i wish to know what are the best dvd-r for burning ps2 games
im using BENQ but my ps2 always gives me an error reading
can anybody show me a list of good quality dvd-r for burning ps2 games?
is BENQ a good media for burning games?
thanks
Benq has 2 manufacturers of their media in the 8x speed. Daxon in the +8x which I'd avoid like the plague. Sony08D1 for the -8x and not too shabby. I'm not sure who makes their 4x and 16x.
What's the brand name,model #,and current firmware version of your dvd-rw drive?
Post back that info and that'll help.
It's not easy recommending which brand of media is the best.Taiyo Yuden is one of the best. Then verbatim. Other brands like HP,Philips,Memorex,Maxell,etc-you have to be cautious of them because of their outsourcing to low quality manufacturers.
All dvd drives regardless if Dvd-rw,Dvd-rom,game consoles,and stand alone players,can have compatability issues when it comes to reading dvd backups in the plus or dash formats. Backups are harder,especially for the picky players.
There's a lot of PS2's out there that are picky. When you get any of the following errors: No Disc,Dirty Disc,Wrong region,Wrong format,or illegal disc-then there's something about the backup that the reading drive doesn't like.
Things that a picky player can have issues with:
1) Format- switch to opposite format if using quality media.If your dvd-rw drive has bitsetting capability to booktype,definitely booktype the plus format media to dvd-rom for the highest compatable backups. If no booktyping capable drive,then the dash format would be superior.
You'll basically have to find the correct format that suits all your drive's needs. The dash doesn't work for you,so You'll have to try some plus format and see how it performs on all your drives.
2) Use quality media- Taiyo Yuden,Verbatim. All blank media has MID codes. It'll prevent a lot of issues now,and later on down the road.Burn the media half the rated speed.
3) Quality of dvd-rw drive: Not all burners are alike. There's the booktypers like plextor,benqs. There's the non booktypers like Pioneer,a lot of NEC. Then there's some purely crap drives out there like HP. Some of these drives put out low compatable backups. Sometimes these drives need firmware updates to properly tell that drive how to burn your specific media.
4) Burn program: The picky players can tell a difference between burn engines. Try another if all the above fails.
5) Dirty laser lens-in the drive that has playback issues when all culprits are ruled out: Clean the lens with alcohol/swab.If using a hard disc cleaner,make sure it's the last resort.
well i have a pioneerdvd writer, when i once backed up a ps2 game
i used ATI dvd-r and it worked on my ps2, now i used the same procedure, but i used a BENQdvd-r, my ps2 did not recgonize it, i think its from the dvd-r media BENQ.
what speed i should burn ps2 games?? when using alcohol 120%
Pioneer drives definitely favor the dash format. Taiyo Yuden would be the best in the dash format. That PS2 may not have liked the manufacturer of that Benq media. My ex-wife's boy had a PS2. It would play some of my Verbatim +4x discs and then it started giving a no disc error. It turned out that the 3 tubs of 30 pks of verbatim,2 of the tubs were made by Verbatim with the MCC-002 MID code. The 3rd tub of 30,was made by Ricohjpn.
All 3 of the 30 pk tubs looked identical,but 2 different manufacturers and that 1 PS2 would not recognize the ricoh verbs.
Games: They say slower the better. I'd suggest 4x,but some burn them at 1x.
It depends on your burner.
Best bet would to make several test burns and scan the backups with a program like Nero Disc quality scan or Dvdinfopro.Not all burners are compatable with some of the scanning programs.
I'll scan some new backups,look at the scores,and keep the burn speed at whichever the best scan was for fewer PIE/PIF errors. Switching media,I'll repeat those same steps to find what burn speed scored the best.
thanks for you reply.
i have used a verbatim x4 speed DUAL LAYER
i used imageburn the game burned when it reached 100%, it liked burned again, i think cause of a dual layer disk. but the game wasnt very good it gave me loading problems even sound problems. My PS2 copied games are ATI dvd-r x8 and they all works perfect.
i bought ATI dvd-r x16, i burned them at x1 speed, by x4 and x8, and none of them worked on my ps2, what appears to be this problem??
why my other ATI x8 that i buy works good. is it cause i should by the x8 ones. help pls thanks
