playing DVD-R on playstation 2?

[hadley15]

Is it possible to get a burned DVD-R to play on playstation 2? If it can be done, will someone please let me know how. Thanks for all your help and keep the info coming!!

[dvdragon]

Yes it can be done. I had problems with the Memorex brand though. This brand Accu works great. http://www.meritline.com/acdvdblanmed.html

[directcraig]

Verbatim +R work fine on my version 1 ps2

[dvdragon]

Verbatim +R work fine on my version 1 ps2




Would you mind telling me the model number and PT number of your PS2? Thank You.

[oldfart13]

That's very interesting as my Version 1 (bought the first day the PS2 was available) won't play ANY burned DVD-Rs at all: Verbatim, Ritek, Pioneer were tested and won't work. My old RCA 5220P (c. 1997) plays all the DVD-Rs I put into it, which makes it just great in my book for an early model DVD player...

[Felix_2000]

I've got both Imation DVD+R disks and Verbatim DVD-R disk to play both burned with Nero 5.5.10.7

-=[ Felix2000 ]=-

[puertorican138]

Verbatim and TDK DVD-R work great on my PlayStation 2. :P

[vandakeg]

try a different burning program as well as different media... although all of the dvd-rs that i have tried (even w/ nero) have worked on my PS2.

[oldfart13]

Okay, let's try again...on a version 1 that is unchipped? What is the model #? Mine is: SCPH-30001, which is known to NOT play burned DVDs on on unchipped system. Check the spec on the PS2 under the DVD players at this site. Check the modchip sites. If it plays a burned -R on an unchipped system, then I want to know what you used. I have used:

Stomp RecordNow Max 4.5
DVD Decrypter latest version)
Nero 5.10.7b (with all extras)

[dvdragon]

Model # is SCPH30001 PT110822202. I have had no problem when playing backuped (by other methods) DVDs on DVD-R. My problem now is that I cannot get DVD-Rs burned by Instant Copy to play on my PS2, even though the browser recognizes it as a DVD Video disc. This DVD-Rs will play fine on computer however.

[DigiToast]

I have a V1 (30001) PS2 that's unmodded. Every TDK -R disc that I've written using Recordnow DX 4.6 on my DRU500A(1.0g) has read in the PS2. Using Nero, however, has never yielded a disc that would even be recognized as DVD-Video in the PS2. I've tried all the different tricks associated with using Nero as well as a plethora of different Nero versions, but nothing has worked. Since finding out that Recordnow discs can be read in my PS2 I've dumped Nero for good.

[oldfart13]

Are you sure it's 4.6? Stomp's DL page lists the latest version as 4.5. Mine says it is 450B20D.358, which is still 4.50. the current patch from Stomp just adds more drives. If you did get a 4.6 update, then from where? If I can find the TDK discs, I'll give them a whirl but with 3 decks now that accept DVD-Rs as well as the burner and a Panasonic DVD-ROM drive that also accepts them, it's kind of moot...

[ps2daddy]

Okay, let's try again...on a version 1 that is unchipped? What is the model #? Mine is: SCPH-30001, which is known to NOT play burned DVDs on on unchipped system. Check the spec on the PS2 under the DVD players at this site. Check the modchip sites. If it plays a burned -R on an unchipped system, then I want to know what you used. I have used:

Stomp RecordNow Max 4.5
DVD Decrypter latest version)
Nero 5.10.7b (with all extras)

The chip only affects games not movie
No chip is required for a dvd-r movie

In general but not necesarily always
from my personal experience
Version 1-4 dont like dvd+r media but do like dvd-r
Version 5-8 Ususally will play either

If your ps2 doesnt like apple, verbatim, or ritek dvd-r then

the laser might need to be adjusted

or

The lens might be dirty (cd lens cleaner or a q-tip with alchol works fine

or

The laser could be going bad for playing dvds (test a dvd game)

or

The backup is scratched or dirty

or

The backup might not have been burned correctly

or

your ps2 could be posseed

[oldfart13]

Nice reply BUT the PS2 has less than 1 hour of use. I didn't open the package until the first post that I read here. Yes, it's been in it's package for the past couple years. I really didn't like a lot of the games that are out on the system, preferring online multiplay using computers. It's only recently that the PS2 has implemented online so I'm looking into that. Mostly, I've been disappointed with all the console games. Good enough for kids and teens. Good for us oldsters...naah!

[SergeantD]

Doesn't everyone here know that you must upgrade the firmware on the earlier PS2s in order to play DVD-Rs. You can get the firmware with the "official" Sony PS2 remote. :P

[ps2daddy]

Doesn't everyone here know that you must upgrade the firmware on the earlier PS2s in order to play DVD-Rs. You can get the firmware with the "official" Sony PS2 remote. :P

As far as I know the firmware update is for the fast forward and slow-mo features.

I havent seen a ps2 that can read dvdrs that has a good laser.

