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so if I understand correctly I have to either: 1. get my hands on a newer drive 2. the philips mid is newer than my drive, so I need to get Verbatim discs who's mid is older, so they might work with my drive?

Update the firmware on your drive. Done. Try cleaning the drive with a cleaning disc. I barely use it and it's always closed. I burned normal dvd's last week, I doubt this is a problem Try burning your current media at all of the write speeds your drive says it supports for that MID (look in the disc info text on the right of the main screen to see what they are). Done. Avoid using slimline laptop style drives - in general, they're rubbish. Done. Buy a new drive that supports your current media better/properly (this is still going to be a bit hit and miss). Mine seems to support DL up until 8x speed Thanks Lightning. However, I've seen that one. But Philips is a renown brand, not some shitty cheapass chinese stuff. Do you really think Verbatim would make the difference?

Hey guys! Could some of you please share your expertise and help me to burn a DL-dvd? I'm trying to burn a super smash bros brawl wii .iso file to a Philips DVD+R DL disc, with an Optiarc (NEC) DVD RW AD-7173S, which is supposed to support DL dvd's. I have tried updating the DVD-burner firmware from 1.0 to 1.2 but this didnt change anything. Errorlog: I 19:28:21 Operation Started! I 19:28:21 Source File: C:\Downloads\ISO\ssbb.iso I 19:28:21 Source File Sectors: 4.155.840 (MODE1/2048) I 19:28:21 Source File Size: 8.511.160.320 bytes I 19:28:21 Source File Volume Identifier: Super Smash Bros. Brawl I 19:28:21 Source File File System(s): Special I 19:28:21 Destination Device: [4:0:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7173S 1-02 (D:) (ATA) I 19:28:21 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: CMC MAG-D03-64) I 19:28:21 Destination Media Sectors: 4.169.920 I 19:28:21 Destination Media L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2.084.960 (Changeable: No) I 19:28:21 Write Mode: DVD I 19:28:21 Write Type: DAO I 19:28:21 Write Speed: 2,4x I 19:28:21 DVD+R DL Reserve Track: No I 19:28:21 Link Size: Auto I 19:28:22 Lock Volume: Yes I 19:28:22 Test Mode: No I 19:28:22 OPC: No I 19:28:22 BURN-Proof: Enabled W 19:28:22 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 3.324 KB/s (2,4x), Got: 1.385 KB/s (1x) I 19:28:22 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM I 19:28:22 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2.084.960 I 19:28:22 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: ECC Block Boundary I 19:28:22 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 19:28:22 L0 Data Zone Capacity - Effective: 2.084.960 I 19:28:22 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB) I 19:28:29 Writing LeadIn... W 19:28:29 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:29 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 19:28:29 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:29 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 19:28:30 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 19:28:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 19:30:03 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format I 19:30:03 Synchronising Cache... I 19:30:22 Closing Track... W 19:30:22 Close Track Failed! - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format I 19:30:32 Finalising Disc... W 19:30:32 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 19:30:34 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 19:30:34 Failed to Write Image! E 19:30:34 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:02:12 I 19:30:34 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A ImgBurn errorlog.log