Have you returned it or are you still trying a soluttion? Is there, by any chance, the possibility of the enclosure providing much or less power than necessary and destroying something in the drive? By the way, what is your Windows version?
guys, Interface Type: E-IDE/ATAPI see this link http://www.lge.ca/computer/prodSpecification.asp?p=3225# If you have it on a usb line I am almost positive you will not get the data bursts that you need with E-IDE. It is possible that using the usb thingy could have harmed something, but highly unlikely. It just won't work. All I know is that this drive is touchy. I have only operated in my tower, and I had to uninstall the ram driver that came with b's recorder and b's recorder and clip because it caused the drive to go all screwy with Nero installed. Choose one Nero Express or B's Clip. I like nero. Lukpra, put it in a tower and try this. Bongrrl, if your drive dosen't work, try this. 1. Uninstall the dvd-ram driver (you prob won't need it anyway. Dvd-Ram is useless.)I would even suggest uninstalling b's recorder gold because the B's clip function interferes with Nero or DVDxcopy. If you must keep B's recorder gold, get rid of b's clip. 2. uninstall dvdxcopy 3. reboot. 4. Install only dvdxcopy. 5. Givver a whirl. If this dosen't work, I would vote your drives defective. I know the frustration with this drive. You can find forums all over the internet about this one.
Thank you all for the inputs. Tonight will be of hard work MAKING this thing work either way. The drive is tricky, however it is sold everywhere in Brazil so if it were this crap people comment, there would be lots of complains in the stores. I also bought a new Windows XP Pro, so as soon as I work myself out of the mess I come back in here.
Dear all, I thank for all the entries on the matter. In fact, as I said earlier, I installed the Win XP as a first try. For my surprise, it recognized the drive accordingly, even in the USB enclosure, and since then, the drive is working nice. As I thought, it was a problem with drivers, problably the enclosure ones, since the XP provided new drivers for it (I didnt use the enclosure CD with drivers). The XP recognizes it as a CD/DVD-RAM drive and all the media inserted correctly. I succesfully burned DVDs with DVD x Copy Gold and also CDs. Thank you all again
Glad this had a happy ending. And thanks for letting us know. Often people don't come back and tell us what finally ended up working.
I am going to purchase this drive as it will work out to $149 CDN and that is cheap. What media should I buy for this drive and where is the cheapest place to get it, thanks!
I have this exact same drive. Where are you getting it for $149 can. I am sure plenty of people want to know that. The best deal on media in the country for that burner is canada computers. www.canadacomputers.com Prino 1times -r work excellent with this drive, but stay away from the -rw's! You have been warned!
This is a 2x drive is it not? How long does it take for this burner to burn a full DVD-R at 1x? The drive is regularly $279.99 @ Best Buy, it is on sale for $229.99 + a $80 mail-in rebate which drops the price to $149.99 + tax.
The Princo 1X discs burn at 2X speed on my LG drive. 1X burn will take about 1 hour 2X burn will take about 30 minutes
I am just telling you what I burn with because I am a cheap ass. It does burn -r at 2times I believe, but with dvd-xcopy express, I get rips that take 45mins with a 1times princo disc
I have done research on DVD burning by reading the help docs on this site. Let me get a few facts straight: - DVD-5 DVDs can burn directly to a DVD-r - DVD-9 DVDs are too big therefore you have to remove extra features, etc. (A lot of DVD's are DVD-9) - It is better to make an IMG on the HD rather than going DVD-to-DVD Just trying to get my facts straight before buying this drive. Sorry to be a pain in the a**
Not always can a dvd-5 be burned straight to dvd-r. Sometimes it is necessary to use dvdxcopy or dvdxcopy xpress. Both of these are extremely useful tools. You most often lose menus and special features if you want to fit it on one disc. If you dont mind 2, than use dvdxcopy. If you want 1 with just the main movie, use dvdxcopy xpress. There are several sites you can get trial copies of dvdxcopy. There is also a long way around with smartripper and ifo edit which is free, but it is moderately tricky.
With some DVD Movies, once the disc has been ripped, it can be burnt on to a DVD-R without any further action needed. However, you will find as you endeavour to make more and more back-ups, that a compression tool is needed as the DVD's you are trying to back up are larger than the maximum capacity of the DVD-R. This is because different types of discs have differing layers and sides! These are the types of discs that are currently used: DVD-5 – A DVD disc which has data on one side, and a single layer of information which holds 4.7 GB of data DVD-9 – A DVD disc holding data on one side, but with two layers of information. A DVD-9 holds 8.5 GB of data over the two layers. DVD-10 – A DVD disc holding data on both sides of the disc, but only using single layers. This is effectively a double sided DVD-5, and therefore holds 8.5 GB of DVD-18 – The most modern iteration of DVD video disc, with two sides each utilising dual layers. This raises the data capacity to 17 GB, and has been used on recent discs such as the single-disc version of Terminator 2: The Ultimate Edition.
So is it even worth buying a DVD burner to backup DVD's if you don't get the whole DVD on the -r DVD?
wait a sec, correct me if I'm wrong, but dvdxcopy xpress's most recent upgrade will allow the complete copying of any dvd disc. Isn't that right? 3.0 . You will lose some quality but unless you have a hd tv or anything over 37 inch, you won't even notice. It is worth it though. If we have to tell you why it is worth it maybe you shouldnt buy one afterall.
I paid $300 CAD for this burner and it has been worth it. Using the method in mine or Oriphus' signature, you can often strip off the extra stuff you don't need to make the movie fit. (like director's commentary, french sound, deleted scenes, etc.) The movies that don't fit can be compressed. Most movies under 2 hours can be compressed without any noticable artifacts, as long as you do it right, have a speedy computer, and don't do ANYTHING else while compressing.
Actually, even with 20% compression, i dont really notice it too much on my 90" projected image with my projector.
Thanks for all the info guys....I will definately buy this burner. Now I just need to find cheap priced media
I'd personally buy the Pioner DVR106 over this drive. I had forgotten what the original question was.
The only problem you will find w/ DVDXCopy or DVDxCopy Express is on backinup episode tv series. Im working overnight on this matter, since I´m new to the business and dont know exactly how to do it. The guides Oriphus provide are useful, but for all my research, there is no straightforward method and to do the hard way you have to go trying. Just have the PowerDVD thing installed, since it allows U to test the material prior to burning. Also, my opinion on the speed matter is that the fastest you burn the higher are the chances to get an unusable disc. Finnaly, thanks once more for you all, and if someone has a direct guide on how to backup Sopranos or Sex and The City please tell me!
