DD0203, can't get a +R to burn! -R always works...

[DoobieScoo]

*gnashing teeth*

I've never been able to burn any DVD+Rs on my supposedly +/- Optorite DD0203. Coasters every time, multiple brands. Used every burning software imaginable. Updated drivers, firmware, blah blah blah allllllllll of that stuff.

Never coastered a DVD-R, multiple brands.

*about to chuck monitor across room*

I just, last night, discovered that the DD0203 doesn't support DAO for +R. Optorite's online manual shows Incremental Write only for +R support. So I tried, one last time before going to bed completely pissed off, to burn the +R with DAO unchecked.

Still didn't work.

*silently brewing*

God damnit.

*veins popping out of forehead*

GAAAAAH!

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Burn process always hangs (drive locks and keeps spinning, operating system is fine) during lead-out creation process.

Anyone have any insight? Is my drive mucked up? Did I miss some intricacy about burning +Rs somewhere?

*still red in the face*

(in case you care, not that it matters since none seem to work, the media currently terrorizing me is Memorex 4x +R 50pk from Orifice Depot)

Thanks.

p.s. I dig this forum. Lots of knowledge. I'm counting on y'all!

[irongang]

You may have tried this already, but I was having burn problems like that with my DD0203 until I started burning with burnatonce. Never a bad disk since, burning both formats.

[DoobieScoo]

Groovy; Thank you.

You may have tried this already,

I hadn't -- In fact I'd never heard of that particular one...

I shall try burnatonce and report back. If you don't hear from me, assume I've gone insane. I hope this works.

Thanks again![/quote]

[jacksona]

Sorry to disappoint you,

but Burnatonce doesn't burn +R, only -R.

It is the one limitation of this excellent piece of software.

[irongang]

Sorry to disappoint you,

but Burnatonce doesn't burn +R, only -R.

It is the one limitation of this excellent piece of software.

Doh! I have burned DVD+Rs, but not a lot, and I thought I used this. What did I use? I don't remember . Sorry!

[hech54]

Could it be the speed of the burn? My particular burning software remembers the last burning speed it used instead of detecting the max speed of the disc I just inserted. Would burning a +R at 2X instead of 2.4X muck it up? Never tried.

[DoobieScoo]

Could it be the speed of the burn? My particular burning software remembers the last burning speed it used instead of detecting the max speed of the disc I just inserted. Would burning a +R at 2X instead of 2.4X muck it up? Never tried.

Yeah man, I've tried all the speeds. I can't believe this thing won't even burn a +R at 1x. Garrrrrh...

irongang, jacksona: I didn't check into the specifics listed in the command line interface (since I was fed up and exhausted at that point) but Burnatonce didn't do the trick - but at least it didn't make a $1.20 coaster. Nice, compact program.

I think I'll just stick to -R 'til I'm ready to upgrade to a speedier burner. Pisses me off that I paid a ~$30 premium for this malfunctioning dual-format drive.

Thanks for trying to help an irritated brother out, though!

Anyone else have ideas?

[bdf24]

I've got the DD0201 and I've been happy so far. I guess though I have'nt tried any DVD+R yet. Only DVD+RW and they work fine. Infact I just bought a 50 pack spindle of them. I think I'm gonna have to pick up a couple once from the store to test and see if they work.

One thing have you tried updating your drives firmware?

[fritzi93]

This is very mysterious, I have the same writer and no problems, using firmware 2.30. You say you've upgraded firmware and tried multiple burning programs, also DVD-Rs work for you. Apart from actual hardware failure or some obscure conflict on your machine, not many possibilities left.

But if you're game for one more go, you could try this: Shut down everything running that you can on your comp. Start up the latest version of DVDShrink, have it create an ISO image and burn with DVDDecrypter. One more thing- set output file size to be no more than 4,200 MB, or preferably as low as 4,000MB. If it's your media, that should certainly help. If you already tried all this, then you have my sympathy, can't think of anything else right now. Best of luck.

[Roderz]

Very strange
Burnt 100's of +r (ALL at X4 - Ritek and Tayo Uden + 1 mirror) with this drive using nero 5.5.10.42 and ZERO coasters (had the odd 1 using -r, cheap princos)
using latest F/W 2.50
heres the setting I use in nero (hope its of some help)

p.s. using no multi session setting.

[DoobieScoo]

Roderz: I've bombed with that exact configuration and with multiple versions of Nero... yaaagh. Thanks much for the idea and the effort, regardless.

bdf24: Yeah, I've done the firmware route. Sitting at 2.50 right now. May have to regress (that sounds so degrading... my apologies to the 2.30 firmware which worked just fine) to 2.30s again if I see a glimmer of hope in doing so. Thanks for asking, bdf.

fritzi93: Now this is something I haven't tried. I always DVDShrink (using 3.16 now) close to - or at - the maximum recommended 4464(?)MB and havent ever tried going down to the 4000MB range... If I'm not mistaken, the concept is that this ought to minimize external, media boundary issues accompanied with whatever is going on with my burner?... *i feel dumb now, like i should have done this already* I'll check out the latest DVDShrink and DVDDecrypter and give your suggestion a whirl. Thanks.

...

On a somewhat-related note: In a fit of anger, I decided to bust the growing stack of DVD coasters, one by one. Miraculously, one broke in half so *completely cleanly* that I've decided to adhere a semicircle to each my ears - as a good luck measure.

Thanks!

[indolikaa]

I have three of these burners. They burn +R fine, with three different firmware revisions in use.

I can see why you're frustrated.

I author most of my material with a decryptor program or DVD-lab. But I use the burning software that came with the drive (B's Recorder Gold5) to actually burn the files. I only do direct burns on DVD-R discs; DVD-labl doesn't like +R discs and my drives, for some reason.

Your firmware should work fine. Have you tried Optorite support? They normally answer my e-mails within 2 days.

Also, can you burn a data disk on DVD+R?

[DoobieScoo]

Oh, my frustration just lept to a higher order of magnitude...

*fuming*

Now the damned thing won't even detect a blank DVD-R, has trouble detecting/running just about any pressed-type DVD (gaaaahrrrrr!), refuses to recognize anything dual-layered and won't so much as recognize one of it's *own* little burned DVD-Rs from a few weeks back.

"Jeepers, ya think it's broken, Pa?!?"
"Calm down, Jim Bob, calm yourself."
"Gimme the shotgun, Pa."
"Jim Bob! Sit y'all butt down un lissen to me!"



Sorry.

On the bright side, it's still a solid but average speed CD burner. Not much consolation for the $$$ I shelled out.

I suppose I'll be contacting Optorite. Damn thing was manufactured June 2003, I've had it 5-6 months... not a good experience so far. I hope they have decent service or they can count me out of their customer base in the future.

*Sigh* Well, many thanks to all of ya for helping out! Perhaps I'll post an update or two in the unlikely case that anyone's compelled by this unfolding drama.

[DoobieScoo]

Nothing to report from the Optorite front (since I've not been able to find the packaging nor the receipt I shant bug them yet).

I did get a NEC 2500A yesterday and am happy to report that it burns DVD+/-Rs like it's supposed to...

[indolikaa]

Nothing to report from the Optorite front (since I've not been able to find the packaging nor the receipt I shant bug them yet).

I did get a NEC 2500A yesterday and am happy to report that it burns DVD+/-Rs like it's supposed to...

Good to see you're burning, at least.