MATSHITA UJ-822D Device Capabilities

[Patzouille]

The MATSHITA UJ-822D is full Dual Layer Read/Write.

 

ImgBurn don't see with the device capabilities for the dual layer.

 

Has some one an idee ?

See the print screen ...

[dontasciime]

is it, i thought it was a 2x dual format burner

 

 

That may be poor translation though, as it appears an asus laptop has this writer in and it states 8x and 2.4 on dl+

 

 

Then again back to it being 2x burner and no dual layer support

 

Hate these burners for info

 

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/04/24/intel..._uk/page11.html

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

A firmware update seems the obvious thing to do but I can't find one for that particular drive. Is this drive in a HP desktop PC like a Pavillion or something?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

The reason the capabilities page doesn't list DL support (if indeed it does support it) is because the drive's firmware isn't reporting that it's supported.

 

In any case, ImgBurn doesn't actually use that info.

 

If you can put a DL disc in the drive and it can recognise it, ImgBurn will burn it.

[lfcrule1972]

Details on that drive appear a bit sketchy but I didn't see talk of it being a Dual Layer burner.

[Patzouille]

The reason the capabilities page doesn't list DL support (if indeed it does support it) is because the drive's firmware isn't reporting that it's supported.

 

In any case, ImgBurn doesn't actually use that info.

 

If you can put a DL disc in the drive and it can recognise it, ImgBurn will burn it.

Thank you all ...

Some informations :

- MATSHITA UJ-822D has a "D" because this one is Dual Layer another one drive has only "UJ-822"

- No firmware update available from ASUS, Panasonic (MATSHITA) or the other laptop using the same

UJ-822D like Toshiba Libretto U100

- Nero tools say the same informations: NO Dual Layer capabilities (Read or Write)

- I never use Dual Layer DVD before a friend give me one with photos and movies and ... nothing !

- My Laptop is Asus W5GA17-RW Pro with XP pro SP2

- The Toshiba Hardware info

http://www.hardware.info/en-US/productdb/b..._Libretto_U100/

say UJ-822d is Dual Layer ....

 

 

??? Where is the information about the DVD burner capabilities ?

XP, Bios, Firmware ?

??? Format C: and install XP again ??

 

Thanks for your help

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Where is the information about the DVD burner capabilities ?

 

In the drives firmware.

 

To be honest, I still don't think the drive can burn DL discs.

 

Where it says dual, it probably mean dual format. i.e. DVD+R and DVD-R.

 

Of course, if as I said above, it will recoginise a blank DL disc, maybe it can in fact burn them.

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

The capabilities of your drive have nothing to do with ImgBurn or Windows or any other external software. What your drive can and can't do is governed by the drives' firmware. It's your drive reporting that it can't recognise dual-layered media.

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

Crap. Too slow again.........

[Patzouille]

Where is the information about the DVD burner capabilities ?

 

In the drives firmware.

 

To be honest, I still don't think the drive can burn DL discs.

 

Where it says dual, it probably mean dual format. i.e. DVD+R and DVD-R.

 

Of course, if as I said above, it will recoginise a blank DL disc, maybe it can in fact burn them.

OK Thank you.

In the drives firmware, .... and in this case,.... no way !

 

Bad news for me and again thank you for your help.

!! Happy to use ImgBurn just enought for me !!

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

Save yourself some headaches and grab a Pioneer drive or something. The Matshita drives have never been very popular around here.... or any other forum I've seen for various reasons. They're just a bad drive.