Liteon DVD burner

hogboy wrote on 12/20/2003, 3:46 AM

I have just bought a Liteon 8x DVD burner, but when I try to burn a project in DVDA it doesn't appear as a valid burner on the burn page, and I can't continue to start burning! Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks.

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MozartMan wrote on 12/20/2003, 10:50 AM

prepare project on hard drive from DVDA, and then burn wih burning application that came with your drive, or something else, like Nero.

randysdrums wrote on 12/22/2003, 7:48 AM

I had the same problem, my burner was made by the same company. DVDA sometimes will recognize the burner and of course most of the time does not see it. I do exactly what was just mentioned, I prepare it in DVDA, then in Nero I drop the TS folders.

hogboy wrote on 12/23/2003, 1:59 PM

Sounds like a good solution, except... erm... forgive my ignorance but I'm a newbie user and I don't know what you mean by dropping the TS folders (I'm sure it's really obvious, and I'll probably kick myself!) If you can shed some light, I'd be grateful.

Thanks.

laffTrax wrote on 12/23/2003, 2:56 PM

I had the SAME problem and i have the SAME burner. What i found is that if you eject the blank disc and then reinsert it on the burn screen it will then come up. HOWEVER - it only did this for + discs. I tried - discs (TDK and IMATION) and neither of them would burn AT ALL. Anyone else have problems with - discs ONLY? I've upgraded my firmware and have the latest version of DVD ARchitect. Hope this helps. THnaks!!!

laffTrax wrote on 12/29/2003, 10:53 AM

Hi again.

I have the same burner and I found that my DVD Architect does not recognize TDK OR Imation DVD-R discs. So i prepare in architect and then burn with DVDLab or Nero 6. Successfull results this way.

Also, I burned a Memorex DVD+R in Architect. Didn't work in my generic $35 DVD player. I then burned another Memorex DVD+R disc (from same spool), using DVD Lab. This one played just fine in the same generic $35 dvd player.

It's all about trial and error i think. There's a lot of inconsistency with DVD burning (we all know they're certainly are a lot of variables involved).

If you haven't upgraded your firmware for this drive yet, go here and it is a MUST!
http://www.liteonit.com/ODD/english/english-load-firmware.htm

And incase your interested, here's an interesting review of the Liteon LDW411s
http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/127/9

Hope this helps. Good luck!