A new flasher for Pionner's DVD burners under OSX !

[alkaline]

There are a few extenuating factors (that I won't mention) that led me to snap at alkaline like that and I'm sorry.

Hmmm ?

Could you please explain yourself, because I can't understand why ?


Just an other question : How old are you ?

Sounds this forum is not the right place for kidding !

[whizdog]

I don't read French, and wanted to know more.
So, I took the original link and passed it through Babelfish....to get a rough translation into English. Once you get it into your head that "burner" was translated as "engraver".....the translation isn't too bad!
Enjoy:
http://tinyurl.com/36ojf

[sascha h-k]

sorry, I hav'nt seen this post, so I posted also.....



sascha

[willrob]

Here's my results. I flashed my 106D (an oem version I installed myself), which previoulsy was at firmware 1.06. It is now at firmware 1.07. I can't judge if the 12x rip speed is happening. I've tried ripping two disks with the current beta of MacThe Ripper 2, and both times the application quit. But restarting the rip resulted in a smooth completion. I'm just not sure if the process was any faster than before.

As far as burning slower disks at twice their rating: some CompUSA disks (1X) I had laying around were seen by Toast 6 as 2X. But TDK 2x disks were still seen as 2X; there was no option to burn at 4X. I don't have any other brands of 2X to test with (I started looking for deals on 4X after getting this drive). I wold hae thought that TDK would fall into the "better" category that an eariler post said could work now at 4X.

I haven't tried using iDVD with the drive yet, since I have no already mutiplexed projects to burn. And iDVD doesn't gie much feedback on burning speeds— you just wait four hours and hope for the best.

Also, as far as I can see, the firmware update doesn't alter CD burning in any way.

william

[alkaline]

Also, as far as I can see, the firmware update doesn't alter CD burning in any way.

Right, it doesn't.

Just because ">NIL" only patched the media detection routines, which are completely separated from the writing routines, in his patched firmwares.

[markatisu]

Just in case anyone else needed confirmation it works I patched my store bought Pioneer A05 to the new 1.33 firmware posted on this thread and it works 100%, I can now burn my Memorex and Imation 1x DVD-R at 2x with no problem and it reads a little quicker when ripping to the HD

so far I am very pleased, the machine accepted the upgrade fine and like it said all I did was double click on the icon and it brought up the termianl window which asked me questions and then said you are urged to reboot after it patched it to 1.33

I can now recognize discs that it kept popping out before as well!!

[TugBoat]

and it reads a little quicker when ripping to the HD

A little quicker?

After using the new flasher to update my 105 to the Official 1.33, I was still unsatisfied with the Rip speed. So, I flashed it to the hacked 1.33. WHAT THE .... ? The DVD that took 50 minutes to Rip with the 'Official Firmware' now Rips in 15 minutes! A Little? A test between my new 'Official' 107 and the 'unOfficial' 105, same DVD; 107 rips it in 22 minutes, 105 Rips it in 13 minutes. I'm extremely happy

[markatisu]

I wonder what was different with your setup, I was already ripping a DVD with my A05 (1.30 firmware out of the box) at 22-25mins and now it rips in 15mins

Guess it depends on more than the firmware, but regardless I am very satisfied, especially with no longer needing to burn at 1x!

[g4cube]

I to did my 105 it was a peice of cake and is much faster. A big thanks again to XVI and the other boyz that worked on the original windoze version so that xvi could then port it to the mac.

[BernieR]

BTW --
after this update on my 107 it now burns 1x DVD-ON brand +R at 8x !!!

Wow!

Bernie

[alkaline]

after this update on my 107 it now burns 1x DVD-ON brand +R at 8x !!!

And the dream came true...

[rorschach]

So I flashed my DVR-105 to the 133 firmware too, and it's looking pretty good, but do I need any more to consider the 107? I realize the 107 has the extra capability of DVD+Rs. Are the speed gains as better on the 107 (official) than on the 105 (hacked 133 firmware)?

[g4cube]

The 107 is faster in the write because it can write 8x but thats not that much faster when you consider its only 5 or 6 minutes not much really and if your drive runs well stick with it and wait on the 108/109 when it will be faster again than the 107.

[rorschach]

Thank you very much. I had been in the market for a new Optical drive but this flashing is a definite improvement. I'll try it some more. And just save my $ for more RAM. Someone should put together a "at a glance" comparison chart between old firmware and the new pioneer flashing for each models..

[dnix71]

OMG. AMAZING. I use VLC on an new eMac. The built-in combo drive and the external firewire drive were flashed at the same time and now play Monster's Inc. collector's ed. There were no instructions, just click on the DVR-Flash and you're done!!! Oh, and don't forget to quit the terminal after you're done.

[pluche]

I flashed a Lacie firewirebox containing an 107D to 1.16 - worked fine, no problems - now I have to do some "speed" testing

[jespring]

Just thought I'd post my results. I have a DVR-105 in a ClubMac FW case that had already been flashed with essentially the same firmware, except back when 1.30 was current instead of 1.33.

I also have a 105 (the original Apple-installed drive in my 1Ghz eMac). Besides making the drive region-free, are there any other benefits to the 105? Will ripping speed be increased as others are describing for the A06/106 and newer models?

Also, is there any way to restore the factory firmware if you need to send the machine in for service? I have AppleCare on my eMac, and I don't want them to deny warranty coverage because I flashed my DVD firmware. I already have a region-free settop DVD player, so I'm not sure this is worth it for me.

Thanks in advance for any replies!

jespring

[pyroguyperson]

How do I find out what drive I have?

[g4cube]

Look at sytem profiler.