Pioneer BDC - 202 any chance of Booktype setting?

[DaveHhh1]

Hi,

I have the above drive in a HTPC, sadly my main desktop pc in another room has completely died so I was going to use my HTPC with the above drive for my new desktop from now on.

I am aware that the above drive cannot do Booktype settings to DVD-ROM. This is absolutely crucial for me. Does anyone know of a workaround or possible upgrade?

I know that it has been mentioned in this forum that certain other sites have hacked firmwares for Pioneer drives. But what about this drive?

Many thanks,

[OneSickPup]

I'd be surprised to find a bit-setting firmware available for that drive. That's too new and too expensive of a drive to risk voiding your warranty. If you cannot swap to DVD-R, maybe an external enclosure with the drive from your other dead pc would be your cheapest alternative. There are lots of enclosures under $50 USD on the market.

[DaveHhh1]

Thanks i feared it was too new. It's my fault really I assumed it would do Booktype. How wrong I was. I wanted +r booktyping because I have found it more compatible with normal DVD machines. Good idea about the enclosure, I'll look into it.

[budz]

make sure you know what chipset the external drive has because NOT ALL ENCLOSURES will work correctly with dvd burners. some external cases have the prolific or cypress chipset. there's a big enclosure thread at cdfreaks.com that you could start with.