Problems with the NEC 1300A & Fujifilm 8x Media!

[TheRybot]

I bought some Fujifilm 8X media today and went to burn a DVD using my NEC 1300A as I normally do (using DVD-Shrink with the Nero tie-in so it just burns the DVD right after it shrinks it.) And when it is done compressing it it just haults and I get a long technical error message. I figgured that I needed to flash the firmware on my DVD-R drive. I updated them to 1.8 (which from what I could see was the latest version) and I still get the same message. I know it's not the brand, because my older Fujifilm 4x DVD-Rs work fine. I would have no problem just getting 4x Media and not having to worry about this, but if DVD-Rs are anything like CD-Rs then the chances are I won't be able to find 4x media before too long. Has anyone else had a similar problem, and could anyone please help me? Thank you very much in advance.

-Ryan

[jyn999]

I bought some Fujifilm 8X media today and went to burn a DVD using my NEC 1300A as I normally do (using DVD-Shrink with the Nero tie-in so it just burns the DVD right after it shrinks it.) And when it is done compressing it it just haults and I get a long technical error message. I figgured that I needed to flash the firmware on my DVD-R drive. I updated them to 1.8 (which from what I could see was the latest version) and I still get the same message. I know it's not the brand, because my older Fujifilm 4x DVD-Rs work fine. I would have no problem just getting 4x Media and not having to worry about this, but if DVD-Rs are anything like CD-Rs then the chances are I won't be able to find 4x media before too long. Has anyone else had a similar problem, and could anyone please help me? Thank you very much in advance.

-Ryan

Without the error msg how would anyone know what your problem is or how to help you?

[Gen-An]

TheRybot just because it's the same brand doesn't mean it's made by the same manufacturer as the 4x discs. Can you show us the media code?

[Coopervid]

Easy to answer:

The media has to be listed in the NEC1300A's firmware. If it's not- the NEC1300A assumes that it's 1x media. But the minimum speed the NEC1300 does a burn is 2x. So it refuses to burn the disc. Don't know if the newest fw has your media ID listed but give it a try. Best site for fw is rpc1.org

Try the newest 1.0C from here:

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?category=4&manufactor=23

coopervid