2 quick questions because my problem is that I can't play my burnt discs on my standalone player, only in the pc that made it. 1 - If I upgrade my firmware and notice negative results, can I go back to the OEM firmware by flashing that one again to get back to where I was before? I want to try to flash it to this: http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=35946&highlight=nec1100 2 - If I use 4x Maxell DVD+RW discs and my burner only supports 2.4x, will I notice a problem on my standalone dvd player? My equipment: Windows XP Home, 2.5 GHz, 800MB Ram, NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A firmware version 10GE. Disc - Brand new Maxell DVD+RW with 4x write speed, rewritable, Single Sided. Player - Sony DVP-NS725P Thanks, Tim
Is there a utility to check the value of the booktype that is set on a burnt +rw disc that I made? I use decrypter and shrink. Thanks, Tim
1 - Everytime i've update my firmware it's always said that you can't go back to a older version, so I would say no you can't 2 - No. Lower burn speeds are actually better then higher, if you burn to high then it causes the movie to skip and freeze. 3 - As for a utility, I know AnyDVD will tell you, not sure of anyother program, but i'm sure there's some Now as for the problem of not being able to play burnt DVD's back on your standalone. It's 99% of the time a media problem. My sugestion is to first get some known good quaility media (TY, Sony, Verbaitum) secondly I would check http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers to see what type of media your standalone will play. Some will play RW's and some won't. Try these suggestions and see if it helps, I hope they do. Good luck!
Thanks for the quick response. It is appreciated. I am using a Maxell DVD+RW. Are those considered low, middle, or high-end media? Supposedly my player is supposed to play ANYTHING that I put in it. I don't want to make coasters by using the +r discs if they don't work either that's why I'm learning by using +rw discs. I read somewhere in another thread that firmwares can be changed back (after I posted of course), but has anyone had success actually doing it?
Depending on your equipment, some use a bin file to upgrade, storing the older firmware under a different name. To be sure check your manufacturer's site and read the exact firmware upgrade procedure and whether or not it can be reversed. To answer your last question, yes, I have returned firmware to an older firmware before.
Here is a link that will answer the questions regarding your drive. http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=86 I think that using the binflash utility you can go back.
