bitsetting?

[cjcEVW]

i am curious as to what this actually does?

i here it allows you to change a dvd+r to a dvd-r so that it is compatible with more dvd players? is this true and will it make dvd+rs compatible with PS2's also?

i see that Herrie is working on a fw update to allow NEC1300A drives to have this capabilites, is there anyone working on a fw update to allow pioneer 106d's to do this?

thanks

[cjcEVW]

nm....did a search and figured out wat it was but am still curious if a fw upgrade will allow a pioneer 106d to have these capabilities just like the nec 1300A will.

*i did something very stupid and that was use DVDInfoPro to try and change the bitsetting using my pioneer 106d on a dvd+r disk. it said it was unable to perform it so i just thought nothing of it, but then my pioneer was making all these clicking noises and i couldnt stop DVDInfo Pro and i couldnt open the disk try on my 106d so i forced quit DVDInfoPro and the clicking noise stopped and my drive was fine. BUT.....what was my drive doing and will it affect my drive in any way, like laser durability? (it works perfect now and i knoe i did sumthing stupid)

[tompika]

nm....did a search and figured out wat it was but am still curious if a fw upgrade will allow a pioneer 106d to have these capabilities just like the nec 1300A will.

Theres no official firmware for dual fomat drives that allows bitsetting.
The one you are talking about (Nec1300) is hacked by BronkowTech45.
I dont think anybody is working on doing the 106.

i did something very stupid and that was use DVDInfoPro to try and change the bitsetting using my pioneer 106d on a dvd+r disk

The firmware of the 106 doesnt support bitsetting.
Changing the booktype of a write-once media is not possible after burning.

will it affect my drive in any way

I dont think so...