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08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00 00 00 00 00 00 01 52 49 43 4F 48 4A 50 4E 52 .......RICOHJPNR
30 31 02 38 23 54 37 09 00 3C 67 00 AC 62 16 18 01.8#T7..<g..b..
0B 0B 0A 0B 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................

Just acquired DATASAFE DVD+R 4x From www.121cdr.co.uk and Nero stated they can write at 8x:-) Not done a Burn and Read test yet.

Regards
Pacman:-)

Ok disk done at 8x
Read Test



Regards
Pacman

Just bought some Verbatim DVD+R 4x Certified here at the store in Germany. Media ID is YUDEN000T01 so they work at 8x writing speed.
Just to let you guys know

We r Own r Own here m8ty, LOLOL...
i thought everybody was up todate with the L8test HIGH TECH!..hmm?.

Ow well, we shall carry on.
This drive is hackable, i know it, Im sure there is light at the end of the tunnel. (wherez that joint?.) hehe


Regards
Pacman:-)

Looks like a nice drive to me actually...

I was about to buy another NEC 1300A, but then I saw this one.
So I'm now very interested in that baby.

Thanks for those nice test, Pacman!!

A big thxs CHEF 4 the interest.
Plz get one asap, i know u will love it to (BITS lol)

After what i have seen so far in Hexedit im sure someone can do something with it.
As far as standards, i do like the DVD+ format, much more reliable in the players i have (all 13 i have er, lol)

Get It On!

Rgards
Pacman:-)

yes i just wish liteon would at more media or anyone really
can only find 2 brands in the shops by me that will burn at x4 the rest x1 on dvd-rs and can find any dvd+rs that will burn anyfaster that x2.4 if that was sorted out then i think this would be the best out there

Yes, indeed.

My opinion so far is that this drive rocks.
Approx. € 150 for a drive like this (retail) is a real bargain!

I'm under the impression that the upcoming new star from NEC could be a drive with a similar hardware-design/layout... at least I hope so.
That would mean, that maybe gurus like Herrie would be interested in patching Firmwares etc....you know.

So, SEEING IS BELIEVING.

I think I'll go for this drive, to me actually there is no real competitor to this drive on the market.

PS: In most cases the "plus" format is indeed the better format, but this has been discussed a long time and partially matters from the person its own preferences... On the other side this is no surprise, cause the "minus"-format is the origin and therefore older.

So, greets and happy burning!

Pacman I need your help with something, since you also have the ldw811s, isn't it strange that the new firmware we are using is no longer avaible for download and that ldw811s only appears in liteonit and not on the liteon main portal page (yesterday it did, by the way)? between I'm completely new to dvd recording and I boght a 25dvd-r box of sky dvd-r's and altough it says it allows 2x I can only get 1x and if that wan't enough I get a session fixation error in all the 4 test's i did (personal data, and a backup image of a linux I bought(suse)), I'm only having prooblems with the sky dvd's, moore, tdk, medianca also record well.

I hope you or someone can answer my questions, thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english.

The problem is maybe that 2x DVD-R is NO standard, only 4x and 1x exists. Therefore it depends everytime on the burner and its Firmware...

As you said by yourself, SKY -R are not the best media. I would stick them to NoName with a name or something like that.

Greets.

Thanks about 2x not being a standard, I didn't know, just leaves the question open about no info being given at the moment about ldw811s, altough they might be doing some update on the webpage.

edited:
Nevermind the link thing it's still there I guess I was tyred
hxxp://www.liteonit.com/ODD/english/eng ... rmware.htm

this is what i found in HEXedit, this is only part of whats in there.


Regards
Pacman:-)
PS yea Agree CHEF, the same went For Beta Or VHS.
More buy - so hence the cheaper price, but more costly to make than +. Cheaper prices always wins format warz these days, the debate goes On, And On;-)

This one works m8ty
http://www.liteonit.com.tw/ODD/english/ ... rmware.htm
Regards
Pacman;-)

pacman is there a way of adding more media to that list and if so would u know how . i remember when the pioneer 105 came out and people were posting disk id's to be added to the media list . im just guessing that theres not enough people with this drive for anyone to be intrested at the moment

"I would love to do it", i have read over Herries tutorial for months but cannot get to grips on how he does it lol.. All i have ever done is change the P`s to R`s in the hex and rebuild it using the tool herrie supplied.

Regards
Pacman:-)

Yes that can be done, but I would rather not. as the results are crap, if you want a specific MID code changed to 8x just ask and I will do it for you.

cheers
NicW
www.dvdinfopro.com
www.dvdrrw.org

Ok good point, but i would like to c a MID code change on the 2.5 + to 4x on the Ritek + Based disks, im thinking the disks of that type shoudnt cause many probs?..
We have the Mirrors which i posted they need sorting as they r only writting at 2.5 Not 4x as stated.

