I have had a recurring problem with successive LG GSA4163B and GSA4165B dvd recorders - they seem to write DVD+ discs without a problem using shrink/decrypter but whenever a DVD- disc is used they get stuck on 0% writing everytime even though they are supposed to be able to write every type of disc apart from DVD-R DL.
What kind of media are you using? I have a 4163B but have never tried the -r format as I can't booktype it. creaky - any input on this?
i'm using ridisc go5 dvd-r and sony 1.1 dvd-rw discs. sorry for sounding ignorant but what do you mean by "booktype"?
With my limited knowlege I answer this..booktyping is when your burner can change DVD+R into DVD-R writeable discs, I know it can be done but I have never attempted it as I only use the +R format which works in all my players. I will stand corrected if I am wrong. Cheers If and when Creaky reads this he will set you straight
yup, booktyping is only for + format discs (i'll let mort81 or on or the others describe booktyping - they love all that stuff lol). as to the 4163B i do indeed have that sexy drive and it's fine with both - and + formats. while it's on my mind, what speed are you trying. whenever i try to do 8x on my 4167B all burns fail at the lead-in stage with 'invalid block address'. anyway this drive does 4x perfectly and i only do 4x myself, have been experimnting doing 8x as i've found my 4163B does 8x perfectly. the media i use is Verbatim TYG02 and also Verbatim Datalifeplus 8x -R and +R (i love Verbatim, can't you tell!) now to those specific discs you've listed... - - they should be fine... hmmm... i know, download Nero's info-tool (free) - http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/en/Info_Tool.html and paste the (long) output here and i/we will see if we can find potential conflicts, for instance Roxio is a pain in the proverbial....
I've tried all sorts of speeds without any joy. I really appreciate your help - please find the InfoTool output listed below: Nero InfoTool 3.00 Drive Information ------------------ Drive : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4165B Type : DVD-RAM Recorder Firmware Version : DL04 Buffer Size : 2 MB Date : ? Serial Number : 500114DB911F Vendor Specific : Drive Letter : D:\ Location : 1:0 Mechanism : Tray Read Speed : 10.0 , 8.0 , 2.4 X Write Speed : 8.0 , 4.0 X Read CD Text : Yes Return C2 Pointers : Yes Read CD-R : Yes Read CD-RW : Yes Read DVD-ROM : Yes Read DVD-RAM : Yes Read DVD-R : Yes Read DVD-RW : Yes Read DVD+R : Yes Read DVD+RW : Yes Read DVD+R DL : Yes Read BD-ROM : No Read BD-R : No Read BD-RE : No Read Digital Audio : Yes Read CD+G : No Read VideoCD : Yes Write CD-R : Yes Write CD-RW : Yes Write DVD-R : Yes Write DVD-RW : Yes Write DVD-R DL : Yes Write DVD+R : Yes Write DVD+RW : Yes Write DVD+R DL : Yes Write DVD-RAM : Yes Write BD-R : No Write BD-RE : No Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes Mount Rainier : No Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW DAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96 Region Protection Control : RPC II Region : None Changes User : 5 Changes Vendor : 4 Disc Information (D:\) ------------------- Type : Blank DVD-R Drive Information ------------------ Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B Type : DVD-ROM Drive Firmware Version : 0100 Buffer Size : 256 KB Date : ? Serial Number Vendor Specific : 2BUDB 02/06/27 Drive Letter : E:\ Location : 1:1 Mechanism : Tray Read Speed : 20 , 17 , 16 , 13 , 8 , 3 X Write Speed : n/a Read CD Text : Yes Return C2 Pointers : No Read CD-R : Yes Read CD-RW : Yes Read DVD-ROM : Yes Read DVD-RAM : Yes Read DVD-R : Yes Read DVD-RW : Yes Read DVD+R : No Read DVD+RW : No Read DVD+R DL : No Read BD-ROM : No Read BD-R : No Read BD-RE : No Read Digital Audio : Yes Read CD+G : No Read VideoCD : Yes Write CD-R : No Write CD-RW : No Write DVD-R : No Write DVD-RW : No Write DVD-R DL : No Write DVD+R : No Write DVD+RW : No Write DVD+R DL : No Write DVD-RAM : No Write BD-R : No Write BD-RE : No Buffer Underrun Protection : No Mount Rainier : No Modes : n/a Region Protection Control : RPC II Region : 2 Changes User : 4 Changes Vendor : 4 Disc Information (E:\) ------------------- Type : - no disc inserted - Drive Information ------------------ Drive : Generic DVD-ROM Type : DVD-ROM Drive Firmware Version : 1.0 Buffer Size : 512 KB Date : ? Serial Number Vendor Specific : týñ Drive Letter : F:\ Location : 2:0 Mechanism : Tray Read Speed : 32 , 8 X Write Speed : n/a Read CD Text : Yes Return C2 Pointers : Yes Read CD-R : Yes Read CD-RW : Yes Read DVD-ROM : Yes Read DVD-RAM : Yes Read DVD-R : Yes Read DVD-RW : Yes Read DVD+R : Yes Read DVD+RW : Yes Read DVD+R DL : No Read BD-ROM : No Read BD-R : No Read BD-RE : No Read Digital Audio : Yes Read CD+G : Yes Read VideoCD : Yes Write CD-R : No Write CD-RW : No Write DVD-R : No Write DVD-RW : No Write DVD-R DL : No Write DVD+R : No Write DVD+RW : No Write DVD+R DL : No Write DVD-RAM : No Write BD-R : No Write BD-RE : No Buffer Underrun Protection : No Mount Rainier : No Modes : n/a Region Protection Control : RPC II Region : None Changes User : 5 Changes Vendor : 4 Disc Information (F:\) ------------------- Type : Data CD (Mode 1) Capacity : 74:00.36 (650 MB) Tracks : 1 Sessions : 1 File System : ISO9660, Joliet Title : Sims2_1 Date : 18 August 2004 Publisher : n/a Application : n/a Drive Information ------------------ Drive : Generic DVD-ROM Type : DVD-ROM Drive Firmware Version : 1.0 Buffer Size : 512 KB Date : ? Serial Number Vendor Specific : týñ Drive Letter : G:\ Location : 2:1 Mechanism : Tray Read Speed : 32 , 8 X Write Speed : n/a Read CD Text : Yes Return C2 Pointers : Yes Read CD-R : Yes Read CD-RW : Yes