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DRU-500A (DW-U10A)
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topazz
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14. June 2003 @ 00:32 |
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Bought a DW-U10A and safely converted it to a DRU-500A and upgraded the firmware using the info provided in this forum - thx to all of you. For UK readers, the place l bought mine from has a special offer on for the DW-U10A this weekend only (14/15 June)of £169 incl vat. That's seriously cheap!
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/default2.asp
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Stedman
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14. June 2003 @ 07:42 |
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My Sony DW-U10A came yesterday. It seems to work with Nero 9.1.14 (enterprise edition) but fails to do DVDcopy. Do others have this problem? SHould I change teh version of Nero, or should I use other software altogether?
Another thing - to upgrade the firmware, do I have to first flash it to 1.0d then flash to the lastest 2.0f? I a a little confused with it all.
Dave
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sdcoomber
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14. June 2003 @ 09:20 |
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Nero tell me that DVD Audio is not supported but might be one day. Any ideas how to make the most of DVD for audio recording?
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Stedman
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15. June 2003 @ 00:36 |
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I actually have another question....when I got my drive (DW-U10A), I had to change the region as it was set on region1. I changed to 2, as I live in the UK, but I now only have three changes left. I have only changed it once...I thought you were originally allowed to change it five times? If I am correct, it seems my "new" DVD burner isn't new, but has been sent back to Dabs.com by someone who set it to region1. If that's the case, I will send it back myself and ask for my money back for being sold a second hand item. Please LMK about this ASAP, so I can get back to them by tomorrow, Monday
Amother thing - as it is from the box, what max recording speeds should I be getting on 1.1d firmware.
I managed to fix the DVD copy problem myself. I had the other DVDROM drive connnected to a PCI disk controller card. After I connected it to the secondary IDE channel, it worked fine. I now have the CDwriter and DVDROM connected to secondary, and my HDD and my DW-U10A connected to teh primary. I will use the disk controller card for extra HDDs.
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sdcoomber
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15. June 2003 @ 07:28 |
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Re; the 2nd hand or not. You are probably correct in thinking the drive had been powered up and set. However, as a supplier of hardware we endlessly run into the quesiton as to whether something should be tested prior to supply. Certainly test mileage up to 10 on a new car is expected.
I suspect you will have difficulty rejecting a drive that appears new and is fully warranted.
By the way is there as free firmware patch anywhere to make them region free?
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Stedman
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15. June 2003 @ 15:11 |
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Me again. This evening, I succesfully copied a DVD-5 DVD from the local video shop. I did it three times: using DVD decryptor making an iso file and then burning that to disk, secondly using smartripper to rip the DVD as files, then burning it to disk using Nero (latest version), then using DVDXCopy (which puts crap at the beginning). My next task is to use a DVD-9 DVD, which will be fun....which is better out of DVD2one or DVDXcopyXpress?
i have the original DW-U10A 1.1d firmware. After reading these pages, I think it is too risky to upgrade to DRU-500A 2.0f. Using the original firmware, has anyone got 4x recording with DVD+R at all? My four speed Ricoh DVD+R only records at 2.4X. I am in the process of buying some datwrite (red) four speed (DVD-R). It will be interesting to see if they work.
A question that has been puzzling me is that people talk about UDMA. I use win2K and I can't see any UDMA settings.....where do I find them?
Dave
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majere007
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17. June 2003 @ 15:09 |
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Can someone repost working links to to firmware cahnges to and from the DRU-500a and DW-U10a please, I want to try a few test between the two firmware types and the links seem to be dead now.
Thanks!
I swear this Hardrive will go in in just five minutes and work!!!
TWO DAYS LATER...
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Dustymay1
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17. June 2003 @ 22:07 |
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Has anyone in the world used Pinnacle Studio 8 with a U10A SUCCESSFULLY
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omronguru
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18. June 2003 @ 13:16 |
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ronan
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18. June 2003 @ 17:15 |
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hey i dont know wat the fuss is all about i have sony dw-10a oem never flashed the firmware still the original 1.1d and i have burned dvds without a problem.i have used 7 different media discs like princo,ritek,datawrite,datasafe,unbranded media yet the drive burns 100% on all,ritek seems to be the winner in my case 4x speed.at the end of the day its down to the individal and there software they use to rip the originals and were they put them? xp pro
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Dustymay1
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18. June 2003 @ 21:21 |
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Thanks for that Ronan, if you have used Pinnacle Studio 8 v5.1.21 and firmware v1.1d then we are identical and it looks like my hardware configuration is the problem. If you are not configured exactly like that then I`m afraid your exoerience is not relevant, ( but of great interest ), and II`m back in square one. If that is the case which capture render and compile software were you using before burning?
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Dustymay1
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18. June 2003 @ 21:29 |
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Omnonguru, ( or whatever ), I thank you for the URL. I have seen one or two entries to this thread and others from people who say it is not necessary to update from Firmware 1.1d on the U10A. ( e.g.Ronan, recently ). As you see from my response to him I`m running Studio 8 in its latest version, v 5.1.21, so if that worked for you it must be my hardware config, but I`ve had countless suggestions from Pinnacle tech support, none of which have cracked the problem. Its the original s.o.b., this one.
