Burn your DVDs at the slowest allowed speed, for better compatibility with a wider range of players. Better quality blanks help, of course, but somehow, slower burning helps, even with the best blanks and best burners.
--Pat Blackard On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think this is a drive issue, and not a problem with my Pismos, since > both of them behave the same, and swapping the drives between machines > doesn't change anything. I mostly use DVD+R blanks, and the Pismo > drive usually can't read them. I've especially had trouble reading > Imation and JVC DVD's, both of which are actually manufactured by > Ritek. On the other hand, the one Verbatim DVD+R disc I tried was no > trouble for either drive. Both drives are the same model. One Imation > movie DVD would paly, and several others wouldn't. > > Is there a firmware update, or is there another (probably newer) drive > that I could replace it with in order to be able to read more DVD's? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