Read DVD-ROM : Yes Read DVD-RAM : Yes Read DVD-R : Yes Read DVD-RW : Yes Read DVD+R : Yes Read DVD+RW : Yes Read DVD+R DL : No Read BD-ROM : No Read BD-R : No Read BD-RE : No Read Digital Audio : Yes Read CD+G : Yes Read VideoCD : Yes Write CD-R : No Write CD-RW : No Write DVD-R : No Write DVD-RW : No Write DVD-R DL : No Write DVD+R : No Write DVD+RW : No Write DVD+R DL : No Write DVD-RAM : No Write BD-R : No Write BD-RE : No Buffer Underrun Protection : No Mount Rainier : No Modes : n/a Region Protection Control : RPC II Region : None Changes User : 5 Changes Vendor : 4 Disc Information (G:\) ------------------- Type : Data CD (Mode 1) Capacity : 68:51.18 (605 MB) Tracks : 1 Sessions : 1 File System : ISO9660, Joliet Title : Rome_TW_CD1 Date : 7 September 2004 Publisher : n/a Application : n/a Interface Information --------------------- Adapter 1 --------- Description : Primary IDE Channel Driver Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys Company : Microsoft Corporation Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver Attached Devices Description : Master: WDC WD800BB-00CAA1 Type : Disk Drive DMA : On Adapter 2 --------- Description : Secondary IDE Channel Driver Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys Company : Microsoft Corporation Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver Attached Devices Description : Master: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4165B Type : CD-Rom Drive DMA : On Autorun : On Description : Slave: HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B Type : CD-Rom Drive DMA : On Autorun : On Adapter 3 --------- Description : D347PRT SCSI Controller Driver Description : System32\Drivers\d347prt.sys Company : Version : 3.47.0.0 built by: WinDDK Description : SCSI miniport Attached Devices Description : ID 0 (0): Generic DVD-ROM 1.0 Type : CD-Rom Drive Autorun : On Description : ID 1 (0): Generic DVD-ROM 1.0 Type : CD-Rom Drive Autorun : On Software Information -------------------- Operating System : Windows XP Home Edition (5.01.2600 Service Pack 2) DirectX : DirectX 9.0c Description : Nero - Burning Rom Version : 5, 5, 10, 7 Company : Ahead Software AG Version Check : Ok Description : Cover Designer Version : 2, 2, 1, 11 Company : ahead software gmbh, karlsbad Hardware Information -------------------- CPU : ? 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: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Company : Microsoft Corporation Driver : Wanarp Description : MS Remote Access and Routing ARP Driver Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Company : Microsoft Corporation Driver : wanusb Description : n/a Version : n/a Company : n/a Driver : WDICA Description : n/a Version : n/a Company : n/a Driver : wdmaud Description : MMSYSTEM Wave/Midi API mapper Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Company : Microsoft Corporation Driver : winachsf Description : n/a Version : n/a Company : n/a Driver : msvcrt.dll Version : 7.0.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Driver : msvcirt.dll Version : 7.0.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Driver : mfc42.dll Version : 6.02.4131.0 Driver : msvcp60.dll Version : 6.02.3104.0 Driver : msvcp70.dll Version : 7.00.9466.0 Driver : msvcr70.dll Version : 7.00.9466.0 Driver : ole32.dll Version : 5.1.2600.2726 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050725-1528) Driver : olepro32.dll Version : 5.1.2600.2180 Driver : oledlg.dll Version : 1.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) Driver : advapi32.dll Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Driver : comctl32.dll Version : 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Driver : setupapi.dll Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Lower Filters ------------- Driver : cdrbsdrv Description : CD-ROM Filter Driver for Windows2000/xp Version : 7. 0. 0. 5 Company : B.H.A Corporation Upper Filters ------------- Driver : GEARAspiWDM Description : CDRom Class Filter Driver Version : 2.0.4.3 Company : GEAR Software Inc. 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The only things i see is this - - do you use iTunes as i think that uses Gear software. other than that as far as i'm aware this is 'packet writing' software and not necessary in this day and age
Yes I do use iTunes - how do I uninstall this Gear software as its not listed separately in the add/remove programs list?
it looks like the Gear software is needed after all when you use iTunes - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/247992 http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/241619 not sure how to progress this one then as that's all i can see in the info-tool log... ..dunno if Gear is contributing to your problem or not, and don't use iTunes myself so don't know if you can temporarily uninstall it just to prove/disprove if it's causing a conflict or not...
I've uninstalled iTunes and deleted the Gear dll and driver files then tried burning at 1x on the Sony DVD-RW (got stuck on lead-in) and again had exactly the same problem when burning at 4x on one of my Ritek G05 DVD-R discs. Thanks for the suggestion anyway - it was worth a try. Is there anything else you can see in the Info output that could be causing a problem? The other ASPI drivers seem to be ok but I'm not sure even though InfoTool is saying they're working alright.
short of checking if the IDE cable(s) are up to the job, then i'm out of ideas, have a look here - http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80-c.html
gwendolin, You're close on what it means to booktype except that you booktype a dvd+r to dvd-rom not to dvd-r. Only +r media can be booktyped/bitset.
