Optorite DVD Burner

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My friend and I both just bought the optorite. Between us so far we have tried these media with 2.16 fw:

4x on Princo 4x media
2.4x on Verbatim 2.4x media

I'm keeping this list as I go of what media is good and not good for this drive since it is picky about what you use. If anyone needs the list let me know, I'm happy to help. This is it so far for my actual use. I have a list of what others have reported, but I've only listed the media so far that I have 1st hand experience with. If you want the full list let me know. It's quit a few but I don't want to give out bad info just in case they don't work, I haven't tried all the different media yet. I'll have the list posted on the web by tonight with a url to them both, my list of media I've used and the other list of media that is said to work by others.

Thanks.
-=MuX=-

 

What are you guys using for burning? I used CopyToDVD to burn to a DVD+RW and it worked fine. Then I burned the same files to a Ricoh DVD+R and MCC DVD+R and got coasters. I then tried Nero with the Ricoh DVD+R and it was fine.

This drive seems quite finicky to me.

 

The drive does seem picky. I doesn't like cheap media. We are using Nero to burn our disc with good success so far.

 

I just got an optorite 203. $140 delivered. Firmware 2.07
upgraded to 2.16

RANT=on
Even though I've read the the Optorite is a bit firmware
querky, I choose it over the Pioneer 106, and Sony
b500/510. Why? I am no longer paying companies to sell
me crippled hardware, and by this I mean dvd video read
speed. Even if hacked firmware is available for the other
drive, [bold]my[/bold] money is going to businesses that
respect me as a consumer!

With the Optorite I'm pulling video @ 6.1MB/s+ over
firewire.
RANT=off

So far I've used Memorex +RW's. Burnt data and video
fine. Would not read on my laptop or Apex 600 stand
alone. Read fine on a 'creative' dvd-rom. Tried a crapusa
+R and made a coaster. : P BTW doing all on Linux.

I'm getting ready to make a bulk disc purchase and have
some questions.

From what I can gather Ritek's are the all around best -R's
to get, no? Can someone confirm the G03's burn 2x on
the optorite? Can anyone confirm that the G03 and G04's
work fine on stand alones to play video when burnt with
the optorite?

Can anyone recommend a -rw or +rw disc that the
optorite can burn that has good a success rate in stand
alones? Can anyone recommend sub $1 'junk' -R or +R's
that the optorite can burn, and will play on stand alones?

Thanks,
Dave

 

So far Princo -R has worked good at 4x.

 

The Ritek G03's and G04's work great in this drive. 03's burn at 2x and 04's burn at 4x using Nero or dvddecrypter.

Good cheap crap media I have been using are CD Technology(Princo) from supermediastore.com. They burn at 2x and have worked in every standalone I've tried them in.

 

Mux and Imadern, thanks for your replies.
Supermediastore is where I had planned to order.

I only see 1x and 4x princos there. Imadern, are you
burning the 1x rated discs at 2x, or can you only burn the
4x rated at 2x? Mux what are you using to get 4x??

Imadern, what version firmware are you using?

Have either of you tried Princo's in APEX stand alones?

Thanks again,
Dave

 

The 1x Princos burn at 2x. And I'm sorry to say but I believe(not 100% sure because I don't remember) that the Princos don't work in Apex standalones. So only buy a few to test out on the Apex before you buy a big bundle.

 

I tried to make a dvd backup with my optorite and it doesn't work. I used the same software and method and media that have worked before with my standalone. Before I used a different writer, HP300i, but I used dvddecrypter, dvd2one, and nero and verbatim+R 2.4x, all with the same settings that I used with the HP300i. I can write data discs to the verbatim with no problems, and they are readable by other dvdroms, so the media does appear to work with the optorite, and the movie dvd is readable in a computer but not my standalone.