OK these r Ritek based 2.5x. Bulkpaq, Purple in colour
Media Code:
08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 52 49 43 4F 48 4A 50 4E 52 .......RICOHJPNR
30 30 01 38 23 54 37 0C 00 50 6C 00 C8 66 16 18 00.8#T7..Pl..f..
0B 0B 0A 0B 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................

Regards
Pacman:-)

Hmmm. i went away and thought about that question?.

Ok my thoughts.
Why not give us the 4x to 8x also 2.5 to 4x on the disks based on top Notch dyes IE Ritek and others we all know about, and let the users decide what they want to do.
If the companys that produce the Drives can do it, im sure you lot can. as some of whats out there is supposed to b able to write at 8x anyway.
We as the users can test and post our own findings.I done it.

All thats needed is a "warning use update at your own risk" and create another with genu updates codes to allow the specified write speeds for users that dont want to take the risk.

We all flash/Hack our drives so far, so why not on this project?.
Give it a Go we can only try;-)

The same goes for chips in cars and pretty much everthing else to improve life."Go for It", i dont mind testing my drive, its only Money and you only have 1 life. (werez that Joint LOL)

Regards
Pacman:-)

Hi,
the DVD+R Ritek R02 write 4x. Can you make them write 8x?
Here is the Code:
00000000 08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 52 49 54 45 4B 00 00 00 52 .......RITEK...R
00000020 30 32 01 38 23 54 37 09 00 3C 65 00 A0 5F 14 14 02.8#T7..<e.._..
00000030 0A 0A 0A 0A 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................

thnx.
Olli.

nicw
please would u think about adding these 3 ids into a new firmware the first id is for a dvd+r disk it will only write at x2.4 but there x4 disks i have 4 difrent brands and they all have this id
00000000 08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 20 A1 EF ............. ..
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 4D 45 44 49 41 20 49 44 30 .......MEDIA ID0
00000020 30 31 00 38 23 54 37 13 02 4A 71 02 90 66 16 16 01.8#T7..Jq..f..
00000030 0B 0B 0A 0A 01 1C 1E 0B 0C 12 12 01 00 00 00 00 ................

the second is for mirror dvd-r x4 that will only write at x1
00000000 00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 87 0E 15 .l...@....R.....
00000010 98 9A 90 00 03 49 4E 46 4F 53 4D 00 04 41 52 54 .....INFOSM..ART
00000020 30 31 00 00 05 CC C0 00 00 00 01 00 06 0B 10 11 01..............

the third is multi play dvd-r x4 will only write at x1
00000000 00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 87 0E 15 .l...@....R.....
00000010 98 9A 90 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 ................
00000020 00 00 00 00 05 CC C0 00 00 00 01 00 06 0B 10 11 ................

if u could do this i would be very greatful as these are the only disks i can get at the moment by me and as it stands now my new 811s is a down grade to my pioneer 105 and im gutted like ive said before this drive could be the best out there if it wasnt for the media suport from liteon hope u can other wise i can see me sending this drive back and i really dont want to do that

I am not impressed...
My 411S/FS0F/Princo 4X can do the same, allthough 7min longer

Well done memz;-) More Media Codes.
Lets get this B**** "BURNING" Grrr!!!

Regards To All
Pacman;-)

MIRROR PLAT 4X DVD+R (ONLY 2.5) NOW 8X lolol..
08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00 00 00 00 00 00 01 4D 45 44 49 41 20 49 44 30 .......MEDIA ID0
30 31 00 38 23 54 37 13 02 4A 71 02 90 66 16 16 01.8#T7..Jq..f..
0B 0B 0A 0A 01 1C 1E 0B 0C 12 12 01 00 00 00 00 ................

DATASAFE 4X DVD+R (8X)
08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00 00 00 00 00 00 01 52 49 43 4F 48 4A 50 4E 52 .......RICOHJPNR
30 31 02 38 23 54 37 09 00 3C 67 00 AC 62 16 18 01.8#T7..<g..b..
0B 0B 0A 0B 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................

Ok done a bit of Firmware Hack and come up with this:
I swapped the Datasafe MID code 4 The Mirror MID Code and the Mirrors can now BURN at 8x, not at 2.5.
Not done a burn or test yet, but i have now got to grips with changing things in there;-)

Regards
Pacman:-)

Take the 1MB HS0E firmware binary (not the official update exe). You will find the RitekR02 part around $C01D2. Change address $C01EB from $06 to $1E to allow 8x burning.

Could someone please do me the favor and send me the tools you guys use ? Can't find em anywhere. I Mean to read out my firmware, and pacman talked about a guide or something of patching firmware. Would be really nice of you guys. I'd like to go more into this.