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riverbobwrecked
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_ 		18. September 2010 @ 23:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Do Blu-ray Rewritables need to be Finalized?

I just burned some videos to a BD-RE (rewritable). I want to play the disc on my parent's blu-ray player. Do I need to finalize the disc first?

I'm confused. I know for DVD rewritables, they have to be finalized to play in common DVD players. I'm wondering if Blu-ray players can play video from Blu-ray rewritable discs without going through some special finalize process.

The disc played fine on my PS3 but that could mean one of two things:

1. The PS3 can play video from non-finalized Blu-ray rewritables.

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2. When I burned the disc using the free cyberware software that came with my BD writer, maybe it automatically finalized the disc.


I just want to make sure the disc will play on my parent's player since I am flying across country. Thanks!
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Arthu22
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_ 		19. September 2010 @ 06:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i think you can solve the problem
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riverbobwrecked
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_ 		19. September 2010 @ 08:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nope. That's why I posted the question.

I've spent an hour Googling this and nowhere does it say that Blu-ray writables or rewritables even need to be finalized. I can imagine that maybe the blu-ray technology does not require it.
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belag
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_ 		29. November 2010 @ 03:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by riverbobwrecked:
 Nope. That's why I posted the question.

I've spent an hour Googling this and nowhere does it say that Blu-ray writables or rewritables even need to be finalized. I can imagine that maybe the blu-ray technology does not require it.
It's a process which makes a DVD readable. It will write a lead in, then write your file, then it will write a lead out. Which renders the disk readable.
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ps355528
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_ 		29. November 2010 @ 07:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
strewth .. the fact they CAN'T be finalized is what makes them rewritable...

you can close the session.. but it is impossible to finalize (set a flag that remaining free space is used)

it's the nature of rewritable disks.. it's why they can accept MORE data on a subsequent burn than a previous one if required. You will find that you can open a "new" session on a closed rewritable disk, but in doing so one or other of the sessions will become inaccessible... just the same as a multisession disk will accept more data but you have to "continue" first session unless you want to lose the previous data.
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