[G4] Should Pioneer DVR-104 read DVD+R discs?

[B G]

Aaron

According to the specs it will not read a DVD +R



Specification DVR-104

Record formats supported
DVD: DVD-R(for General use only), DVD-RW
CD: CD-R, CD-RW
Read formats supported
DVD: DVD-ROM single layer/dual layer, DVD-R (all types), DVD-RW
CD: CD-ROM Mode 1, CD-ROM XA Mode 2 (form 1, form 2), CD-TEXT Photo  
CD (single and multiple session), CD-DA (Audio CD), CD-Extra, CD-R,  
CD-RW (Support AM2)
Write speeds
DVD-R: 2X CLV, 1x CLV
DVD-RW: 1X CLV
CD-R: 8X CLV, 4X CLV
CD-RW: 4X CLV
Read speeds
DVD-ROM (Single): 6X CAV
DVD-ROM (Dual): 2X CLV
DVD-R, DVD-RW: 2X CLV
CD-ROM: 24X CAV
CD-R, CD-RW: 24X CAV
CD-Audio: 10X CAV
Video-CD: 4X CLV
Access time (Random Average)
DVD: 200 Msec
CD: 180 Msec



Brian
On Jun 13, 2006, at 12:36 AM, Aaron wrote:

> My G4 Dual 867 MDD came with a Pioneer DVR-104 "superdrive". (I  
> bought it used but I think that it's the drive it came with  
> originally. I added a LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1673S when I bought it.  
> Since the Lite-On reads and writes practically everything, and is  
> much faster than the Pioneer, I seldom use the latter except  
> occasionally as a test drive to see if the discs I write on the  
> Lite-On are playable on other drives. (I use a couple of stand- 
> alone DVD players for the same purpose -- but only for video,  
> obviously.)
>
> I noticed recently that the Pioneer not only doesn't write to DVD+R  
> discs, but it doesn't even recognize them, either in the Finder or  
> with Toast! In fact, it just makes noise until I eject the disc. Is  
> this standard behavior for this drive? I had been under the  
> impression that DVD drives would generally read most discs even  
> though they might be restricted in what they write.
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