barrygreybeard Posted November 6, 2010 Posted November 6, 2010 (edited) This is not a problem with ImageBurn as such but opinions would be appreciated. I have a new LG BD rewriter BH10LS30 and use Verbatim 2x 25Gb BD-RE discs. The is no firmware upgrade for the unit so its using its original firmware. I format the discs using the full erase menu. The settings are more or less the defaults. "BD-RE FastWrite" is enabled though. "Prefer Format With Full Certification", "Prefer Format Without Spare Areas" and "Prefer Properly Formatted Discs" are all enabled. Format completes in 1:50, 1:10 for erasing and 40 for zeroing. I then burn my data to the disc. All successful and Power DVD is happy with it on the computer. Pop it in my Philips player and format unknown. I go through the whole procedure again, format then burn the data and only then does the player recognise it as BD disc and play it. That has happened with all discs I have tried. Its as though the first format doesn't "take". I did try an initial format with "BD-RE FastWrite" disabled, that didn't succeed with one format either but took rather a long time! I also tried a quick format for the second format but nope, only a second full one will do. After the second format I can rewrite successfully and they are recognised by my Philips player so they seem to work ok. Any advice or comments would be gratefully received. Thanks Barry ImgBurn.log Edited November 6, 2010 by barrygreybeard
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 6, 2010 Posted November 6, 2010 'FastWrite' doesn't do anything if you format without spare areas. It's an option best left disabled. Sorry but I can't help you with your playback issue, only Philips can tell you why the player is rejecting the disc.
barrygreybeard Posted November 6, 2010 Author Posted November 6, 2010 'FastWrite' doesn't do anything if you format without spare areas. It's an option best left disabled. Sorry but I can't help you with your playback issue, only Philips can tell you why the player is rejecting the disc. Thanks, its just odd that it works after a second format. Oh well they are usuable Barry
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 6, 2010 Posted November 6, 2010 Maybe a future firmware update from LG will fix it. I assume there haven't been any for the Philips unit itself? (or that you've already done them all)
barrygreybeard Posted November 6, 2010 Author Posted November 6, 2010 Maybe a future firmware update from LG will fix it. I assume there haven't been any for the Philips unit itself? (or that you've already done them all) Actually I found one recent update for the Philips firmware but that didnt help. The model I have BDP7500/12 has been superceeded by a mkII. But OK I have to format twice, I'll live with that. thanks for your input Barry
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 10, 2010 Posted November 10, 2010 Now that I've moved onto BD-RE testing for the 'Drives' forum, I can see what you mean now. I've full erased and burnt (discovery mode) a couple of new BD-RE now with my BH10LS30 (Firmware: 1.00-06) and the disc still shows up as 'Empty' (not even formatted!) in other BD drives (LG GGW-H20L, LiteOn iHES208, LiteOn iHBS112, Samsung SH-B123L). My Pioneer BDR-205 sees that it has been formatted/burnt though. Hopefully they'll fix it in the next firmware.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 5, 2010 Posted December 5, 2010 Ok so I've tried with the new 1.00-09 firmware and the issue is still there. It only appears to happen when full certification is enabled (the value of 'format properly' or 'without spare areas' doesn't matter) As such, I've implemented a workaround for the BH10* and WH10* drives in v2.5.3.0.
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