I have a Liteon SHW 16H5S (lightscribe) When I follow instuctions I found here for booktyping with DVDD and/ or Nero all seems successful in either program, however, on my DVD+R burn with DVDD nothing seems to change. My DVD recorder/player (standalone) recognises the disc as a DVD+R still. I watched the log in a nero burn and it said "changing booktype to DVD-ROM" in one of the lines. Again no recognition from my standalone. (all my burns play ok as an aside) I used one of the utilities in Nero (drive speed I think) with my recent +R burns and it said disc type +R...Booktype DVD-ROM but if i put the same disc in DVDD under iso read it says disc type & booktype are DVD+R. Whats going on, is this normal, do standalones not normally show a booktype change although it has been changed??? I don't know which to believe. I wish I kept the logs from DVDD and Nero but I didn't, sorry. Can anyone help?
Hi, DVD+R is disc type. In other words the disc type is DVD+R. This doesn't/can't change. It's the discs physical ID. Booktype is the way your writer writes to the disc. This can be changed to either DVD+R or DVD-ROM. Most stand alones will only ID disc type. Some do allow more optoins in their menu.
Try this free program. It'll tell you exactly if that backup is booktyped: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd-r_tools/dvd_identifier.cfm If it looks like this where it says booktype,then it's booktyped: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:MCC-004-000] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD-ROM] Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.] Manufacturer ID : [MCC] Media Type ID : [004] Product Revision : [Not Specified] Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)] Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x , 6x-16x] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ DVD Identifier - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If they are not booktyped,here's the link to lite-on's booktyping utility: http://www.liteonamericas.com/us/download_utility.htm You'll have to download that utility,and set it to booktype your plus media to dvd-rom. I can't guarantee it work for your specific Lite-on lightscribe,but it couldn't hurt.
Thanks for the help, thats great. Will give that liteon utility a go. One more question. Do I have to set the booktype for each BRAND of +R or +RW I use or once Booktype is set for +R and +RW will it always booktype any media brand of that type?? Thanks again.
I don't know much about that utility. Try booktyping everything: +r/+rw/+r DL. Some programs are different. I use qsuite,and I've got it set up to do all 3 of them. Dvd decrypter is another: I believe you can only set it to one of those types of discs at a time. I keep mine set at +r to dvd-rom,which is the majority of my media. Mort81 is all over that utility.I haven't seen him around much.
Hi, The Lite-On utility will do either. Run program & set new bitsetting & leave program. The drive will revert back once pc is rebooted. Run program & set new bitsetting, having set save setting. The drive will retain this setting even after pc reboot.
An update, I used the Liteon utility. (thanks) It seems Nero 7 burns are booktyped but any I burn with DVDD are not. Maybe DVDD does'nt support my new Liteon Drive despite reporting a success when changing the booktype. I note on the "IMGBURN" website (the successor to DVDD for burning only) the change log includes "Added: Support for newer LiteOn drives & their new features in the 'Advanced Settings' window".
