Mac G3 PowerBook and DVD+R ???

[GeoFan49]

I have almost no trouble with DVD-R on my Mac, but cannot mount any DVD+R media. MacOS 9.2.2 will not accept any DVD+R media at all on my PowerBook. I am wondering -- is this is a hardware issue, or an OS issue? Please illuminate me?

Details:

My Mac G3 PowerBook (FireWire, aka 2000, aka Pismo) running Mac OS 9.2.2 with the standard Apple PowerBook DVD-ROM Module M7931 will NOT read ANY DVD+R media. The DVD+R media is refused, won't mount. (I have tried media from several different DVD burners, and several brands of DVD+R media... no joy!)

I have a DVD Recorder (GO Video / Sensory Science SR674) that only burns DVD+R. Aaaargh! So -- I have to copy any DVD that I have burned there to DVD-R media -- if I want to use on my PowerBook...

Questions:

Can ANYONE out there with an M7931 in a your drive bay please confirm if Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS X 10.x can read any DVD+R media in an M7931 drive? Any details, advice, or limitations please?

-- Geo

[pixeljammedia]

DVD+R media isn't supported on Mac OS systems prior to 10.3.x

[Frobozz]

Also, the DVD-ROM drive in the Pismo cannot recognize DVD+R media even in OS 10.3.

[galactica]

Your options reside in Upgrading to 10.3.3 at the min and purchasing an external firewire drive thats dual format supported.

Perhaps you could find a more up to date used powerbook for around the same price as the upgrades needed?

[miksu]

Pismo is too good laptop to be swapped, just get at least 512Mb ram and OSX 10.3. It's lightning fast. Then, surf to the:
www.xlr8yourmac.com or www.lowendmac.com
and take a look at few posts, they tell you how to get even 8X/DL(!) burners into Pismo. If you don't need DL/8X, there are more humble solutions, combodrives too. It's not that expensive, Pismo uses generic ATA devices in its mediabay.