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Sony VAIO notebook DVD-ROM won't read DVD+R
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menaced
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25. June 2005 @ 09:17 |
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Hi people! I'm new to the forums but not entirely new to the backup world. Here's my dilemma. I have a Sony Vaio notebook (PCG-R505JS) which has a docking station for CD-RW/DVD-ROM but the drive won't read my backup DVD+R movie. It played on my regular DVD player but its weird that it won't play on my notebook with DVD-ROM.
Am I missing anything here? Do I need to download anything for it to recognize my DVD+R media? I have Directx 9.0 installed but it shouldn't be the problem. Other than that, it reads CD-R and CD-RW.
Help would be great. Thanks all!
Brand: Sony VAIO (PCG-R505JS)
Slim dock station: DVD-ROM/CD-RW (PCGA-DSM5)
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25. June 2005 @ 09:46 |
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hi, download dvdinfopro (free) and run the DVD+R thru its media info check. paste the details here
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menaced
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25. June 2005 @ 15:04 |
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Its me again. Sorry for not replying fast, I was at work the whole day. Well I'm back and I tested CD-R, DVD-R and regular DVDs and they all worked just fine. The only problem is reading DVD+R which I'm not sure why. Anyways, I just did what you told me and installed dvdinfopro on my notebook.
It looks like it doesn't read DVD+R cause its unchecked. Is reading the DVD+R on this type of drive still possible? Thanks.
Here's the screenshot:
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25. June 2005 @ 15:19 |
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looks like your drive is a matshita ujda710; looks there's only one newer version of firmware for this drive, version 1.51 (can't find where to download it though), but it's 3yrs old and it's probably unlikely that applying 1.51 would cater for reading +R discs. So you might well be unable to read any +R format discs i'm afraid..
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menaced
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25. June 2005 @ 15:24 |
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That sucks cause I've been copying DVDs using DVD+R for a while (or at least 50 of them). I was planning on watching those DVDs on my notebook in college, or whatever. I'll probably be buying DVD-R from now on and stick to that. Thanks for the effort. I appreciate it.
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25. June 2005 @ 15:26 |
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no worries, sorry it was't better news.
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25. June 2005 @ 17:23 |
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What dvdrw are you useing to burn your dvd+r's? You may be able to booktype the dvd+r's to dvd-rom.
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menaced
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25. June 2005 @ 17:24 |
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I'm using Verbatim for my DVD+R. I've never heard of that, how is that done?
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25. June 2005 @ 17:38 |
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@Mort81 - cheers, i missed the obvious, completely forgot that (dvd burner permitting as not all drives can do this) he could booktype the discs. Doh, sorry, been wrapped up in a lot of other threads tonight....
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25. June 2005 @ 18:00 |
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menaced,
I need to know the make and model of the dvdrw drive (as stated by creaky, not all dvdrw's are capable of bitsetting/booktyping) you are useing to burn the dvd+r's(eg. lite-on 1633, benq 1620) not the brand of media.
Mort
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menaced
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25. June 2005 @ 23:31 |
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Oh ok sorry.
I only have a CD-RW/DVD on my Sony Vaio notebook (model- PCG-R505JS).
The model of the Sony CD-RW/DVD docking station is PCGA-DSM5 . Thanks.
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26. June 2005 @ 02:29 |
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@menaced, can you run the same dvdinfo drive check on your dvd burner, i'm not having much look google searching..
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menaced
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26. June 2005 @ 02:32 |
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You mean my PC with DVD burner (not notebook)?
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26. June 2005 @ 02:40 |
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yup, what we need to establish is if your DVD burner can do 'bitsetting' ie if it can 'book type' the +R disc to dvd-rom format, thus makeing the disc appear to be a standard dvd-rom, hence it would work in in dvd-rom drive, whereas +R discs won't
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menaced
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26. June 2005 @ 02:50 |
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Here's the dvdinfo on my Toshiba DVD burner. Thanks.
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26. June 2005 @ 04:11 |
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menaced
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26. June 2005 @ 04:15 |
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I'll be checking out those links you posted soon. If not, then I'll just have to live with it or switch to DVD-R from now on. Thanks for the effort though. Your help is much appreciated.
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26. June 2005 @ 04:27 |
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no worries, i just wish i'd remembered the booktyping aspect sooner myself
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26. June 2005 @ 10:32 |
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It was worth a try but like you said creaky looks like we hit another brick wall.
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