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external dvd drive (linux)
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:16 pm
by raskells
i plan to buy a new laptop, which unfortunately will not be shipped with an optical drive anymore.
as far as external drives are concerned, I have no experience at all, so perhaps you can recommend me a dvd drive that is guaranteed to work (especially with makemkv) under linux?
thank you in advance
Re: external dvd drive (linux)
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:18 pm
by MetalDave
Up until recently, I have used a Vantec NexStar DX case with an LG WH165NS40 as my tried-and-true combination. I recently installed the LG drive into a tower case and started experimenting with it and Ubuntu Desktop. The drive reads discs fine in that installation, and I have no reason to doubt it would also work if it were still in the external case.
Re: external dvd drive (linux)
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:43 am
by jvian1
I have a slim blue ray RW that I bought for use with my laptop some time ago.
It is an LG BP50NB40
Currently about 5 years old, but is powered entirely by USB and has worked like a champ for me.
I just tested it with MakeMKV 1.15.3 on Fedora linux and it worked like a charm copying a BD.
It is definitely slower than the internal BD on my desktop, but I think that is likely because it is 1) older and 2) USB2.
Newer ones are available that are USB3 so it would be much faster.