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ronan
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19. June 2003 @ 06:01 |
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hi yes i do have similar pinnacle?theres know problems trying to do certain things,heres my 1st statement 1 tryed to copy a movie through the pinnacle suite with pioneer 105 latest flash 1.33b with ritek 4x, it done the job,but on plaback it was stuttering and jerky.2.so i changed the dvd burner to a sony du-10a i.id original flash with ritek 4x bingo works 100% and plays on standalone player.power dvd 4 deluxe,hardware 128ddr radeon 7500le running:1028x10284 depth 32 bits 70hz lcd,os xp pro jetway polaris galaxy series 2x512 ddr kingston 3200 amd enhanced cpu h/s+fan ?i hope this helps ma friend?if it doesnt have u tryed a clean sweep of the hdd then reinstalling os and stuff?it could be a conflict or hardware problem u have.................
john
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Dustymay1
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19. June 2003 @ 21:20 |
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Thank you Ronan. It`s extremely helpful when someone is so specific. The mass of evidence is beginning to convince me also that a `conflict`of some sort or other is at the bottom of this problem. It`s a great pity there isn`t one universal hardware/software set of international standards one could consult before buying kit. Thank you again `ma friend`, ( I presume you are in the Southern US from that salutation ).
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ronan
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20. June 2003 @ 12:08 |
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hi again no im in the uk,scotland near the city of glasgow,pinnacle have know this problem with the os xp i think they havent prepapered or written it to the full working order to comply with xp,but they want intertain u,like getting blood from a stone,but i had no other problems with the crappy ME?
john
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omronguru
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20. June 2003 @ 12:57 |
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Hi Guys,
Just a thought when I spoke to Pinnacle they directed me to a beta version update on their site, version 8.7.14, which resolves a lot of the issues with compatibility with XP, I have been using this for 6+ weeks now with no probs yet apparent.
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Bassett
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20. June 2003 @ 13:52 |
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Hi Guys,
I've been monitoring this forum and threads as I am awaiting my Sony DWU-10A (£170 blankdiscshop.co.uk).
I hope I don't have any problems like the one's I've been reading.
Will let you know what happens when it arrives.
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Dustymay1
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20. June 2003 @ 23:55 |
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Re-installed and running at Studio 8 downloaded patch updated to 8-7-23, everything drive orientated uninstalled, and still the goddam thing won`t write to the DVD.
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7thsense
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21. June 2003 @ 04:52 |
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Can anyone help me to flash my DW-U10A back from the DRU-500A firmware to the original one.
I have the original firmware, but updater will not update it becaus it is not recognized as a DW-U10A, but as a DRU-500a.
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7thsense
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21. June 2003 @ 10:06 |
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I have Pinnacle Studio 8 and upgraded to the last version. I have created a DVD movie of my captured home video. Studio 8 was after the compiling job ready and the status was telling me that the disc was ready. When i took a look at the DVD writer it was still burning. I waited for 30min. untill the light was off. I think there is a delay in the status of Studio 8 and the actual burning time.
I use the Philips DVD+RW discs with my Sony DW-U10A with firmware 2.0f of the DRU-500A.
I also took a look in Nero (5.5.10.35) and the Philips DVD+R could be written with 4 speed :-)
Greatings,
7thsense
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Dustymay1
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21. June 2003 @ 10:28 |
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Thanks for that info about 30 ,ims to finish burning. Were you burning an mpeg2 file or an AVI file?
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7thsense
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21. June 2003 @ 11:07 |
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It was captured as an AVI-file. This file is used when i selected the fragments. After this i created the movie, i choose the last option called disc.
Note: look at settings, i had this on cdrom, when i added a DVD the software was telling me that there was bad media added. I changed this setting to DVD and everything worked fine.
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Dustymay1
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21. June 2003 @ 11:21 |
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Thanks 7thsense. If you are still with us Ronan did you ever get VOB and IFO files written on the DVD, thats all I get when the program has theoretically finished in the proper manner.
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ronan
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21. June 2003 @ 11:28 |
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hi the best discs i have used and there only ones to work on ma standalone player are the 4x riten@1.59 ago they are great no worries copy from pinnicale
john
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Dustymay1
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22. June 2003 @ 00:33 |
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Thanks Ronan. I`m using Sony gold £30 for five and they don`t seem to havea problem writing the disc, my problem is WHAT they are writing, not how! ( or not writing in my case.) Pinnacle writes out IFO and VOB files on the DVD but not mpeg files by name from the program. Try to play these files through Windows Media Player and it bombs as unable to read the files. The error msg says get a proper decoder, so I get the Cyberlink one recommended by Microsoft and they still come up with the same error 0xC00D116a. Bitch isnt it. I tried to unravel the MS suport system and like the OOZALUM bird disappeared up my own tail pipe in a puff of guff, feathers, and confusion!
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