Unable to burn Blu-ray

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Unable to burn Blu-ray

Since upgrading my OS to 12.1 Monterey, I am unable to burn a Blu-ray disc.

I'm using Compressor 4.6. My workflow is to export a ProRes 422 file and put that

into Compressor to create a Blu-ray Disc Image. After burning, the media is indicated on the disc by the 453.6 MB file size. Yet my Blu-ray Disc player shows a blank disc. When I burn a DVD with the same ProRes 442 file, it works.

In addition, when I burn Blu-ray from a Disc Image made before I upgraded to Monterey, it works too.

I've consulted Apple tech support and they are researching the problem.

Has anybody else had this issue and had a solution?

iMac 27″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 10, 2022 8:20 PM

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Answer 1

guyzyz

Level 1

4 points

Jan 13, 2022 8:28 AM in response to Philip Snyder

I bought a MacBook Pro, June 2020. Was working fine with FCPX 10.5 and I could create a BluRay image file and burn. Suddenly yesterday, I can't make image files. The 'Create Disc' application crashed during creation of image file in FCPX at 66%.... So I updated to Monterey..... Couldn't upgrade to FCPX10.6 because my MacBook Pro is not good enough to download FCPX 10.6??? Not M1?

Was able to create an image file but had problems burning to BluRay. I use a Pioneer BDR-XD05b. Used Finder 'Burn Disc'. First 2 discs crashed in 2 minutes. Then I plugged the BluRay's second USB plug into a second Thunderbolt 3 adaptor.... Clicked 'Burn Disc'... initially 'no burner is supported' then it started... Burned at x2..... it worked! yay.... but then I went to make another copy and the 'Burn Disc' is completely missing from the finder window... LOL! Restart didn't fix it..... I'm lost.....

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Answer 2

Jan 15, 2022 1:41 PM in response to guyzyz

Finally, some good news! A couple of days ago, an Apple tech support person told me that, while Apple does not “support” partitioning the main hard drive in order to set up a separate OS, in this case, since we were trying to get Compressor to function properly, it was OK to do. After partitioning, he explained that to download and install an earlier OS, I would have to boot up from “internet recovery” (Shift-Option-Command-R). After downloading and installing Catalina, I upgraded to Big Sur. Then, I attempted to make a Blu-ray. No luck. Same problem. The material was on the BR but did not read on my BR player. So I re-installed Catalina and Compressor 4.5. which was one stage earlier than 4.6 which I have on my Monterey OS. Bingo! It worked! I was successfully able to burn a BR. So if I want to make a BR, I have to open my Catalina partition and work from there. I shouldn’t have to do this but, as for now, that’s the way it is.

BTW, I had the same crash during the "Create Disc" phase. However, when I removed the background pic from the menu, I was able to burn a BR. It seems that between Monterey and Compressor, there is bug.

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Answer 3

Tom Wolsky

Level 10

152,015 points

Jan 11, 2022 4:53 AM in response to Philip Snyder

Did you try exporting a disk image from Compressor and using the Finder to burn the disc?

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Answer 4

Jan 11, 2022 6:57 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

That's exactly what I did.

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