Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:56 am Post subject: CDR/CDRW/DVD-R/DVD+R
Alright. I have read a lot of different answers and experienced a lot of different things, I need some feedback.
I've got a 1.3 Xbox, with a 2.6l xecuter chip and a Samsung drive.
initially when I flashed my bios, I tried a Memorex CD-R.. nothing
sony CD-RW and it took it right away.
now.
I made and iso.. burned it to a Memorex DVD+R and.. nothing, I heard it doesn't like Memorex media, so I bought some off brand stuff I cant remember the name off hand... nothing, wont take it. now.. same off brand, but a DVD-RW and it takes it no problem, so I know its not my iso...
so..
what's going on? is it my older bios that's limiting me, my choice of media? or what? any help is greatly appreciated...
I thought the samsung would take any media? CD-R/CD+R/DVD-R/DVD+R
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:11 am Post subject: Re: CDR/CDRW/DVD-R/DVD+R
omni wrote:
I thought the samsung would take any media? CD-R/CD+R/DVD-R/DVD+R
I've been reading around, and, near as I can tell, there's some variability out there... different DVD drives of the some brand seem have slightly differing abilities. I'm not sure why this would be, but I know that the same brand 7 type media can be made in different factories and not all factories are created equal. There is supposed to be some way to tell what factory they come from, but I don't know how. This info would probably be valuable to figuring out the puzzle. Saying "My Samsung reads Maxell DVD-Rs" would become more meanful if I could tell you WHICH Maxell DVD-Rs I used. _________________ The World's Most Awesome Xbox 360 Room
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omni Xbox-HQ Enthusiast
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:23 am Post subject:
Im not too* upset since I got my 250GB on the way... and then well to quote back to the future:
"where we're going.. we wont need DVD/CD media.."
well.. it was something lke that anyways... _________________ XBOX v1.3
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:26 am Post subject:
omni wrote:
"where we're going.. we wont need DVD/CD media.."
I seem to recall saying something similar THREE HDDS AGO! _________________ The World's Most Awesome Xbox 360 Room
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TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:13 pm Post subject:
My Samsung, and the extra one I had that I pawned away....now owned by 'Xboxter', would never read Memorex media...period!
But, I could throw generic CDR's that I got in bulk, any other brand of DVD-R or +R with no hassles..
Just for whatever reason...Memorex choked.
later man
realmccloy
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:49 pm Post subject:
realmccloy wrote:
My Samsung, and the extra one I had that I pawned away....now owned by 'Xboxter', would never read Memorex media...period!
But, I could throw generic CDR's that I got in bulk, any other brand of DVD-R or +R with no hassles..
Just for whatever reason...Memorex choked.
Yikes! I just bought a 30 pack of Memorex DVD-Rs... oh, well, they should work in my Panasonic DVR... it seems to like all DVD-Rs except Sony! _________________ The World's Most Awesome Xbox 360 Room
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mcannon-gso Xbox-HQ Newbie
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:48 pm Post subject:
To make an Xbox accept DVD+R media all the time you need to do bitsetting from the DVD burner.... Go to cdfreaks.com and look into bitsetting (booktype) for your drive..
I have a lite-on drive and when I burn a DVD +R I set the booktype to DVD-ROM instead of DVD+R and it works ...
When I don not set the bits correctly the xbox will not see the media at all ...
Check it out !!
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:28 pm Post subject:
Aha! You bring up an EXCELLENT point! Differences in the DVD burning process! I'm looking into it! _________________ The World's Most Awesome Xbox 360 Room
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:51 pm Post subject:
mcannon-gso wrote:
To make an Xbox accept DVD+R media all the time you need to do bitsetting from the DVD burner.... Go to cdfreaks.com and look into bitsetting (booktype) for your drive..
I checked it out and sounds fascinating! My DVD burner is a Pioneer 104, so DVD+R media doesn't interest me (right now), but for those with DVD+R burners, this may be a BIG help! _________________ The World's Most Awesome Xbox 360 Room
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omni Xbox-HQ Enthusiast
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:22 am Post subject:
So when I burn the image, burn it as a DVD-ROM ? _________________ XBOX v1.3
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:27 am Post subject:
omni wrote:
So when I burn the image, burn it as a DVD-ROM ?
If you're talking about with bitsetting, the apparent answer would be yes... never done it... just what I've read! _________________ The World's Most Awesome Xbox 360 Room
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mcannon-gso Xbox-HQ Newbie
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:21 pm Post subject:
Yes....
Before you burn you will set the bits to burn as a DVD-ROM instead of a DVD+R, this increases the compatability with alot of machines and xboxs....
I hope this helps alot of people, it sure helped me when I learned about it ...
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:29 pm Post subject:
Very cool... I got a lot of useful information from cdfreaks and cdrinfo or something like that. I still have to import my bookmarks from when I did my yearly restore....
Anything on DL burning?? I just picked up more DL disks and want to give Ninja Gaiden a shot. Want to make sure that I don't burn a 12.00 coaster...
later man
realmccloy
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:07 am Post subject:
So I went to burn an iso in Nero 6, and when I open it to burn there is no option to burn as DVD-ROM or anything else. It shows up as a foriegn image. I created it with craxtion. should I have used Qwuix? anyone else actually get this to work? I am going to try some DVD-R's tonight. _________________ XBOX v1.3
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omni Xbox-HQ Enthusiast
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:06 am Post subject:
I picked up some DVD-R and it worked. *shrugs* _________________ XBOX v1.3
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