Hi,
is anyone out there who has an external Blu-Ray and/or DVD drive that works well with OSMC on a RasPi2? If yes, please tell me which, as I don’t want to buy a drive seeing it not working with the RasPi…
Thanks for tips in advance,
Olof
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Hi Olof,
I use the Samsung portable USB blu-ray drive model SE-506 CB. Its very quick and reliable at playing any type of disc.
It retails for about £60.
Also its firmware is updateable by connecting it to a mac/pc and going to the site shown in the user guide. Mine is currently TS02 which has sorted a few issues and made this device even better.
I use a powered USB hub connected to my RPi2 because this Blu-ray drive is quite power hungry and the Pi wont provide enough power on its own.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Nick
Hi Nick,
thank you for the tip, the drive works like a charm!
Regards
Olof
PS: Sorry for the late reply, had to wait until christmas 
I have purchased this particular drive. Connected it directly to a Pi3.
It is “seen” by the kernel but gets in this restart-loop. And Kodi isn’t finding the device at all.
The logs just show this:
Jul 09 13:54:39 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 19
Jul 09 13:54:39 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 20 using dwc_otg
Jul 09 13:54:44 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Jul 09 13:54:44 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=1956
Jul 09 13:54:44 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jul 09 13:54:44 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: Product: MT1956
Jul 09 13:54:44 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: MediaTek Inc
Jul 09 13:54:44 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: ㅓ啂夶䝋〹㌰䝌†ँ
Jul 09 13:54:44 osmc kernel: usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Jul 09 13:54:44 osmc kernel: scsi host11: usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0
Jul 09 13:54:45 osmc kernel: scsi 11:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506CB TS02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Jul 09 13:54:45 osmc kernel: sr 11:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Jul 09 13:54:45 osmc kernel: sr 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
Jul 09 13:54:45 osmc kernel: sr 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
Jul 09 13:54:54 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 20
Jul 09 13:54:54 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 21 using dwc_otg
Jul 09 13:54:59 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Jul 09 13:55:00 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=1956
Jul 09 13:55:00 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jul 09 13:55:00 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: Product: MT1956
Jul 09 13:55:00 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: MediaTek Inc
Jul 09 13:55:00 osmc kernel: usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: ㅓ啂夶䝋〹㌰䝌†ँ
Jul 09 13:55:00 osmc kernel: usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Jul 09 13:55:00 osmc kernel: scsi host12: usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0
Jul 09 13:55:01 osmc kernel: scsi 12:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506CB TS02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Jul 09 13:55:01 osmc kernel: sr 12:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Jul 09 13:55:01 osmc kernel: sr 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
Jul 09 13:55:01 osmc kernel: sr 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5Read error looks dodgy there. Read error to me sounds like an encrypted disc in the drive
Ahaa. I had expected to see the drive appear in the menu anyway.
The disk was “Tigger’s Movie”. Regio 2. It doesn’t say on the box that its encrypted.
@sam_nazarko : Sorry to hijack this topic. As it seems that this is a different problem, you prefer I make a new topic?
I recommend you purchase a powered USB hub as I found the high current draw by this optical drive can cause the RPi 3 to crash when it is connected directly.
With all devices turned off connect the USB hub to the RPi then the optical drive to one of the hub’s ports.
Power up the USB hub first then the RPi.
hope this helps.
Regards
Nick
If the disk has a ‘Region’, then it sounds like it is encrypted.
We don’t really make any guarantees to play back encrypted discs at this time. Simple way to see if you have a problem with a drive or the disc is to try another disc like a music CD.
Sam
Okay, @sam_nazarko and @ntate6630 thanks for the hints.
I’ve tried the default setup (power > Pi3 --USB--> DVD drive ) with a “universal” DVD and that got mounted in /media.
I can see the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders and their content but no luck getting it to play. (yeah I can select one of the VOB files from the Files menu but that doesn’t feel very mother-friendly).
Then, I’ve also tried a Music CD. That got mounted successfully too, but despite the selection of “Audio CD insert action = Play” in the settings under Settings - Music - Audio CDs, it didn’t start playing. So, bummer there too. 
Am I asking more from Kodi/OSMC than it can presently provide (i.e. playing DVDs/CDs from an external drive)?