Lightscribe booktype setting

[ambuoi]

Hi there, need instructions on how to set booktype in imgburn cause i'm planning to burn a videogame iso to a dvd+r dl. I already know the layer break, the problem is that i read in other forum that i should set the book type to dvd-rom. I have a lightscribe dvd multi recorder, drive id is "atapi dvd a dh20a4h". I googled it already and failed to find any answer on how to properly configure the booktype setting for my dvd burner. Sorry for the noob question, newbie here. I don't want to waste a dvd+r dl media because of improper burning because it's a little expensive. Hope you guy could help. Thanks!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

ImgBurn will manipulate the booktype on that drive automatically, you don't need to do anything.

[ambuoi]

That was a fast response. And mr. Imgburn author replied to me himself. Cool!

Thank you so much mr. Imgburn author! You rock and more power!

[ambuoi]

I have another question. Is it ok to burn it at 1x write speed? Some forum say the write speed range should be 2x-2.4x if you're writing a large size image file into a dvd+r dl.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

1x wouldn't work at all - in the sense that it's not an option.

 

Drives typically only offer speeds of 2.4x and upwards on DVD+ (plus) format media.

 

You have to find the best speed out of the 'supported' ones for your drive/firmware/media combo. There's nothing to say the slowest one is the best one.

[ambuoi]

That's odd. I already burned Metroid Prime Trilogy at 1x write speed. I dunno how. Maybe because I have an older version of Imgburn.

 

I got the 2 games working except for the 3rd game, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. If I start the game it ends up in a black screen and crashes. Many forums said that the layer break should be set at 2084960 and i did. But i had a layer break warning before burning, exceeding layer break limit something like that, i forgot to copy the log. I continued burning it anyway. What could I have done wrong?

 

For me, I think it's because of the Verbatim dvd+r dl media I used. I read in a forum post in this site which also came from here in the Philippines that they are suspecting that CDr-King(the same retailer/franchise wherein i bought the media) is selling 'budget line' or 'value line' verbatim media.

 

I've been using verbatim dvd-r from cdr-king for my wii games ever since and this is the first time i had a coaster(Bravo!). My first burnt dvd+r dual layer by the way. I'll try burning it some other time. I'm planning to play the first 2 Prime's anyway. I'll just post another question if the same thing happens again.

 

Anyway, thank you so much for the help Lightning UK!

Edited August 26, 2010 by ambuoi