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Fastest slim blu-ray rom for use with MakeMKV
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Just picked up the 506BB couple days ago. Maybe rip speed is limited by USB 2.0?? Anyone have experience with the Lacie Slim Blu-Ray?
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10602
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10602
If your ripping speeds are slower than you expect, could it be due to Riplock? That is usually the source of slow ripping speeds not USB transfer rate.
I personally suspect rip-lock is involved, as the 506 behaved like it was rip-locked when I was using it. Unfortunately there is no firmware for the 506 that removes rip-lock.
It was painfully slow and so I dumped it.
USB 2 is not the issue here... even a 10X Blu-ray drive would not saturate USB 2 speeds.
It was painfully slow and so I dumped it.
USB 2 is not the issue here... even a 10X Blu-ray drive would not saturate USB 2 speeds.
I am back to using "old faithful" a 4X Lite-on BD rom that I got as a bargain basement for $65 a couple of years ago when I started ripping all of my discs.
It's a full size drive parked in an enclosure. Even though it's "only" a 4X drive, it is over 2X as fast as ripping BDs as any of the slim drives I tried.
Hope it's OK to bump this up. I purchased the MCE Super-Blu Drive, got it for $70 after shipping with the Cyber Monday sale.
The Lacie drive looks nice, but this MCE one mimics the design of the Apple SuperDrive and that's kind of what I was looking for.
The Lacie drive looks nice, but this MCE one mimics the design of the Apple SuperDrive and that's kind of what I was looking for.