My interest has been peaked by mention of booktyping a DVD. I have a few questions which I hope can be answered. 1) Changing the booktype of a DVD±R to DVD-ROM makes it more compatable/playable in stand-alone DVD players, correct? 2) If I burned a PAL (region free) movie onto a DVD-R and changed the booktype to DVD-ROM will it play on all DVD players? (NOTE: Not all players will play the PAL format even though it's region free) 3) If I changed the booktype of a DVD+R to DVD-ROM, will it play on all DVD players. Thanks in advance for answering my questions and if you have any suggestions, web links, etc. to help/guide me in understanding booktype settings I would be most appreciative! -D j K i l l a- _X_X_X_X_X_[small][/small]
djkilla, You can only change booktype to dvd-rom on dvd+r media. Here's a couple links that explain booktype setings. http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/150 http://www.dvdplusrw.org/Article.asp?mid=0&sid=2&aid=42
Thanks for the links! This helped in understanding how bitsetting works. I also just discovered that my Plextor PX-708A now has the bitsetting option with the latest firmware update (1.08) and the latest Plex Tools Professional (2.17) software. -D j K i l l a-
Glad to be of some assistance. From what I've read Plextor seems to be one of the better dvdrw drives. I started haveing some playback problems w/ ritek g04's but switched to ritek dvd+r's (ricohjpnr01) and been booktyping all my backups to dvd-rom and have had absolutely no problems since.
Thought I'd bump up this thread for others that may need help or more info on bitsetting. -D j K i l l a-
