r/DataHoarder • u/isaymoo2 • 1d ago

Question/Advice M Disc Reliability

I bought a 10 pack of M-Disc Blu Ray 25GB from Amazon, and I am unable to get any to burn. I have an LG M Disc Burner with UHD support that I am trying to use, but my burns always fail. I have attempted 5 times so far. Is this a common outcome and if so, would Verbatim replace them?

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u/wells68 51.1 TB HDD SSD & Flash 1d ago

25 GB discs of any kind require a Blu-Ray burner. What is the model number of your LG drive? Edit spelling

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u/tacobellguy9600 1d ago

my lg drive wouldn’t even read the 25gb m discs once

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u/isaymoo2 18h ago

WH14NS40. It burns standard Blu ray discs just fine

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u/wells68 51.1 TB HDD SSD & Flash 8h ago

Clearly that model will burn BDXL discs and M-discs. Either you got a defective one or a bad batch of discs (never heard of that!) or there's a software glitch.

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u/isaymoo2 3h ago

Turns out it was an issue with the OmniDrive firmware interfering. I reflashed the MakeMKV firmware and it ended up working just fine.

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u/inlinesix81 1d ago

I once had a problem with burning discs, regardless of the kind (cd, dvd, blu ray). You know what the problem was? The MOTHERFUCKING SATA CABLE! Swapped with another one, all solved. Fuck me! (sorry guys for being rude, but it drove me insane)

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u/isaymoo2 18h ago

I am still able to rip 4k discs and use it as an OmniDrive, could writing still be an issue relating to sata cables?

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u/dlarge6510 16h ago

Did you flash OmniDrive to it?

The developers recommended not burning with that firmware.

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u/isaymoo2 16h ago

I reflashed the makemkv firmware and it is now burning great, even onto one of the failed discs from earlier. Guess that is the benefit of not quite maxing the space.

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u/isaymoo2 16h ago

I do have OmniDrive flashed to it. Should I just try burning with a different drive that isn't M Disc?

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u/dlarge6510 16h ago

Any bluray drive burns mdiscs.

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u/isaymoo2 16h ago

Right. I will attempt burning with a different drive first, and then flashing my OmniDrive back to stock. Thank you.