[Urgent help] Break layer with Blu-Ray BD50

Lucius Snow wrote on 7/8/2016, 8:00 AM
Hello all,

I've built a BD50 image ISO using DVD-A. When iI try to burn it (with DVD-A or Imgburn), it fails when the second layer is supposed to start burning.

There's no option to set the break layer on DVD-A with Blu-Ray.

Any ideas? I have to deliver this for a customer tomorrow, so it's getting complicated!

Thanks a lot.

Comments

Former user wrote on 7/8/2016, 8:08 AM
Did imgburn give you a layer option? It does on DVDs I know.
Lucius Snow wrote on 7/8/2016, 8:09 AM
No it didn't, but it does usually it with DVD.

Thank you.

P.S : Using DVD-A 6.0.
Former user wrote on 7/8/2016, 8:11 AM
I found this in the help file

"When burning a previously prepared dual-layer image, after clicking the Finish button, click Continue to burn the next layer. The layer break is selected automatically.

The application displays a dialog box"

It sounds like it might be normal for paus and you have to hit continue. Did you see any option of this type? I have not done a dual layer Bluray so I am just guessing here.
Lucius Snow wrote on 7/8/2016, 8:27 AM
I didn't get this dialog box. It failed just before, I suppose.

I'm rebuilding the ISO completely, and make a firmware update for my burner. Then, i'll make another try.

I'll let you know later.

Thank you for your help.
videoITguy wrote on 7/8/2016, 10:52 AM
Layer breaks can only be properly managed in very few software packages. VegasPro and DVDArchitect can NOT manage layer breaks properly. As for Blu-ray discs, it may be possible the DOStudio product that was once owned by SCS could do it, but I am not certain of that.

Forget dual-layer disc burns.
Lucius Snow wrote on 7/8/2016, 4:19 PM
It has worked now ! I don't know why it failed before (firmware? ISO damaged?). However, i got no po-up about layer break when burning.
Former user wrote on 7/8/2016, 5:00 PM
My guess would be firmware.
Arthur.S wrote on 7/10/2016, 5:03 AM
Interesting comment that "DVDArchitect can NOT manage layer breaks properly". I confess I don't know anything about layer breaks, other than they need to be in the right place. DVDA does this perfectly (on DVDs anyway - never burnt a DL-BD). What else is there to manage? Just curious.
I've been burning DL-DVD now for a number of years - my weddings are almost exclusively on DL-DVD - without problems. I found very early on, that top quality discs were THE most important thing. Technology for both burners and DL discs has moved on too. For me, producing '2 disc sets' is something from the last century.
PeterDuke wrote on 7/10/2016, 7:06 PM
I have burnt quite a few DL DVDs for my own use, and have never had any problems. Some say that writable DL DVDs can be problematic on some players, so whether that is the fault of DVD Arch, the player or the disc brand, I know not.
arcticgold6 wrote on 8/30/2016, 9:22 PM

I never let DVDA burn for me, I make an image file, and imgburn burns it. Imgburn does a perfect layerbreak for bd50's, but i hear the whole "breaking" thing is kind of obsolete because the discs spin faster and the laser is different that it reads the 2nd layer ahead of time to have a seamles switching of layers, so it acts as 1 entire thing.