it takes all night to burn. I'm using a dvd-rq pop-up mobile external 3.0 usb burner.
i am running windows 11.
i did a search online and couldn't find a solution. can someone help me please?
on my old laptop i was using a different nero and my laptop had a dvd burner in it. i wish the newer laptops had this.
this is what I'm using now: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pop-Up-Portable-USB-3-0-External-DVD-CD-Optical-Drive-for-D...ssType=VARIANT ]]> tropicalremix https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421270-Nero-2018-takes-forever-to-burn-dvd