Hi,
I'm having trouble backing up some data such as .m4v, disk images, dvd movies on with my dvd burner using blank dvd-r media. Whenever I burn a dvd with any of the files above, it all works fine until I eject the burned DVD-R. I've been looking in the forum for guides and found similar problems with others but did not find one specific to my drive (see hardware specs below).
I used Totast Titanum 10 to burn the DVD's. The settings I used was to burn Data Disks with "Mac Only" or "Mac & PC". Before I eject the dvd-r after burning, I test the files burned in the dvd if they can be opened by the appropriate application directly from the burned dvd.
For example, I checked if .mv4 files can be played by either Quicktime, iTunes, MPlayer OSX Extended, or VLC; checked if disk images can be mounted and files on mounted disk can be opened; and checked if unencrypted movies that I personally own (using MacTheRipper 3.0) with Video_TS and Audio_TS folders that were compressed by DVD2OneX 2.3.1 can be played on Apple DVD Player.
I also verified the DVD by using the disk utility and it said it appears to be OK. After I eject it and re-insert it in the dvd drive, the drive ejects it after a few second. I also tried resetting PRAM: turned off computer, held Option+Cmd+P+R before the grey screen comes up, hears the start-up sound, then I let go of the keys for the computer to turn on.
The media I've been using are Verbatim DVD-R and Sony DVD-R. I also set my DVD system preferences to "Open Finder" when you insert a blank DVD and also to "Ignore" when inserting a video DVD. The burnt DVD's can be read however by a laptop with a Windows XP in it with a DVD-RW drive.
Here are my hardware specs:
HARDWARE OVERVIEW:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: PowerMac6,1
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Processor Speed: 1.25 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.6.8f4
ATA SPECS:
ATA Bus:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D
Revision: A606
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
Power Off: No
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: Unknown
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
ATA Bus:
WDC WD800BB-98JHC0:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Revision: 05.01C05
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map)
S.M.A.R.T. status:Verified
Volumes:
Hard Disk:
Capacity: 74.41 GB
Available: 18.44 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /
DISC BURNING SPECS
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:
Firmware Revision: A606
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
I'm currently using OSX 10.5.7. I also burned CD's with back-up files before which can be read by the drive at any time. Also commercial DVD's that I've bought, can be played on the drive.
Also, I heard about flashing the firmware of your dvd drive. Could this help? I went to download DVRFlash v2.2 for mac. It requires me to look for firmware files and I'm not even sure where that is.
Please help!
DDiego1000
I'm having trouble backing up some data such as .m4v, disk images, dvd movies on with my dvd burner using blank dvd-r media. Whenever I burn a dvd with any of the files above, it all works fine until I eject the burned DVD-R. I've been looking in the forum for guides and found similar problems with others but did not find one specific to my drive (see hardware specs below).
I used Totast Titanum 10 to burn the DVD's. The settings I used was to burn Data Disks with "Mac Only" or "Mac & PC". Before I eject the dvd-r after burning, I test the files burned in the dvd if they can be opened by the appropriate application directly from the burned dvd.
For example, I checked if .mv4 files can be played by either Quicktime, iTunes, MPlayer OSX Extended, or VLC; checked if disk images can be mounted and files on mounted disk can be opened; and checked if unencrypted movies that I personally own (using MacTheRipper 3.0) with Video_TS and Audio_TS folders that were compressed by DVD2OneX 2.3.1 can be played on Apple DVD Player.
I also verified the DVD by using the disk utility and it said it appears to be OK. After I eject it and re-insert it in the dvd drive, the drive ejects it after a few second. I also tried resetting PRAM: turned off computer, held Option+Cmd+P+R before the grey screen comes up, hears the start-up sound, then I let go of the keys for the computer to turn on.
The media I've been using are Verbatim DVD-R and Sony DVD-R. I also set my DVD system preferences to "Open Finder" when you insert a blank DVD and also to "Ignore" when inserting a video DVD. The burnt DVD's can be read however by a laptop with a Windows XP in it with a DVD-RW drive.
Here are my hardware specs:
HARDWARE OVERVIEW:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: PowerMac6,1
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Processor Speed: 1.25 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.6.8f4
ATA SPECS:
ATA Bus:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D
Revision: A606
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
Power Off: No
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: Unknown
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
ATA Bus:
WDC WD800BB-98JHC0:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Revision: 05.01C05
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map)
S.M.A.R.T. status:Verified
Volumes:
Hard Disk:
Capacity: 74.41 GB
Available: 18.44 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /
DISC BURNING SPECS
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:
Firmware Revision: A606
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
I'm currently using OSX 10.5.7. I also burned CD's with back-up files before which can be read by the drive at any time. Also commercial DVD's that I've bought, can be played on the drive.
Also, I heard about flashing the firmware of your dvd drive. Could this help? I went to download DVRFlash v2.2 for mac. It requires me to look for firmware files and I'm not even sure where that is.
Please help!
DDiego1000
