What software would I need to play and burn Blu-ray movies with this drive?
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For a good after market player that does multiple things cyberlink offer a player called Powerdvd. It's one of many that you can obtain.
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You can buy after market software to do just about anything. It would depend on what you what to do. If it is just record music or copy files and you have Windows you can use explorer and Windows Media Player.
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Good question. I am running Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro and have had no problems burning and accessing Blu-ray disks with this drive. I have not installed any 3rd party software to allow this to occur.
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There is free software to download for blu-ray players. Just google and look for the compatible software for your LG. My LG works great and that is what I did.
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You can use pretty much any USB external cd, DVD, or bluray burner or player. The drivers are usually preloaded so there should be no issues.
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No, not for Blu-Ray movie playback. You'll need to purchase that separatley. There are several demo versions of software you can try out on the internet, the full versions of which run between 50-100 USD.
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No, this drive will not support BDXL burning. You will need to find certain other Pioneer blu ray drives that can support that.
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I own the M-DISC media and it is fantastic with my external LG Blu-Ray drive. But would require an awful lot of discs for a full backup. I backup to an external HD using Acronis Tru-Image. Making an image of the entire drive gives me everything including the operating system, registry, programs and all of the files.
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No software is required to run this drive. you need software to burn cds ex. nero, roxio
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Don't know about that. I hooked up a sata drive and it works okay. Best to contact the maker of the blu ray drive for info.
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I have a WD external hard drive that I use to play movies/music on my sony blu-ray player.
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Windows should recognize the drive. Contact manufacturer. You might have a faulty drive or your blu-ray software might not be compatible.
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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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I installed this in Win 7 SP1 with no issues. It didn't come with any software as a bare bones drive. If your having issues, the I would suggest going to the lightscribe web site and download the latest drivers for your OS if your having lightscribe burning issues. I didn't need any blu-ray software either.
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Yes this drive can burn on to BDXL media (up to 128GB on 1 Disc) http://youtu.be/ZRSnF0pAF9o
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No only play blu ray does not support dl either . bummed i;ll find a replace drive in future
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try this website- drivers.softpedia.com/get/DVD-BluRay-Media-Players -then you might find what you need per your system, hope this helps :) or do a search for your specific blu-ray player.
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Read only on Blu ray, R/W on everything else. You can spend $13 more on this Asus drive if you want to burn blu-ray's: ASUS BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS 12X Blu-ray Internal Burner Drive with Disc Encryption - Black - Retail Box
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Download a good codec pack like k-lite codec pack and then play blu rays through VLC
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It should be as it doesn't come with any software. You'll have to obtain that from the web. Lots of free Blu-Ray Burning software available, I'd recommend using DVDVIDEOSOFT.com, it's freeware with no limits, banners or watermarks over your videos.