 

I got some Fuji +RWs to try. I tried a data disc, I have some stuff I want on disc and off

the HDD but not enough to fill a dvd, 1.8 gig. It writes but I had nero do a data verify

afterwards and it comes up with verification errors. I started the disc with Start

multisession option. Do you think I should I start it as No multisession? I'm going to try

it as no mulisession and see, but I don't think it will make a difference. I tried it

several times and each time some file comes up with a verification error. Has anyone had

any trouble with DVD multisession discs? Or multisession RWs? These are brand new Fujis so

I wouldn't think it is the media, I know this dive is picky about cheap media but that's why

I got Fuji. All the +R data discs I have written have worked and verified without any

problems, it's only been the +RWs that are having the problems. Are RWs a little flakey? I

wouldn't think so but you never know.

Thanks

 

Mux, I would be warry to trust a program like nero for verification. (IE a windows program that you don't know what it's doing.)

Do you have any utilities to calculate md5sum's on the files on the disc? Do you have any programming skill? One can write such a util in python (runs on linux, windows, eveything) quite easily.

 

Hi, I just took delivery on the optorite. Figured $135 free shipping couldn't be beat. Newegg.com. I haven't set up yet, but are the firmware upgrades still having problems? Should I use 2.16? Also trying to find cheap but reliable media. Any brand or store suggestions? Thanks

 

Please read the last 4 or 5 messages on media. I just recieved my order of Ritek G03's and Princos -R's. I burnt a movie to both and neither my laptop dvd-rom/cdr or stand alone APEX player will read the discs. Same results with Memorex (Ricoh) +RW's. All of course read fine with the Optorite. : (

I'm using 2.16 and never tried older firmware. Thus far I'm not too happy, but can't be sure my problems are all with the optorite, as the Linux growisofs burning software is no very mature, and it could be the issue.

I'm trying to aquire a version of nero to test with. I can't use what came with the drive because I threw the serial number out. : P
Friggin dumb-ass windows software....

 

dcinege, out of all the media I have tried, I have yet to find one that works in any Apex standalone. So I don't think it's your software, your optorite, or the media you use, I just think it's the cheapo Apex standalone.

Sorry about your troubles though.

 

With standalones going for about $40, that's low on my priority list...however my concern IS being able to read these discs on my Laptop. Since it's a laptop I don't have the option of changing the brand drive in it. Any suggestions in this regard?

Also what brands of (cheap) standalones have you gotten your discs to work? I think the thing to do is take a disc right down to walmart and pop it every player they have hooked up, and see what works. : )

 

test - sorry I acidentally unsubscribed from this thread and can only re-subscribe by posting

 

I just installed my Optorite 0203 drive today and having some issues with it. I have some DVDPro 1-4x DVD-Rs and figured I'd give 'er a try burning a movie. I loaded up Nero 6 and it reported the disc as being 2x. So I updated the firmware from 2.09 to 2.16 and tried Nero 6 again which reported the disc as 4x this time. I then proceeded to burn the movie at 4x and the burn finished flawlessly. However, when I put the burned disc into my standalone DVD player it did not read. It didn't do much of anything. I then put it in my DVD-Rom which caused it to enter into a never-ending seek loop. I then put the disc back into the Optorite and it read fine. I've since burned 3 more discs, one at 1x, one at 2x and another at 4x and all of them do the same thing. I've not doing anything different as far as burning than I was with my DVR-104. These DVDPro 1-4x discs worked fine in my standalone and my dvd-rom when
I burned with the 104. I know the movie I'm burning works so that's not the issue.

Is this simply a media problem or is it firmware/drive related? I've ordered one of those DVD-R sampler things for 4x discs so hopefully one of those will work.

 

I suggest you also order a +R sampler. Almost all the problems I see reported are with -R media.

 

I think the problem is the DVDPro media. The Optorite is very picky about the quality of media you use. It may work in another dvd writer, but this one demands high quality. I've never seen DVDPro on any list of acceptable media for this writer. Princo, Ritek, Fuji, TDK, Leaddata, CompUSA. This is a small list of good DVD-R discs to use with this drive. I suggest one of those.