NEC 2500a Firmware updates ?

[VCDHunter]

Anyone know what is the best firmware update for the NEC 2500a ?

[Vanderlow]

Probably this one. It's not an offiical one and beta 7 will be out in a day or two.

http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=23899

[porphyra]

The 1.07 Beta 6 by Herrie is excellent. Have been using it for a few weeks and its really really good.

Allows bitsetting and 8x burning with a LOT of media.

[Vanderlow]

Herrie beta 7 is out now and he said RitekG04s should burn at 6x or 8x and most common 4x DVD+R's and 4x DVD-R's should work @ 8x now, including RICOHJPN R01. This firmware will also have bitsetting, riplock, and all regions too.


http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?p=106366#106366&sid=5f465f03edb17f4c067fef51b83594c6

[kiki]

This is driving me bonkers ( not a great distance I might add).
I have been trying for weeks to get herries firmware for my 2500a.
I did a dvdrhelp and google search for it and all the links point to
http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?p=1 ... 51b83594c6
or some other area of rpc1.org..
All I get is a gateway timeout error.
I have sent others to these various url's and they get the same thing.
Does anyone know of ANY other location that is offering these firmware
upgrades????

TIA
kiki

[x-kid]

that's strange i just dled beta 6 and beta 7. did you try the links that vanderlow posted

[kiki]

x-kid
Yes I have, and countless other references to this firmware.
All I get is a gateway timeout error.
Strangely enough, I can go anywhere else on the web, with ease.
Totally weird.

kiki

[x-kid]

well if you want i can email them to you. just pm me with you addy. i can send both beta 6 and 7 and either dos or windows your choice.

[Vanderlow]

x-kid have you got your 2500 yet?

[x-kid]

i actually got it yesterday. haven't had a chance to install it yet. gonna do it tomorrow. I actually got it a day earlier was suppose to come today

[VCDHunter]

I have installed the beta 7 updates for the NEC and also found a region free firmware hack for my lite on DVDROM, instaled both yesterday without a hitch. Both updates were done from within Windoze and took seconds. Will do some burn tests tonight.

[MrRalphMan]

Hi all,

I've tried the Beta7 and it picked up my Arita 4x DVD-R as 6x.

This was good, but when I burnt a DVD to it, it would not play on my Sony 335 DVD Player, giving me a C13:00 error (Dirty Disk I think).
All media burnt before the upgrade played fine. I tried several disks, even burning at 2x, but to no avail.

I have flashed it with the original 1.06 Firmware, but I am still getting this error.
The DVDs play fine on the computer and at the moment I have no other players to test it on.
DVD-RW's still burn and play on the Sony.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Paul.

[MrRalphMan]

Quick update, I've just tested and these play fine in a PS2.

[MrRalphMan]

Another update.

I tried a project I'd compiled myself with DVD-Lab at it worked fine.

What I was trying to burn was an already created set of VOB files. These were extracted and burnt with Nero.

Once I'd extracted the video/audio with Vobedit, I then compiled with DVD-Lab and burnt to DVD. This then played successfully.

I have reinstalled 1.07 and will test later.

[VCDHunter]

Nice. My shitty no brand 2-4x DVD-R now burns at 6x rather than the 2x it used to burn at.