RedSpy Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 This question is regarding the guide on booktyping here: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=9992 It says: NOTE: Many drives are factory set to booktype dvd+r dl media to dvd-rom. ImgBurn (by default) will booktype to dvd-rom on these 'supported' drives. Also there are a few drives which aren't capable of booktyping/bitsetting at all out of the box...Pioneer drives being one make. How do I find out which drives are factory set to booktype? Is there a list somewhere? Also, my drive info says Slimtype DVD A DS8A5SH XAA2 (E:) (ATAPI). I don't see Slimtype anywhere in the booktyping settings. How do I find out what brand it is? Also, what is OEM drive? How do I know if I have an OEM drive or not? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 That's a LiteOn drive and the program should handle it automatically. Burn a DVD+R / DVD+R DL and see what the booktype is listed as when it goes onto the verification stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpy Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Ok. Thank you. I will try burning just as is and if it doesn't for whatever reason, I'll set the booktype manually. But I was also wondering... What advantages are there (if any) for using one drive over another? Are certain drives less error prone than others? Can one drive produce a more stable successful burn than another? Or are all successful burns created equal? I have 1 desktop computer and 3 laptops I can use. - Info: SONY DVD RW DRU-V204A 1.60 (D:) (ATA) [Custom AMD Desktop] - Info: Slimtype DVD A DS8A5SH XAA2 (E:) (ATAPI) [Crappy Asus Laptop] - Info: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ8D1 L.01 (D:) (SATA) [brand New Samsung Laptop] - Info: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-U633A AC01 (D:) (ATAPI) [Acer Laptop w/ Busted Screen] Which would be the ideal one of the bunch to do the burning? (I will be using only Singapore made Verbatim DVD+R and DVD+R DL! ) Also, going off the picture in the same booktyping guide, is it correct to assume that TSSTcorp = Samsung? And which is the SONY and MATSHITA? And are any of them OEM drives and/or do I need to worry about the advanced button where I 'add the OEM drive in a table'? Thanks for helping a clueless newbie and making a kick-ass program for burning video DVDs! (though I don't understand most of the stuff in the settings lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpy Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Lightning? any insight? I tried clicking on all the brands for each drive... For the MATSHITA, it gives "DVD+R" when I choose NuTech and it gives "Unknown (FAILED)" for everything else so it seems that MATSHITA is NuTech. Did same thing for SONY and it appears that it's a NEC. But the TSSTCorp is a little odd. Just like the image below Step 4 in the booktyping guide it says "Unknown (No way to query current setting!)" when I select Samsung. But it also says "DVD+R" and doesn't say "Unknown (FAILED)" when I select NuTech. Is it Samsung or NuTech? Am I correct in assuming that all my drives are OEM since names are different from the drive brand? Which would you recommend I do all my burning with? Sorry for so many questions. I'm just really OCD. :-) Edited March 28, 2013 by RedSpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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