DVD Architect not recognizing LG 5210D FireWire DVD Burner

Vegas4Dummies wrote on 9/26/2004, 9:15 PM
Not sure if anyone has this drive, but it's a relatively new super multi DVD burner from LG. It has a USB 2.0 interface and a firewire interface. Since my PC doesn't have USB 2.0, I'm using firewire (a Belkin half-height PCI card with a Texas Instruments chipset on it).

I'm running Windows XP Pro and have installed SP2. I've updated the LG burner with the latest firmware from LG, but it had no impact on resolving this issue.

I have the latest updates for DVD Architect (1.0d, Build 230). I haven't upgraded to 2.0 yet since I'm relatively new to this and definitely have no reached the limits of DVD Architect 1.0 or Vegas 4.0.

Symptoms: When I go to 'Make DVD' in DVD Architect, and I get to the screen where it allows you to select a DVD burner from a dropdown list, that option is greyed out for me -- I can't choose the drive! And that's when it's working the best. Most of the time, when I click Make DVD, the program freezes and never returns from la la land. The only way I can get it to recover is to turn off my LG drive. As soon as Windows gives me the 'BaBum' noise, telling me the drive is no longer available, DVD Architect starts running again. The drive seems to work fine with other programs.

Question: I have heard that there are some firewire driver issues in XP. Could that be causing my troubles? After just a few days of Vegas/DVD I am hooked and I'd really like to solve this problem! Help me if you can!

Thanks!
Phil

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bStro wrote on 9/27/2004, 9:21 AM
I have heard that there are some firewire driver issues in XP. Could that be causing my troubles?

Could be. johnmeyer has posted a link for a solution. Do a search of the archives for "firewire patch".

Rob
Vegas4Dummies wrote on 9/27/2004, 9:41 PM
Correction -- it's an LG GSA-5120D (not a 5210D).

bStro (Rob), thanks for the reply. I looked up the post you referred to and read a lot of comments about DVDA not being such a great burner, so rather than try to patch anything in XP, I just started using Nero Express, which was shipped OEM with my LG burner. Worked great, finally produced my first DVD this evening. Thanks very very much for the help. I'm relatively new to all of this, so people like you who respond to neophyte forum posts like mine are lifesavers!

Cheers,
Phil
Vegas4Dummies wrote on 9/28/2004, 8:13 AM
Just to close the loop, the customer service folks enlightened me regarding supported drives, so it seems using Nero (or a 3rd party burner) is recommended by Sony unless you happen to have one of these drives. I haven't seen the list for DVDA 2.0 though.

"The DVD Architect 1.0(d) had a supported device list only 12 drives long. If you are using a drive that is not on our Supported Device list below, we cannot guarantee that your drive will work properly with our software. As a work around, you can prepare your project in DVD Architect like you have been, but then burn those prepared folders from the bundled DVD Burning software you had received with your Burner. The newer DVD Architect 2.0 will support many more drives. For more information on this software and a downloadable demo, click here - http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/products/showproduct.asp?pid=912.

Supported Device List (DVD Architect 1.0) HP 200i (+RW) HP 200i - external (+RW) Matsushita/Panasonic LF-311 (-R) Matsushita/Panasonic LF-321 (-R) Philips DVDRW228 (+RW) Pioneer DVR-103 (-RW) Pioneer DVR-104 (-RW) Pioneer DVR-105 (-RW) Plextor PX-504A (+RW) Sony DRU-120 (+RW) Sony DRU-500 (+RW/-RW) Sony DRX-510UL (+RW/-RW)"