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Why Doesn't the Superdrive Do DVD+R DL?
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from my mac pro:
SONY DVD RW DW-D150A:
Firmware Revision: 1.MD
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
You're lucky. The Mac Pro I have at work (bought this year) does not write +R DL. I've tried and I've looked up the specs and it's not supported.
Though now, when I go to the Apple Store's site, click on "Learn More" on the optical drive, it states:
So now my question's changed: Why would they cut out DVD-R DL? And yours also has no -R DL?
Hmm...the Mac Pro has always supported only the +R DL format. (See the bottom of Apple's press release.)
The + media DL disks are the only ones I've ever seen for DL media. And, they burn just fine in my Mac Pro.
Where are you finding that your drive won't do it?
I don't think that they cut support for minus media DL disks. I've never seen a drive that said it supported minus media DL disks. And, I've never seen minus media DL disks for sale.
Perhaps your drive is just defective?
Why do you care about +DL? ... -DL is better, works on every DVD player, the +'s are the ones that are hesitant I thought?
Does anyone realise a "superdrive" is a dvd-writer drive?? Just buy one for £15 from the web if you want those formats.... Or get a blueray drive for £100 if you cant wait, itll all work fine, as long as youve got the software.
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D:
Firmware Revision: 1.21
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
All Mac Pro's support +R DL, some support -R DL, some support both.
You have obviously never seen the drive in the mighty Mac mini
System Profiler said:
You are wrong there, with dual layer discs, +R DL is the better option.
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D:
Firmware Revision: 1.21
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
I've got a FireWire one of those too
System Profiler said:
doh. i had mac pros on the brain with all the recent hope of an announcement. obviously i meant "my crusty old dual 2ghz g5 powermac, that i'm yearning to upgrade to a shiny new mac pro once they announce the new model, has +R DL burning capabilities which I only discovered a few weeks ago to my delight"
I know yours is internal, it's mine that's FireWire. It's exactly the same drive though.
I got scared reading the title cause I bought a 5 pack of DVD+R DL yesterday but checked the Tech Specs and SuperDrive supports DVD+R DL!
EDIT:
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E:
Firmware Revision: ZB0E
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
EDIT:
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E:
Firmware Revision: ZB0E
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
I have a new 20' iMac and I have never been able to burn a DL DVD+ disc yet!
I get nothing but errors with my DYNEX discs on either my La Cie DL DVD or the one that came with my Mac. That is after 8 attempts. It could be the Dynex brand, but I think at least one would be good!
I get nothing but errors with my DYNEX discs on either my La Cie DL DVD or the one that came with my Mac. That is after 8 attempts. It could be the Dynex brand, but I think at least one would be good!