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DVD+R/RW Warning and Solutions.
Authored by: las_vegas on Jan 30, '05 02:42:18PM
Do note that currently, no Apple brand drives "BitSet" DVD+R/RW discs as DVD-ROM. What this means is that only players compatible with DVD+R (few and far between) will be able to play these discs. There are a few drives that can bitset DVD+R/RWs on the Mac. These include older Ricoh and HP 2X DVD+R/RW burners using the DVDPlusTool utility and the newer PioData DVR-108.

If you have a Pioneer DVR-108, it can be flashed into a PioData using the firmware available from PioData and the DVRFlash utility from RPC1.ORG.

The newest Pioneer drive in Apple's distribution, the DVR-117 is actually a crippled version of the DVR-108 and can be flashed to a Pioneer or PioData DVR-108. I don't recommend doing this until the DVR-117 firmware becomes available. The reason for this warning is that the G5's cooling routines tend to have difficulty when the firmware on the DVR is changed. Flashing the drive at this time offers no process of reverting back to the official firmware.

BTW: All Dual Layer (DVD-DL) drives automatically bitset the DL discs.

LasVegas

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DVD+R/RW Warning and Solutions.
Authored by: las_vegas on Jan 30, '05 02:45:34PM

Sorry… One clarification. The PioData firmware will only work on Pioneer DVR-108A or A08 drives. It will not work on Pioneer DVR-108XL or A08XL drives.



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