On a different note are the the same Sergeant D the was Sergreant Dan on the Ps2 messageboards?

If so I wold like to applaud you for yor neokey building instructions it helped me get into modchips back in the day

[oldfart13]

I DO have the official remote (some remote...no "off" and no "eject" buttons) as well as the 2.16U firmware update and still no DVD-R playback. I'd try some TDK DVD-Rs but can't find them where I am. I have some Verbatim 2X DVD-R that I'll try next. The 1X's didn't work though...

[DigiToast]

Are you sure it's 4.6? Stomp's DL page lists the latest version as 4.5. Mine says it is 450B20D.358, which is still 4.50. the current patch from Stomp just adds more drives. If you did get a 4.6 update, then from where?

Help | About in Recordnow DX reports:
"Build: 4.60B16a.373.017 (SNY)"

Can't remember exactly where I got the update from, but it was offered to Sony DRU500A owners (probably why 'SNY' is in the build number) and the link to find the thing can be found on one of the papers that come bundled with the drive. Do note, however, that I'm running DX and not MAX. I believe that DX and MAX are the same thing, except with a different name for OEM bundle versions.

Doesn't everyone here know that you must upgrade the firmware on the earlier PS2s in order to play DVD-Rs. You can get the firmware with the "official" Sony PS2 remote.

I have an official remote from Sony, but since said "firmware upgrade" is nothing but a simple software-patch that gets downloaded to your memory card, I don't believe that it can actually change the way any of your hardware works. As far as I know, all the "upgrade" does is change the way that the UI works, and soft-patches your player's playback algorithms to provide some better image quality - hence the system information saying something like DVD Player Version and not DVD Firmware Version. With that in mind... I truly believe that the "upgrade" isn't really a factor at all in the hardware scheme of things. A bad disc is a bad disc and isn't going to be read correctly by the old laser with or without the 'upgrade' - period. A disc that's written improperly, however, *might* work properly with the "upgrade" since it's possible that the player could then be more tolerant of software-caused fault.

Anyhow, I just went to my PS2, pulled out all my memory cards (to remove the "upgrade") and ran a test on two discs.
Disc 1 - Written by Recordnow DX 4.6 on a TDK 2.0 DVD-R: PASS
Disc 2 - Written by Nero 55917 on a TDK 2.0 DVD-R: FAIL
My PS2 reports 2.10U with my memory card in, and 1.20U without. With my memory card in and the Player Version at 2.10U, the Nero 55917 disc does still not play.

[ps2daddy]

As far as I know, all the "upgrade" does is change the way that the UI works, and soft-patches your player's playback algorithms to provide some better image quality - hence the system information saying something like DVD Player Version and not DVD Firmware Version. With that in mind... I truly believe that the "upgrade" isn't really a factor at all in the hardware scheme of things. A bad disc is a bad disc and isn't going to be read correctly by the old laser with or without the 'upgrade' - period. A disc that's written improperly, however, *might* work properly with the "upgrade" since it's possible that the player could then be more tolerant of software-caused fault.

Anyhow, I just went to my PS2, pulled out all my memory cards (to remove the "upgrade") and ran a test on two discs.
Disc 1 - Written by Recordnow DX 4.6 on a TDK 2.0 DVD-R: PASS
Disc 2 - Written by Nero 55917 on a TDK 2.0 DVD-R: FAIL
My PS2 reports 2.10U with my memory card in, and 1.20U without. With my memory card in and the Player Version at 2.10U, the Nero 55917 disc does still not play.

Exactly what was saying
If your ps2 doesnt like apple, verbatim, or ritek dvd-r then

the laser might need to be adjusted

or

The lens might be dirty (cd lens cleaner or a q-tip with alchol works fine

or

The laser could be going bad for playing dvds (test a dvd game)

or

The backup is scratched or dirty

or

The backup might not have been burned correctly

Only thing is a software patch doesnt change a laser reflectivity and if the disk is properly written on good media that is what determines playback ability

I run a PS2/PSOne repair business and I have repaired and or chippped over 450-500+ PS2s. I always test each one before and after I work on them and for every single ps2 that I have repaired or chiped every single one of the them that could read a dvd games could read my apple dvd-r movies that I made with no problems and I have looked at every version of the PS2 from version 1-7 (version 8 isnt out in the US but scheduled to appear soon)

Also I have used a program called toast to make my dvd-rs and wrote all my disks on pioneer 103 and sony dru 500a

[oldfart13]

Finally got the Ritek G03s to play back in the V1 PS2 using DVD Decrypter and burned at 1X on a Pioneer A05. Tried the suggestion about pulling the memory card and that seemed to do it. Tried discs burned with Instant Copy and they don't work. Haven't tried a DVD2One rip yet. Will have to wait til I have more discs...

[SLICK RICK]

Verbatim DVD-R works great on my PS2

[puertorican138]

My PS2 likes Ritek's DVD-R also.