which media type: DVD vs. Mini- dvd,+ or -?!?

I realise that this has discussed before but that was a while ago.

As of today... I chiped my first GC with the VIPER GC yesterday.Everything went fine until the iso's didn't want to play on my GC.I am using RIDATA DVD-R 4x and a DRE appears at boot.Anyway,

WHAT MEDIA IS BETTER TO BACKUP *COUGH* YOUR GAMES? Mini-DVDs? DVDs?
- or+?. I know one is cheaper than the other but I want to get the less errors possible.

 

I'm using a Qoob SX. I got alot of DRE errors on some cheapo printable DVDs that I already had. I read somewhere on the media comparison chart that TDK was rated very good. I bought a 50 pack of full size TDK DVD-R 8X discs and haven't had one DRE error yet burning them at 4X speed. I am a believer in TDKs now.

 

Umm I have been using dvd+r for about 1 week now, I have disk 1 of Tales of SYmphany, super smash bros. melee, prince of persia and maria sunshine. All ripped and burned myself. I think it really depends of the method your using of burning it.I have never had a DRE on GC games or Ps2. Using nero would be the best.

Haha I forgot to actually give an answer to your question. I know of two very good disks for burning, Ritek g04's and tdk disks. I'm cheap so I use Fujifilm DvD+R's.

 

Yeah cool guys but do u use mini-dvds or normal dvds?

 

Normal DVDs. I bought a modified case to allow the Gamecube to accept full size discs. I was planning on just using mini, but they are more expensive.

 

Do you have less chances to get DREs on normal DVDs than mini-dvds?

 

I don't think it makes a difference if its mini or full size, I believe it just all comes down to the maker of the media and the quality of the media.

 

RIDATA G50 DVD-R 8x <- are they any good??

has anyone got this media working coz im considering a buying a 50 pack

 

Yes, those work fine. I bought a 50 pack of those exact Riteks only two days ago. Before I used Sony DVD-Rs but they would only boot sporadically (only after hitting the power button 4-6 times). Now they all work perfectly. I wonder what it is about Riteks that are so much more reliable over other DVD-Rs? The purple dye? (which is much darker on Ritek than on Maxell, Memorex or Sony)

 

I Believe DRE comes from bad rips, not the media you use to record it. I use dvd+r that cost me 59 cents a disk... how good do you think those could be eh? Yet for me I've never once got a messed up game. Also I would say the burner and your burning application. I say pick up a pioneer dvd burner from 100+ bucks those are good and Nero burning rom.

 

umm i got some datasafe 4x -r mini-dvds from ebay and it says on the packaging 'datasafe 1.4GB general purpose DVD-r enhanced for data, video and console' so i was wondering if anyone else got them to work because i havnt got a dvd burner yet ( im skint >_< )
thanks xx ^_^

 

Hey well what is the best dvd, i guess ritek's? cause i was trying sony dvd-r's and i dunno they didnt seem to boot even after i was playing around tweakin my laser's in ohm's so what do you all sugest? sony's were good cause they are cheap, but i guess others will seem to work better, it's weird.

 

try sony dvd+r those what i got over 13 games now all work fine. Some random DRE's but if you restart they go away.

 

aww crap lol, i jsut bought a lot of sony dvd-r's, but still will do good for burning my movies, and ps2 games, but thanks i will try out dvd+r's soon and see how they work.

 

K one more thing, i actually got my sony dvd-r's to work, but liek 5 minutes after playing it freezes and says error reading disc, so is that because i set my lazer to low? or cause the dvd-r's are crap, guessing it might jsut be the dvd-r thing and i should just go to sony dvd+r's? or riteks?

 

Well i need no help, but to others who use the adapter booting like me and boots the GCOSv 1.4 for booting backups, for me i turned my lazer up a big in ohms and now my sony dvd-r's work perfect, so i think i have succesfully got my gamecube working perfect.

 

Well just for the record, even though you managed to get your games to work, I was going to say just restart the game, update your bios if your using Qoob, 1.3c is out and it fixes media issues and reduced DRE's and for those foreign or PAL games chnge your video setting. Helps me out. I never have tweaked the lazer.

 

I'm using a Qoob SX. and RIDATA DVD-R 4x mini
works 100% perfect!

Question, where can I find Qoob, 1.3c bios?

 

I found mines on some News site it was talking about the new Gecko and GCLOADER modchips forgot what it was. I'm sure L-Burna knows it, seems like he knows everything.

 

I found the bios at GCLOADER, thanks for your information, xxsaijin