bit setting, how to?

[koolaidwa]

ok i am not new to burning dvd at all, but i am new to the bit setting, even tho i think most if not all my drives have that feature, i know my 2 16x burners do

digitmax (lite on 1633) emprex (btc 1016) drives

my thing is nero 6 express with both, but how would i use the bit setting feature?

and is bit setting only on + ? or on both - +?

i never needed to bit set is the reason i havent, but if i ever do i would like to know and test it out

thanks

[Phantom Of The Opera]

Most drives that support the bitsetting option come with some kind of software utillity that allows you to use this option. Also, some DVD-burning programs (Nero, for instance) have a checkbox in the DVD-burn dialog that allows you to bitset to DVD-ROM on drives that support this option.

Also, note that some drives do the bitsetting of +R(W) discs (to DVD-ROM book type) by default, without requiring specific user action.

Lastly, bitsetting can only be done on +R(W) discs -- in theory. In practice, however, there are those (the author of DVDinfopro, for example) who claim that you can do a form of sneaky, under-the-covers bitsetting on -R discs with certain specific brands/models of DVD burner. I believe NU Tech and BTC burners were mentioned by hiim. I don't know how relaible this is, but there was an extended discussion of this topic on one of the CDFreaks forums, and it grew into quite a little flamewar! I'll see if I can locate the URL for it.

[lenti_75]

not all writers support this feature, and is for +R or +RW

nec, lite-on and some others do. I use dvd bitsetter to change it.

go to http://www.firmware.fr.st/ to check if your drives support it.

i love this feature because even an old panny, who doesn't play anything but -R, plays +RW fine, with dvd rom setting.[/url]

[Skith]

All +R formats (+R, +RW, +R DL) have the potential to be bitset - provided the burner's hardware and firmware support said feature.

The -R format does not need bitsetting, nor is it possible as the booktype is pre-recorded onto the disc and can not be changed.

[koolaidwa]

so bit setting happens after the burn, before? durning?

thats my main thing that i could never figure out, as doing no research about it before as never needing to

thanks for all ur help by the way and any future help