burn setting

i reading guide http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd9_to_dvdr_with_dvd_shrink.cfm
and was wondering why in burn setting there is a box for booktype dvd rom? my box in grayed out also why? thanks

 

Do you have a dvd burner capable of booktyping? Do you have a +R disc in burner? Are you burning straight to disc or hard drive?

 

i dont think so. nec nd11ooa . i have been researching booktyping lately. still a lit confusing but i was hoping some day to figure it out. i would like to booktype a few dvd to rom to see if they will work in my older player

 

That is probably why your box is grayed out. You have to have a burner capable of booktyping. There may be some hacked firmware to flash your drive with to make it able to booktype but can't remember. I had an NEC 1300A a few years ago that I flashed with hacked firmware to enable bitsetting and it worked like a charm.

 

I'm rather nice with computers, although burning drives, not too familar. A tad off topic, but are LITE-SCRIBEs the only burner that can do dual-layer? And this booktyping. Care to redirect me to a post where mentioned? It'd be appreciated, thanks.

 

i think it was arniebear who gave me this link http://www.micheldeboer.nl/firmware/index.html
went there and down loaded 1.6 original firmware my version was lower but had some concern after.so i removed it . but i did not know if i should use original or modified

cnsj i find alot of good info in search.
i have started a thread on booktyping i think on page 3

 

http://www.herrie.org/

This is where I got the firmware for my 1300A at the time.

Litescribes are not the only drives to do bitsetting or dual layer burning. Pretty much all new drives now are dual layer burners. Only some drives support bitsetting though. It varies by manufacturer and models that have hacked firmwares.

 

I understand all that. But people been talkin' on here, firmware that's able to burn dual-layers? I didn't know that was firmware, I thought the etching that's done from the laser is strictly hardware, and must be changed if a DVD-R burner can't do a dual-layer?

 

looks like that will work for me iam going to try now
thanks a lot.now this will enable me to burn as dvdrom. i will post result most likely tomorrow

 

cnasj
you would be better starting your own thread with the question you need answers to . i cannot help you it is above me

 

kchev
i down loaded it cannot open file

 

I just downloaded it and opened it fine. Do you have WinRar program because that is the type of file it is

 

no i do not have that. i could not figue out what i need to open it. thanks

 

Rar files require WinRar, or another rar-extracting program. Zip files require WinZip, or another zip-extracting program. If you have a file extension, and don't know what to do with it, google it on the net; I'm sure you can find nearly extension, with explanations.

 

updated firmware all seem ok so far. thanks